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The good life at Eagle Point
I’ve been blessed with many memorable days in my life. One of them centers on a little one-acre piece of hillside on the edge of Lake D’Arbonne in a development called Eagle Point. It started to take shape as I was fishing out on the lake and seeing the preliminary work being done on the … Continue reading
Will fish for bait . . .
The swirling current of the high and muddy Ouachita River turned the big bass boat around at an odd angle, then Trapper Munn gunned the engine and pushed the boat with he and his fishing partners through about 50 yards of flooded trees and thick bushes. A little banging around off this tree and that … Continue reading
ULM, Tech finish1-2-3 in BASS regional
There’s no place like home, and that doesn’t just apply to the Wizard of Oz. The Ouachita River and her backwaters were almost treacherous the past two days, but college fishermen from around the South braved the waters and local fishermen from the University of Louisiana Monroe and Louisiana Tech ended up bringing home the … Continue reading
ULM anglers grab lead
Being in first place can bring good dreams. Thinking about the ones that got away can be a nightmare. That’s the situation that University of Louisiana Monroe anglers Brett Preuett and Jackson Blackett are in after day one of the 2014 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Central Regional on the Ouachita River. The Warhawk anglers brought … Continue reading
College anglers get to “play” in the mud!
Ten inches of rain last weekend in our area did a lot of things. One thing it did was give a large group of college tournament anglers from the region a headache. That’s because now they have to figure out how to catch bass on the fast-rising, muddy Ouachita River Friday and Saturday out of … Continue reading
The one that got away
Leading any competitive event for three days in a row is tough. Throw in the extra challenge of being the defending champs and being halfway across the country from the home field and it makes for extraordinary odds. The odds were just too much for the University of Louisiana-Monroe team of Brian Eaton and Nick … Continue reading
ULM holds the lead
The University of Louisiana – Monroe team of Nick Ladart and Brian Eaton, both of Monroe, weighed four fish Friday for 8 pounds, six ounces to hold the lead in the FLW National College Championship on Lake Keowee in South Carolina. The duo have a total of 24-15 for a slim lead over Slippery Rock … Continue reading
ULM anglers grab championship lead
Check out this exciting fishing news from Lake Keowee in Seneca, South Carolina: University of Louisiana-Monroe’s Nick Ladart and Brian Eaton, both of Monroe, weighed five fish Thursday for 16 pounds, 9 ounces to take the first day’s lead at the Forrest L Wood College Fishing National Championship. They recently qualified for the title fishing … Continue reading
Tech, ULM get Bend bass
ZWOLLE, La. – The Lamar University team of Quinton Evans of Orange, Texas, and Colby Ogden of Kountze, Texas, won the FLW College Fishing Southern Conference tournament on Toledo Bend Saturday with five bass weighing 19 pounds, 6 ounces. Their win qualified them for the 2014 Southern Conference Invitational on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Three area … Continue reading
College anglers hit the Bend
WEATHER ALERT: No, this is a good weather alert. It’s going to be a beautiful weekend and expect our lakes and launching ramps to be very busy. Be courteous and be careful out there! I hope the fish are ready to get as active as the fishermen! ******************* College Football’s over. Baseball had its season … Continue reading
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