Fishing in this hot, July weather is tough without shade. So I’ve picked one of the coolest lakes in the state — Turkey Creek, located just outside of Wisner in the east-central part of the state.[…]
It’s like a beach umbrella for bass — shelter from the swelter and a nice place to enjoy a semi-private siesta. Lily pads, those broad green leaves that grow on stalks and look like big pie plates, comprise one of the most fundamental bass habitats throughout many Southern Louisiana waterways.[…]
Anyone who thinks I’ve got an easy job should have been with me on the morning of my Lake Cataouatche trip.[…]
It’s the end of spring, and the peak of marsh bass fishing is past. Marshes near the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers are still brown with river water, and everywhere else in the marshes, aquatic plants are going into their summer growth period.[…]
It’s hard to imagine that the Florida Parishes don’t have some type of freshwater reservoir to attract anglers.[…]
Kelli Batten lives in West Monroe, and she wants to learn how to catch bass well enough to be able to fish tournaments in the future.[…]
Louisiana bass come to jerkbaits like kids to pizza.[…]
Had it not been for missing roe estimated to be 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds, Wisconsin resident Ed Stellner would have landed a new state-record largemouth bass back in February of 2000.[…]
I’m really excited because BASS announced that the next three Bassmaster Classics will be held on lakes close to my home that I know and love to fish.[…]
The whipping winds have kept many coastal anglers at home wondering what could be the last several days. In the meantime, freshwater fishing has been productive and offers an escape from the blustery weather.[…]
Several years ago, during a Louisiana Bass Federation State Tournament on Lake D’Arbonne in Farmerville, I was paired up with an angler who had some crazy ideas.[…]
As a boy, perhaps, 7 or 8 years old, I used to sit with my elbows on the table with my face in my hands staring at the adults playing the board game “Scrabble.”[…]
Louisiana’s bass seem to be spawning deeper than ever before, which opens opportunities for anglers.[…]
Ah, the first hint of spring, whenever it comes in the next month or two, finds you with fingers trembling to tie on your favorite artificial lure with a resolve to cast and catch a “trophy” bass at a body of water somewhere in Louisiana.[…]
Just one short week ago, bass were already starting to show up in the backs of the five creek arms on the north side of Caney Lake. Several cold nights coupled with some cold rain pushed them back out, though.[…]
Bass pro Jason Pittman caught this lunker on the Tchefuncte River, but our team of experts picked other water bodies as the most likely to deliver trophies this spring.[…]