Catfish
Gold strike in Indian Creek Reservoir
Eunice’s Wendell Young unhooked a gold catfish from his bream-baited trotline April 30 in Indian Creek Reservoir near Woodworth. […]
Articles by Chris Berzas
Bass Fishing
Bass basics
Pousson readily admitted that the Mermentau is home to river bass, and a keeper fish here averages 1 ½ to 2 pounds.
Bass Fishing
Bad apple snails
Unfortunately, the Mermentau River system is also home to an exotic aquatic pest — the apple snail.
Bass Fishing
The murky Mermentau
Steeped in a mixture of legend and historical fact — with some folklore thrown in — the Mermentau River in Acadia Parish just might be a pearl amongst many fishing gems in Southwest Louisiana.
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Cold Calcasieu options
On a chilly 39-degree December morning, Big Lake’s Ray Christy had a smile on his face when he launched from the public landing at Riverside Park in Westlake.
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Squirrel season off to solid start
Breaux Bridge’s Sammy Guillory has experienced a very good first month of the Bayou State bushytail season.
Bass Fishing
Four Rivers bass
In the heat of the summer, bass fishing on Louisiana’s reservoirs and lakes can be downright sluggish.
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend post-spawn shallow bite still hot
Mention post-spawn bass fishing at a tournament club meeting and you can watch frowns materialize on many faces.
Big Bass
Lake Charles angler scores on Toledo Bend 10.99-pounder
Lake Charles anglers Scott Eastman and Gil Leger had a well-designed plan to catch some solid fish for the Bass Champs tournament on Saturday, May 13 at Toledo Bend — and that meant heading south.
Big Bass
10.86-pounder wins Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash
Chad Williams was a very happy man after his recent trip to Toledo Bend for the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash tournament.
Freshwater Fishing
Sac-a-lait bite surges at Toledo Bend
Capt. Bill Lake is smitten.
The veteran guide from Houma is well-known statewide for his success in catching thousands of speckled trout each year out of Dularge.
But truth be known, he really loves catching spawning sac-a-lait in the brackish marsh canals not far from his home each spring.
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Toledo Bend summertime Slab City
May signals the beginning of the Toledo Bend slab-a-thon celebration.
Bass angling pursuits have somewhat diminished because the fish are postspawn, and many anglers now turn to fishing deep for the sweet slab fillets found on Louisiana’s state fish, the white perch (aka crappie and sac-a-lait).