Checking in from Louisiana

**"D"** · 03-17-2016, 07:57 PM

Spartannation, glad you visited our fair state. The lake at D'arbonne got a little high after you passed through.Lots of flooding.They saw 24 inches of rain in Farmerville in 3 days. Then Toledo bend jumped 2 feet in 1 day.(that is 121 trillion gallons to raise it 2 feet) They dumped it by opening all the dam gates wide open for a few days.This was 207,000 cubic ft of water passing per second. More than twice what Niagra Falls drops. This made the Sabine river rise all the way to the gulf. It rose so high that Interstate 10 at the Tex/La line has been closed for a few days and will be for a few more. We can hardly get out of the state with so many roads flooded. About 8 to 10 thousand homes and businesses flooded.
There is great fishing in our state, but like every where ,better some years than others. Probably gonna be messed up for a while. I live in south La. and fish in the Atchafalaya spillway. It has been bad because of high water several years in a row. But the Mississippi river crested today in Baton Rouge and is predicted to fall hard for the next 3 weeks. That will start the fishing in early April. Hopefully by mid april I will be posting pictures of more normal catches. Sorry it was not great, but come on back. We love company in this state. Danny

**spartannation** · 03-17-2016, 08:30 PM

Thanks Danny. We didn't catch great numbers but got a couple of good ones. From what we could see nobody was catching much while we were there. As for us coming back, I'm sure we'll be coming down for years to come. my son is co-owner of a surveying company in Farmerville and is getting serious with a West Monroe girl. Two reasons he won't be moving back to Michigan. I was looking for CDC decals on boats but didn't see any. I was hoping to run into some members while we were down but the Toledo Bend outing and Crappie Masters were at the same time. I'll post on the La. forum next time I head down, pbly Thanksgiving.

**"D"** · 03-18-2016, 09:47 PM

I'll be watching for you. And tell that boy, he can not turn that girl into a yankee, but we will take him in as a cajun wannabe. And they call crappie, sac au lait in south La. and specks in Florida.

**"D"** · 03-18-2016, 09:50 PM

Should have come to Toledo Bend, we had a blast. The big fish was caught in my boat, but neither fishervet or I remembered which one of us caught it. So we donated the $85 to the raffle for the senior center. Some of the guys up there know about the raffle thing. Don , y'all still got us beat. We raised $590 this year. Better by far over last years $275. But Y'all can beat that for sure.

**yankee doodler** · 03-19-2016, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by "D"

Should have come to Toledo Bend, we had a blast. The big fish was caught in my boat, but neither fishervet or I remembered which one of us caught it. So we donated the $85 to the raffle for the senior center. Some of the guys up there know about the raffle thing. Don , y'all still got us beat. We raised $590 this year. Better by far over last years $275. But Y'all can beat that for sure.

You need to take Danny up on that Spartan, from all I've heard Toledo Bend is a wonderful destination, and you'd have a top notch guide to boot!

I think we are doing a raffle again this spring Danny. I'm not facilitating the camp this time, but if we do one we gonna try to best last year for sure.

Hope all works out for you and Jigflinger to make it up...we could use some southern spice in the mix.

**wicklundrh** · 03-21-2016, 10:47 AM

Maybe the water will have receded enough by then and they can actually get out of the state

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