Outdoors

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. When I was growing up and getting my introduction to the outdoors, there were two seasons of the year – hunting season, and fishing season. From early spring until October when cool weather hit, …

BUSSEY BRAKE – Anglers are catching some really big crappie on jigs and shiners in open water. Bass are beginning to get in pre-spawn mode and some big ones are being caught on soft plastics and creature baits. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is rising. A few catfish are being caught. …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. (This is a chapter from the new book, “Fathers, Sons and Old Guns” by Glynn Harris. The book is now available from Amazon.com.)It’s been a long time since I last visited the home place …

BUSSEY BRAKE – Anglers are catching some really big crappie on jigs and shiners in open water. Bass are best flipping soft plastics. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is rising. A few catfish are being caught. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707. LAKE D’ARBONNE – catfish.Crappie …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. We in north Louisiana did not get to enjoy all that takes place when we get snow, which we didn’t get this time around. Folks in the southern portion of the state were busy …

Mother Nature can do some strange things. She can send us enough heat in August to make us think we’re in the Sahara Desert. She can send us a drought as serious as folks are experiencing now in California; she can drench us with floods that virtually cover lake-side homes and wash out bridges on country roads.It’s in winter, though, …

BUSSEY BRAKE – Anglers are catching some really big crappie on jigs and shiners fished really slow in deep water. No report on bass. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is still low. A few catfish are being caught. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole Tackle Shop at 323-8707. LAKE D’ARBONNE …

Glynn HarrisGlynn Harris is a long-time outdoor writer from North Louisiana and has won more than 50 writing and broadcasting awards during his 47 year career. When it was announced early last year that a season on black bears had been set for this past December, the announcement was met with mixed results. Some thought it a shame for anyone …

BLACK BAYOU – No report. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information. BUSSEY BRAKE – For anglers willing to face freezing temperatures, some really big crappie are being caught on jigs and shiners fished really slow in deep water. No report on bass. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is …

We’ve tossed out the old calendar and replaced it with a shiny new 2025 model. Does this mean that we can forget hunting until this fall and winter? Not by a long shot. There’s still plenty to do outdoors; ducks season is still going on, deer will be legal game for awhile as will rabbits and quail.One of my favorite …