Outdoors

By: Glynn Harris If you have followed my writing and broadcasting down through the years, you know there is one topic that stands above the rest. Song birds; I am intrigued by those little feathered creatures, many of which make their homes in the thickets surrounding my yard.  In addition, we keep our bird feeder filled with nuggets birds seem …

By: Glynn Harris In last weeks column, we talked about that “sweet spot” on our lakes, the thermocline. To refresh, the thermocline separates the warmer oxygen-rich layer of water separated from colder oxygen-deleted water below the thermocline.  There is another feature on lakes in later summer that upsets the balance of the water above the thermocline and that below this …

By: Glynn Harris One of my regular contacts I use to get current fishing reports is crappie guide, Wesley Miller. On my visit with him last week, he mentioned something that whetted my interest. He told me that this time of year, he keeps his eye on his electronics to locate a thin line that shows up and he fishes …

By: Glynn Harris This is a fictitious story of two youngboys. We’ll call one Billy; the otherTommy. First here’s Billy’s story. Hegrew up in a family that loved to huntand naturally, he became interestedin hunting at a young age.Billy’s dad is a serious deerhunter who has a nice huntinglease with food plots, feedersout and several comfortable boxstands from which to …

By: Glynn Harris (Last week, a nearby lightning bolt fried the modem on my computer. I had it replaced but it brought to mind an article I had written years ago about my introduction to computers. It seems fitting today to share that story.)  As much as I depend on my computer, the thing sometimes nearly scares me to death. …

By: Glynn Harris When I was growing up long before cell phones came and stole away our solitude, sitting on the porch, especially in late afternoon, was something I came to expect. I can still see my dad in our old rocking chair; mama in the swing, us kids sitting on the steps enjoying being there as a day came …

By: Glynn Harris My daddy got me started bass fishingwhen I was just a kid. We would takeour old fishing rigs consisting of a steelrod, level wind reel and spool of blackline to the lake or creek.He would tie on one of thefew lures he had back then – aHawaiian Wiggler, River Runtor Dalton Special and we wouldgive it a …

By: Glynn Harris If you grew up back before the war like I did, life was far less complicated. We didn’t realize it was less complicated; it was the life we were born into before complicating things emerged onto the scene.  Summers, especially, were special for country boys like me. Once school was done for the year at the end …

By: Glynn Harris My dad spent the last 30 years before he retired working with predator control for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. His job, simply stated, was a wolf trapper. He also trapped bobcat, foxes and other predators but red wolves were his primary focus.  During that period in the 1940s and ‘50s, wolves had no competition …

By: Glynn Harris Several websites recently have posted something of interest to anglers, especially those who live north of Alexandria. In other words, north Louisiana. Fishmasters, an outdoor resource site, has done research and recently posted a listing of their choice for the top fishing lakes in Louisiana.  North Louisiana can claim bragging rights because of the listing of the …