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Hopedale trout transitioning to the bottom
While the trout transition to the inside around Hopedale has long been completed, Captain Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters (504-278-FISH) says there’s another kind of transition happening right now. “The trout are really starting to fall to the bottom,” he said. “And the fishing is awesome.”
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Toledo Bend giant salvinia mat treated by Texas agency
Runoff flushed giant salvinia out of Toledo Bend's upper shallows and caused huge mats of vegetation along a 16-mile stretch of the reservoir. Texas and Sabine River Authority officials invested $200,000 to spray 2,000 acres of the invasive species. Two thousand acres of giant salvinia on Toledo Bend were treated this weekend by a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department contractor after the invasive species was washed out of the reservoir’s upper reaches into a huge mat that backed up at the Pendleton Bridge.
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Smith stumbles, Evers wins Bassmaster Central Open
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers put together the heaviest five-fish limit of the Bassmaster Central Open in the Atchafalaya Basin today during a tie-breaking fish-off against West Monroe's Mark Smith. MORGAN CITY, La. — West Monroe's Mark Smith worried about putting together a limit after learning he would be fishing an extra day against Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers after the two anglers weighed in identical weights of 35 pounds, 9 ounces Saturday.
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Central Open tie breaker scheduled for tomorrow, Crochet clinches Classic berth
Louisiana's Mark Smith (left) and Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers (center) move into a tie-breaker tomorrow, extending the Bassmster Central Open in the Atchafalaya Basin by one day. MORGAN CITY, La. – Fish-offs are a rare thing in Bassmaster events. However, for the second time in a single season, two Bassmaster Central Open anglers will face off against each other after tying for the final-day lead at the Open season finale.
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Smith maintains lead, Crochet moves into second
West Monroe's Mike Smith remained in the lead after the second day of the Bassmaster Central Open in the Atchafalaya Basin with a two-day total of 26 pounds, 1 ounce. The first day was easy for Louisiana’s Mark Smith, with the pro easily culling up on one stretch of water. The bite was a lot more difficult today, but Smith still managed 11 pounds, 11 ounces to maintain his lead in the Bassmaster Central Open in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin.
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Anglers 'banged up' after ejected from boat
Bassmaster Central Open pro Marvin Ettredge (shown) and his co-angler Kevin Ricks of Houma escaped serious injury after hitting a floating crosstie at about 60 m.p.h. and being thrown overboard shortly after the Open's first-day blast-off. The Bassmaster Central Open had barely begun when Monroe’s Marvin Ettredge and Houma’s Kevin Ricks found themselves in the water just after leaving the locks heading east from Morgan City into the Intracoastal Waterway.
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Wind forcing early bite around DuLarge
Two weeks ago, Captain Bill Lake with Bayou Guide Service (985-851-6015) was crushing the speckled trout in Lake Mechant and Sister Lake at the rate of 100 per day. For the last few days, though, the wind has taken about 40 trout off the top of that. However, he says 60-trout days are only possible right now if you get out there at the crack of dawn.
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Louisiana anglers hold pro, co-angler leads in Bassmaster Central Open on Atchafalaya Basin
West Monroe's Mark Smith put his experience fishing North Louisiana rivers to work to take an early lead in the 2009 Bassmaster Central Open that began today in the Atchafalaya Basin. MORGAN CITY, La. — Mark Smith grew up fishing rivers in North Louisiana, so the high, muddy waters of the Atchafalaya Basin didn't intimidate him this week when he arrived at the fishery for the final 2009 Bassmaster Central Open.
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Fishing for Central Open in Basin could be tough
Bassmaster Elite Series pro James Niggemeyer expects fishing to be tough during the Central Open that begins tomorrow in the Atchafalaya Basin. The final stop of the 2009 Bassmaster Central Open begins tomorrow morning in the Atchafalaya Basin, and the consensus of competitors during the angler’s meeting was that it could be a tough tournament.
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