Louisiana Sportsman

May 2, 2026

Doodle-socking

May 24, 2024 Kinny Haddox

Doodle-socking is an old technique for catching bass that is unlike the high end technology laden bass fishing that we are used to today.[…]

Life on the lake never gets boring

May 16, 2024 Kinny Haddox

Take advantage of drawdowns to explore new ground and search for treasures that have been dropped in the lake.[…]

A young boy and girl flank Every Fish Matters Foundation founder Cliff Crochet on May 11 at Veterans Park-Assumption Parish Recreation District 2 in Pierre Part. (Photos by Don Shoopman)

Crochet’s Every Fish Matters Foundation gives out 82,000 bass fingerlings

May 16, 2024 Don Shoopman

Cliff Crochet’s Every Fish Matters Foundation distributed 82,000 bass fingerlings to be released in Lake Verret and the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]

Verda angler lands 13-pound Bussey Brake spawner

May 13, 2024 Dan Kibler

Jerrad Friday of Verda caught a 13.10-pound bass at Bussey Brake Reservoir on May 11. He has caught 16 double-digit bass since March 25.[…]

Bass like this inhale the new Zoo Pop because they don't expect to see the weedless soft plastic version of a Pop-R worked enticingly in grass or duckseed. (Photos courtesy americanbaitworks.com)

Lure Review: Zoo Pop

May 13, 2024 Don Shoopman

The Snag Proof Zoo Pop has given bass anglers like Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet another weapon to use in grass, lily pads and duckseed.[…]

Hunter Hamilton, left, and Tyler Morris, freshmen on the LSU-S Fishing Team, hoist the five bass that won the second Louisiana College Series B.A.S.S. Nation tournament in February at Bayou Black Lake.

Freshmen Hamilton, Morris making their mark on college bassin’

May 9, 2024 Don Shoopman

Hunter Hamilton and Tyler Morris, both freshmen at LSU-Shreveport, topped a 36-boat field of Louisiana college teams in February.[…]

Neal Meche, right, holds three bass while his son, Travis Meche Sr., grips the lip on two other bass during a weigh-in at a bass tournament on Henderson Lake. The elder Meche said Henderson Lake is his top destination for bassin’ during the month of May.

Try Henderson Lake for May bass

May 3, 2024 Don Shoopman

Neal Meche said Henderson Lake and Chicot Lake are his top destinations for bass fishing during the month of May.[…]

This 6-pounder inhaled the Neko-rigged Senko tossed by Mike Randolph of Zwolle during a bass club tournament at Toledo Bend.

Toledo Bend’s shallow water largemouth bite is on this month

May 2, 2024 John Dean

May should be a shallow-water bass fisherman’s dream month at Toledo Bend with the re-emergence of vegetation the past few years.[…]

Chris Nguyen of Monroe enjoys getting out on the water and catching Caney Lake lunkers this time of year.

Patience pays this time of year at Caney

April 30, 2024 Justin Adkins

Local Monroe native Chris Nguyen fishes Caney Lake regularly and shared how he targets these feisty fish in May.[…]

Lafayette man boats double-digit bass in Lake Chicot “dogfight”

April 29, 2024 Dan Kibler

Derek McCauley of Lafayette caught a 10-pound, 5 ½-ounce bass on April 16 during a Tuesday evening “dogfight” tournament on Lake Chicot.[…]

Double-digit Bussey Brake double

April 22, 2024 Dan Kibler

Jarrett Gomez caught two double-digit bass while fishing with his brother-in-law, Bruce Bellew, on April 13 at Bussey Brake Reservoir.[…]

Sam Rachal, left, and Garrett Hooker consistently catch good-sized bass like the “hawgs” they are holding after a day on the water March 4, 2023, in an LHSBN tournament at Toledo Bend.

Bassin’ hot streak for Oak Hill fishing team

April 10, 2024 Don Shoopman

Garrett Hooker of Gardner and Sam Rachal of Elmer, both 17 and Oak Hill High School Bass Fishing Club team members, are riding a hot streak.[…]

Plopper-type topwater lures combine the best of hard body topwaters and a buzzbait. The tail prop gurgles and leaves a bubble trail as the lure is retrieved across the surface.

Break out the kayak and tie on the topwater lures

April 8, 2024 Chris Holmes

Whether you kayak fish inshore saltwater or freshwater species, now is the time to break out the topwater lures.[…]

The warmer waters found in dead ends are inviting to bass right now. (Photo courtesy Sam Jenkins)

Tchefuncte River bass action heats up

April 5, 2024 Nick Vaccaro

According to Sam Jenkins of Abita Springs, a bass tournament competitor, now is the time to seize the moment at the Tchefuncte River.[…]

Big bass is late birthday present for Deville angler

April 2, 2024 Dan Kibler

Hunter Dubroc of Deville was fishing in a bass club tournament on Cotile Lake on March 21 when he caught an 11.4-pound bass.[…]

Zachary Faircloth, a local angler who loves to fish Toledo Bend, has his hands full with a 9.2-pound bass, his new PB, caught on a watermelon/red Senko in the back of a creek on Feb. 28.

April should be a slugfest for bunches of bass on Toledo Bend

March 31, 2024 John Dean

April’s going to be on fire. Things are going to pop big time at Toledo Bend and we’ll see more double-digit bass.[…]