Welcome to

DownHome Arkansas

Welcome to

DownHome Arkansas

Welcome to

DownHome Arkansas

Hi, I’m Keith “Catfish” Sutton. and this is my website. My writing and photography feature fishing, hunting, nature, food and travel. I’ve written 13 books and had thousands of articles and photos published in Bass Pro Shops, CatfishNOW.com, CrappieNOW.com, Ducks Unlimited, Game & Fish, Outdoor Life and elsewhere.

From this page, you can access my work:

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Read my blog.
See my photos.
Book me for a talk.
Hire me for editing.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Latest Blogs

Blogs and articles about Arkansas, southern food, fishing, hunting, and more. Get DownHome Arkansas blogs straight to your email when you subscribe below!

Nature

Shrews: Hidden Tigers in our Backyards

In a rural backyard, the carnivore hunts. Its bite is poisonous. Its blood-colored teeth are needle sharp. It never sleeps. Day and night, it kills

Keith Sutton September 25, 2024

Outdoor Fun

Ouachita National Forest Squirrels

Ouachita National Forest (NF) covers almost 1.8 million acres in west-central Arkansas and southeast Oklahoma. It is the South’s oldest and largest national forest. When

Keith Sutton September 23, 2024

Conservation

Conservation Starts With Us

Would you like to make our world a better place in which to live? Certainly, all of us who hunt, fish and love the outdoors

Keith Sutton September 22, 2024

Nature

Cypress Secrets

More than 500 years before Christopher Columbus came to America, a tiny bald cypress seedling sprouted in the mucky ground beside Bayou de View in

Keith Sutton September 19, 2024

Outdoor Fun

“Hunting Arkansas” by Keith Sutton. It’s Back in Stock!

The University of Arkansas Press recently printed new copies of Keith’s “Hunting Arkansas” book, which we now have available through our DownHomeArkansas.net website. Subtitled “The

Keith Sutton September 17, 2024

A Delicious Way to Cook Striped Bass: One-Pot Striper Boil

Several years ago, on a hot summer day, my sons and I fished for striped bass with guide Jerry Blake on Lake Greeson in southwest Arkansas. We quickly caught our limits of these powerful linesides, most weighing around 10 pounds. “Fishing for stripers is really fun,” Jerry said as we

Keith Sutton August 9, 2024

Food & Recipes