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.

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I look forward to hearing from you.

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The Purple Passionflower: Beauty, Symbolism and Sweet Rewards by the Roadside

While visiting Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge in White County recently, Theresa and I spotted a purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) blooming beside the road. These

Keith Sutton September 27, 2024

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

Cicadas’ Love Songs Say It’s Summer in Arkansas

Each afternoon in recent weeks, Theresa and I have sat outside on our deck and marveled at the loud, pulsating sounds made by thousands of cicadas high in the trees on our Alexander property. Some folks know these big insects as “locusts,” but they are properly called “cicadas.” They sing

Keith Sutton August 5, 2024

Nature