Big Bass Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

Billy Banks with his Majestic 9.45-pound last-minute D’Arbonne lunker.

Last minute trophy bass works better than caffeine

At the 24-hour-long Majestic Bass Tournament marathon on Lake D’Arbonne, Billy Banks landed a 9.45-pound largemouth that claimed the $1,500 first prize. […]

Lacassine Refuge gives up 11.5-pound lunker

Brian Cope

Aaron Granger caught an 11.5-pound bass in Lacassine Refuge on May 14 while fishing a weightless fluke in California 420 color. […]

Justin Glover, of Zwolle, shows off the 10-pound largemouth bass he landed Monday, May 13, in the San Miguel area of Toledo Bend.

Zwolle angler lands ‘Perfect 10’ at Toledo Bend

Patrick Bonin

Justin Glover, of Zwolle, caught his first-ever double digit bass, a 10-pound largemouth, on May 13 in the San Miguel area of Toledo Bend. […]

John Gillard shows off the 10.98-pound bass he caught on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit a blueberry Texas-rigged Zoom lizard in 2 feet of water in the San Miguel area, and won Gillard Big Bass honors for the tourney. (Photo courtesy of the Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Lizard works on 10.98-pounder during Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic

Patrick Bonin

John Gillard caught a 10.98-pound bass on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit in the San Miguel area. […]

Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program

Big bite not done yet: Toledo Bend yields 11-pounder

Patrick Bonin

Eddie Jarrell caught an 11.15-pound largemouth bass on April 16 at Toledo Bend on a Carolina-rigged watermelon red 7-inch Zoom Magnum Trick Worm. […]

Bell City angler lands big 11-pounder at Toledo Bend

Patrick Bonin

John Reber, of Bell City, hooked an 11.14-pound largemouth bass on April 6 near Pirate’s Cove at Toledo Bend. The big fish earned him big bass honors in the Toledo Bend Open Shoot Out that day. […]

Big times at Toledo Bend

Patrick Bonin

Double-digit bass have been caught each and every month so far in 2019 at Toledo Bend, and action really ramped up during the first week of March. […]

Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association

No fooling: Texas angler lands 10-plus-pounder on April 1

Patrick Bonin

Craig Broussard, of Fulshear, Texas, had the last laugh when he reeled in this 10.41-pound largemouth bass on April Fool’s Day. […]

Okhissa bass troubled? This Louisiana angler thinks “NOT”

Dan Kibler

Ray Chagnard, who owns Chag’s Sporting Goods in Metairie, La., was on one of two bass boats the weekend of March 22-23 where three great largemouths were decked. […]

Brett Trouille, of Maurice, shows off the 10.03-pound largemouth he caught March 30 in the 12-15 area. The big bass, which was bedded down, bit a white Texas-rigged Zoom Craw.

Pre-front bite means two more 10-pounders at Toledo Bend

Patrick Bonin

An unseasonably cool cold front arriving on March 30 produced two nice lunker largemouth bass at Toledo Bend. […]

Garrett Perkins, of Mamou, poses with the big 10.46-pound bass he caught from a bed on March 25 in the Negreet area at Toledo Bend. The big fish finally bit a Texas-rigged white Cajun Lures Craw after about 25 or 30 flips, he said. (Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Mamou angler bags big bedding bass at Toledo Bend

Patrick Bonin

The third time was the charm for Garret Perkins when he targeted a big bedding bass on March 25 in the Negreet area of Toledo Bend. […]

Darren Burns, of Moss Bluff, shows off the 10.27-pound lunker bass he landed on March 20 near Mill’s Creek — the first of four lunkers landed on what proved to be an epic day at Toledo Bend.

Four 10-pound bass at the Bend — in a single day

Patrick Bonin

It was an absolutely epic day for landing lunker bass at Toledo Bend on March 20. A grand total of four 10-pound-plus bass were taken to certified scales that day. […]