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BLACK BAYOU – No report. Contact Honey Hole Tackle Shop 323-8707 for latest information. BUSSEY BRAKE – Pressure from lots of fishing because of D’Arbonne and the river being down. Fish are spooky.

Jim Brown is a former Louisiana state senator, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Insurance and a regular contributor to The Gazette. Listen. Put your hand to your ear. Can you here it? (Silence).