Bass Fishing
State of the Basin
Brent Bonadona remembers the halcyon days before Hurricane Andrew, when fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin was incredible. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Baker’s Bonanza
Never go against the family.
The only thing keeping me from heeding that menacing advice is that this family isn’t blood. […]
Bass Fishing
Flavor’s cooked into new soft-plastics
The first time I saw Eddie Borne of Clinton, Miss., he was as excited about his entry into the soft-plastic manufacturing business as he was about his bassin’ outing in the marsh out of Bayou Black Marina in Gibson. […]
Bass Fishing
Night Bite
The towering thunderheads to the south were beginning to intermittently glow a dazzling bright orange color reminiscent of a carpet of bombs exploding in the wake of a passing B-52 Bomber. […]
Bass Fishing
Delta Dominance
Venice and the Bassmaster Classic just haven’t mixed. […]
Bass Fishing
New crankbaits stay in strike zone
Hitting the strike zone is what it’s all about in bass fishing, whether an angler is working cypress trees and knees in less than 3 feet of water or probing ridges or points in 10 feet of water or deeper. […]
Bass Fishing
Classic Concentration
Louisiana bass anglers haven’t had a native son to cheer for during the Bassmasters Classic since 1999, when Baton Rouge’s Rodney Wagley earned a berth in the first New Orleans Classic. […]
Bass Fishing
Yesterday’s Trophies
“Lunker bass fever” excitement has faded since the glory years of the 1990s in Louisiana. […]
Bass Fishing
Volume 23 • No. 4 • April 2003
NORTH COVER: If you’re not catching bass, is it because they’re not there or because you just can’t get them to bite? We paired an accomplished angler with a
shock-boat to find out. […]
Bass Fishing
Shocking Truth about Bass
It didn’t take five minutes to get the first bite.
The jig was pitched to a cypress tree in the dead-end canal, and the angler’s line moved about 6 inches to the side. […]
Bass Fishing
Sashay of the Senko
I picked up the phone and politely said hello. The caller didn’t have time for such pleasantries. Instead, he began panting something into the phone. […]
Bass Fishing
Mann’s has married feathers, plastics
There’s a good chance a new artificial lure will tickle your fancy this month — if it hasn’t already. […]
Bass Fishing
Creek Bound
A shiver coursed through my body as I stowed my gear in the cabin at Wildwood Resort, and the words of my editor sounded softly in the corners of my mind as I tightened my jacket. […]
Bass Fishing
Locks, Tops and Barrels
Few Red River bass tournaments held out of Alexandria are won with fish landed in Pool 2. […]
Bass Fishing
Shroud of Mystery
Caddo Lake, a 26,800-acre unspoiled treasure shared equally by Texas and Louisiana, has been called “the most beautiful lake in America” as well as “the best big-bass secret in the South.” […]
Bass Fishing
Rivers of Bass
Roger Boler’s lure split the water beside the cypress tree soundlessly, barely making a ripple. […]