Louisiana Sportsman

April 29, 2026

Michael Kelly of Zachary displays his huge Toledo Bend 10.45-pounder taken near Alpine Landing on a YUM Dinger Bama Bug. (Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Four Toledo Bend lunkers over 10 pounds

March 26, 2020 Chris Berzas

It’s March Madness at Toledo Bend as this month offers the best chances for anglers to catch a double-digit lunker largemouth.[…]

“Better late than never” nets Thompson a lunker

March 26, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Dalton Thompson of Picayune, Mississippi, is glad he didn’t sleep late. He caught his dream lunker largemouth the morning of March 24 at Caney Lake.[…]

Paul Resweber, left, holds a 10.07-pound bass in his left hand after weighing in a limit on March 15, the second day of the Texas Oilman's Bass Invitational at Toledo Bend. Resweber, who lives in St. Martinville, and Mike O'Brien of New Iberia, finished third that day with 22.18 pounds and 25th overall with 33.24 pounds. (Photo courtesy Sherrie Resweber)

Lunker bagged at Texas Oilman’s Bass Invitational

March 24, 2020 Don Shoopman

Paul Resweber of St. Martinville landed a lunker bass at the Texas Oilman’s Bass Invitational on Toledo Bend while fishing with Mike O’Brien.[…]

A bass estimated between 81/2 and 9 pounds made Jarrod Derouen’s day when he caught it on March 7 in a borrow pit in Lake Fausse Pointe. The New Iberia angler was flippin’ a junebug Zoom Baby Brush hogs in and around brush when the brute bit.

Fausse Pointe produces another big bass

March 17, 2020 Don Shoopman

A big bass made New Iberia’s Jarrod Derouen’s day when he caught it on March 7 in a borrow pit in Lake Fausse Pointe while fishing with Troy Laviolette.[…]

DeRidder’s Jonathan Harper displays his Toledo Bend lunker weighing 10.92 pounds taken Feb. 28 on a ¾-ounce, black/blue Santone Football jig with a black/blue Zoom Speed Craw in the Indian Creek area.

Two more lunkers over 10 taken at Toledo Bend

March 17, 2020 Chris Berzas

Toledo Bend continued to deliver double-digit lunkers in late February. DeRidder’s Jonathan Harper and Denni Fetting of Leesville both caught big bass.[…]

Dayton Trichel of Provencal caught this huge Toledo Bend 11.16-pounder on a hard jerkbait fishing just south of Big Bass Marina Feb. 22.

Toledo Bend delivers two double-digit lunkers in late February

March 17, 2020 Chris Berzas

Read the stories of two anglers who succeeded in catching the largest bass of their lifetime at Toledo Bend in February, which is the second-best month.[…]

Jason Fails holds his nearly 12 pound win-win-win lunker largemouth as partner and net man David Gordon looks on.

Indian Creek Lake lunker leads to win all around

March 10, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Jason Fails and his fishing partner David Gordon fished the Ashley Vidrine Benefit tournament on Indian Creek Lake where Fails hooked a lunker largemouth.[…]

Hunter Freeman hit the 30-pound mark on four largemouth at Caney this past weekend, thanks to a eight pound + kicker fish.

Holy lunkers, Bassman!

March 3, 2020 Kinny Haddox

This week there were three anglers who teamed with the Caney Lake monster bass for some pretty impressive photo catches and photo ops.[…]

Caney lunker warms up Lambert’s morning

February 28, 2020 Kinny Haddox

West Monroe’s Spencer Lambert, a rookie on the BASS Open Tour this season, hooked his personal best bass from Caney Lake.[…]

Matthew Kahrs (left) displays his 10.9-pound Toledo Bend lunker, while his brother, Christopher, holds up two other bass taken Jan. 26 during the 2020 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series event at Toledo Bend. The brothers placed second in the tournament with three bass weighing 15.6 pounds. (Photo courtesy of Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S)

Toledo Bend lunkers moved shallow in January

February 26, 2020 Chris Berzas

On Jan. 30, the first day of the FLW Toyota Series Event at Toledo Bend, guide Stephen Johnston scored on this 10.7-pounder fishing a spawning pocket with a Bama bug Strike King Game Hog on a Carolina rig.[…]

This 8.17-pound bass bit on a chartreuse/blue crank bait on Feb. 15 in Lake Fausse Pointe. Joseph Martin of Baton Rouge set the hook and landed the "hawg" with the help of his fishing buddy, Austin Whitaker of Baton Rouge. The bass, which was released after being weighed and photographed, was his personal best.(Photo courtesy of Joseph Martin)

Baton Rouge angler bags lunker on Lake Fausse Pointe

February 18, 2020 Don Shoopman

Joseph Martin of Baton Rouge set the hook and landed a “hawg” on Feb. 15 in Lake Fausse Pointe with the help of his fishing buddy, Austin Whitaker.[…]

Crappie angler nabs trophy bass on Lake Claiborne

February 7, 2020 Glynn Harris

Jeff Brown was fishing for crappie at Lake Claiborne with his friend Monty Walker on Feb. 2 when he hooked and landed the biggest bass of his life.[…]

Caney yields another sack of monster bass

January 31, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Trey Bayles of West Monroe hooked five lunker largemouth bass weighing more than 36 pounds this week on Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]

Lunker hooked in Kentwood

December 19, 2019 gogo17@coc.net

Ray Ramagos caught this big 9 ½-pound bass in a pond in Kentwood fishing a spinner bait on Nov. 24, 2019, after catching 14 small bass.[…]

Corey Harris of Chatham with his early Christmas present, a 13.57 lunker largemouth from Caney Lake.

Giant ‘double digit’ Caney bass wakes up Corey Harris

December 17, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Corey Harris of Chatham got an early Christmas present on Dec. 16 when he caught a giant lunker largemouth bass from Caney Lake. […]

Plaquemine angler lands Toledo Bend lunker

October 22, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Wesley Miller, 26, of Plaquemine, hooked a 10.06-pound lunker bass on Monday, Oct. 14 during his first-ever trip to Toledo Bend.[…]