Try flipping Chicot this month
November 2009
This month, most Louisiana outdoorsmen are deer and duck hunting, so the amount of fishing pressure on all the waterways has been reduced drastically.
Bet on Delacroix, Venice this month
October 2009
I spend a lot of time on the road tournament fishing, so when I’m home, I fish areas close to home like Delacroix and Venice.
Locate bass on unfamiliar lakes
September 2009
At almost every seminar and tournament, I’m often asked how I’ll fish a new lake. Today, advanced technology allows anglers to quickly and easily obtain information on lakes all over the country. Here are the steps I’ll take to fish a new lake:
Delacroix holds hot July action
July 2009
I love to fish the Delacroix area, especially Lake Lery, at any time of the year, but especially during July. If you fish around Delacroix this month, you’ll catch 20 or 30 bass and the same number of speckled trout and redfish.
Chicot is June’s freshwater hotspot
June 2009
Chicot Lake near Ville Platte has tons of cypress trees, a beautiful state park with spacious cabins, campsites with water and electrical hookups, rental boats and hiking/backpacking trails.
D’Arbonne bass want big baits
May 2009
This month we’ll be fishing D’Arbonne Lake, located near Monroe, where the bass will be in the post-spawn period. There still may be remaining shad spawning, but the bass will be migrating out to the creek channels — usually headed to the first ditch just off the spawning flats.
What happened on the Red River
April 2009
I finished in 20th place on the Red River in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic. I completely misread what the bass were doing. Since I assumed the male bass were preparing the nests, and the females hadn’t come in to spawn yet, my game plan was to fish the deeper water where I thought the bigger female bass were holding and not fish the shallow water.
Stay warm, catch fish in March
March 2009
This month, I’ll be fishing the Delacroix area, near the east side of New Orleans, and trying to stay warm. The Caernarvon Diversion there lets Mississippi River water run out through the marsh, which has helped rebuild the marsh and caused a big boom to the bass fishing.
Warm days invite anglers to Basin
January 2009
At this time of year, the Atchafalaya River is fairly low, and the fishing in the Basin is better when the water’s low and cool.
Sneak onto Caney Lake in December
December 2008
Caney Lake in Chatham, home to the state record for largemouth, is Louisiana’s premiere big-bass lake, and has produced the three-largest bass ever caught in the Bayou State.
True or False? Definitely go with False
November 2008
This month, my choice of lakes for catching numbers of nice-sized bass will be False River in Pointe Coupee Parish near New Roads.
Easy bites await at Ouachita River
October 2008
In October, I like to fish the Ouachita River with its plentiful cover. When the weather starts cooling down, the spotted and largemouth bass and the shad will head for the shoreline and move into the many laydowns and sandbars.
Catch and release in water or grease
September 2008
My pick for September as the best place to catch bass is Venice. I like bass fishing out of Venice then because of the very hot weather, and this area has plenty of moving water. The Mississippi River runs current through Venice, and the tide moves in and out 365 days a year.
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