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Cold weather brings better fishing

Some heavy-weight bass and big slab white perch are beginning to show up on the end of some fishermen’s line. Good fishing during mid- to ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, November 25, 2012 12:01 am

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Power down, slow down and enjoy the water

This was a slow weekend to catch fish from some lakes and fair on other waters. Extremely high barometric pressure with an east wind that ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, November 18, 2012 12:01 am

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Crane takes first Top Rod tournament

As typical of the mid-fall season, numbers of bass are being caught but big fish are hard to come by. There is certainly nothing wrong ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:01 am

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November to spur Miss-Lou fishing activity

November will spur some major fish feeding activity in the water world. Water temperature of the area lakes has slowly dropped. That is a good ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, November 4, 2012 12:01 am

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Cold divides local anglers, hunters

The recent cold front will send many people to the woods and up a tree while others will be getting ready for some great bass ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, October 28, 2012 12:01 am

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Top Rod Series coming soon

The 2012-13 Top Rod Series bass tournaments will cast off Nov. 3 at Lake Bruin from the State Park Landing. We created Top Rods early ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:01 am

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Conditions improve, not yet perfect

October kicked off with much welcomed cooler weather that dropped our lakes and rivers surface water temperature an average of approximately 10 degrees. This is ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, October 14, 2012 12:02 am

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Oct. cold fronts have arrived

The October cold fronts are here. This month fishes much like late February and March only in reverse. Instead of fish moving shallow to spawn ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, October 7, 2012 12:03 am

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Oct. is month of change for game fish

Low water continues to be a problem on the area lakes and rivers. The good news is September did bring us a bit cooler weather. ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, September 30, 2012 12:15 am

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River levels expected to stay low

The Mississippi River remains at a very low level. Going into the normally dry months of fall, I certainly don’t look for that to change ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, September 23, 2012 12:30 am

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Fish early for good surface bite

Last week’s cool front sure felt good. The fishing felt so too. I heard many good reports for a couple of days after the front. ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:09 am

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Fall weather makes for good fishing

It feels a lot like fall this weekend. Officially the first day of fall is September 22, but I don’t think anyone will be disappointed ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, September 9, 2012 12:03 am

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Isaac brings short-lived water rise

The recent tropical storm dropped some much-needed rain to some area lakes and rivers. Just about everything east of the Mississippi River from Natchez received ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, September 2, 2012 12:01 am

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Summer conditions kill silver carp

Summer lost its grip on the Miss-Lou a bit this past week. Lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s offered a much needed ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, August 26, 2012 12:04 am

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Low river good for a big catfish catch

Hot, dry weather continues to keep our area lakes far below a normal water level. That is no surprise to those that have lived in ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, August 19, 2012 12:01 am

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Low water levels are increasing problem in parish

A fast moving thunderstorm late Friday evening dumped a couple of inches of much-needed rain on some areas of Adams County and Concordia Parish. It ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, August 12, 2012 12:01 am

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Summer fishing is slow, fall brings hope

July is winding down, thank goodness. With the brutal month of August ahead of us, all my fishing thoughts are about September. We are certainly ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, July 29, 2012 12:33 am

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Rain brings relief to water levels, heat

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms gave us some much-needed relief from the hot temperatures and low water levels. Water levels did not come up much, but the ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, July 22, 2012 12:01 am

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Old rivers to north producing more fish

This week’s rain was a mixed blessing. It was too late for some of the farmers’ crops, but it sure helped the area lakes. Water ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, July 15, 2012 12:43 am

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Low water, hot temps slow fish activity

The Mississippi River stage at Natchez Saturday was a very low 11.9 feet. With a click of the mouse, I looked back at the river ... Read more

by Eddie Roberts, Sunday, July 8, 2012 12:01 am

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