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	Tippets May 15 at 7:00 am Speckled trout action should be gangbusters this month after a colder than normal spring. There was plenty of clear water in April and that favors topwater action. Perch-float poppers or Bob’s Bangers in green/white or chartreuse, foil pencil poppers in gold or silver, or Skipping Bugs in red/white worked great this month last year.

	Caney Lake gives up 11-pounder March 28 at 4:34 pm Fishermen can be some of the hardest-headed creatures. They’ll often ask people in the know about the best lures, the best colors, the best time of day to fish. And then the questioners find themselves doing the exact opposite thing.

	Bullied Bass — How to adjust when largemouths aren’t spawning in the shallows March 01 at 7:00 am So much emphasis is placed on bullying in schools today that students can spot a bully much more quickly than they can spot an action verb. How they learn to deal with those tyrants will go a long way in determining how successful they will be in life because life is full of bullies. Should victims simply run away?

	Caney Chatter - An unusual Caney Lake tactic for winter bass fishing January 01 at 7:00 am The last thing that comes to most people’s minds when thinking about Caney Lake is a chatter bait. Kenny Covington isn’t most people. He is a bassaholic who isn’t afraid to buck conventional wisdom. When fishing magazines instruct him to head to deep water during the middle of winter, what does Covington do? I’ll tell you what he doesn’t do. He doesn’t fish deep water.

	Best Caney Lake chatter bait colors January 01 at 7:00 am It’s hard to get me to believe that lure color makes much of a difference. Do you really think a bass waiting on top of some coontail for something to eat looks at a chatter bait and decides to pass because it’s green pumpkin instead of black-and-blue?

	Chatter baits vs. swimming jigs January 01 at 7:00 am At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be that much difference between where and how someone would fish a chatter-type bait versus a swimming jig. Upon close examination, you’ll notice that the only difference between the two is the chatter bait has a blade in front while a swimming jig doesn’t.

	Suspended Animation —Jerkbait tips for wintertime bass fishing January 01 at 7:00 am Cold water, shallow water, clear water; plenty of situations make it hard to get fish to bite. For largemouth bass, one of the biggest mistakes anglers make in these conditions is fishing too fast and pulling baits through the strike zone with only a brief window of opportunity for predators to make their move. However, holding a bait in place in the water column, or at least moving it with a slow and vulnerable cadence, will net you more attention from hungry fish that are just not in the mood to chase. Dropshots are one answer, but for covering water and making those slow presentations over a broad area, your best bet is a suspending bait. Lipped jerkbaits or lipless twitchers do the trick in a variety of depths by appealing to a bass’ seasonal disposition.

	Bass anglers find Black Friday bite at Caney Lake November 26, 2012 at 4:30 pm My wife and I have an agreement: I get to go hunting and fishing as much as I want as long as I don’t make her go with me. In turn, she gets to go shopping as much as she wants as long as she doesn’t make me go with her. The agreement worked like a charm this past Friday, also known as Black Friday.

	Outside the Box — Tips for better spinnerbaits November 01, 2012 at 7:00 am Few bass anglers give much thought about what spinnerbait they tie on the ends of their lines. Want proof? Take a look at what’s lying on the front decks of bass boats all across the Bayou State. Odds are you’ll find 75 percent have tied on 3/8-ounce chartreuse-and-white spinnerbaits with tandem Colorado/willow-blade combinations. The other 25 percent? According to West Monroe’s Kenny Covington, they’ll have tied on a 3/8-ounce chartreuse-and-white double-willow spinnerbait. “But none of them know why they’re throwing either one,” Covington said. “They may know that bass are slamming spinnerbaits right now because they’re up shallow feeding on shad, but they don’t know why they have those particular kinds of spinnerbaits tied on.”

	Afternoon Delight June 01, 2012 at 7:00 am It doesn’t take much to get a typical Louisiana bass angler out of bed early during June. He knows he’s not going to be out there on the lake all that long anyway. After launching his boat in the dark, he falls into a predictable routine that includes a few topwater bites right at dawn. Maybe a slow-rolled spinnerbait around the grass just after that. And he wraps up his trip with a plastic worm around a few docks before retiring for an afternoon nap under a window unit.

	Big worms not the only brush-pile baits that work on Caney Lake June 01, 2012 at 7:00 am There’s no doubt a big Texas-rigged worm is the way to fish the numerous brush piles in Caney Lake during the summer because they work more often than not.

	Topwater frogs work well over Caney Lake’s flooded grass June 01, 2012 at 7:00 am Ron Aulds’ favorite way to fish Caney Lake might be working big worms in the deep brush piles, but he knows that’s not the only way to catch big bass.