Outdoors

(Louisiana’s deer season has been over for several weeks and I have been privileged to write stories on the impressive bucks taken for LA Sportsman’s magazine taken. Here’s my story of the most impressive buck I coveredthat is likely to be a new state record for the typical category.)When Tyler Jordan shot a huge buck on December 7, 2020, he …

During my more than half a century of writing, broadcasting and being involved in events involving the outdoors, there is one in which I was involved that stands at the forefront of my memory, the Sportsman’s Jamboree.I remember meeting with a group of Ruston folks who got together to discuss a problem and to see if we could do something …

BUSSEY BRAKE – The bass are becoming more active and beginning to move up to more shallow water. Spinner baits and soft plastics are picking up a few. Crappie have yet to move and they’re still deep and fair on shiners and jigs. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is rising. A …

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. Don’t look now but we’re just a month away from the opening of the spring wild turkey season in Louisiana. Just the thought that season opens in a month has the capacity to make …

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. I was drawn to a verse in the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Sound of Music that ends “These are a few of my favorite things”. No, I’m not putting in a plug for the vocals …

BUSSEY BRAKE – Before all the rain, anglers were 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 were being caught soft plastics and creature baits. For latest information, contact the Honey Hole at 323-8707. OUACHITA RIVER – The river is rising. A few catfish …

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 …