A myriad of possible locations exists for 2012 Bassmaster Classic competitors to analyze in the practice days leading up to the actual tournament. After deciding to fish Pool 4 or Pool 5, anglers must then decide if they’re going to try to fish a proven community hole or find an unknown, isolated area that they can have all to themselves.[…]
Louisiana will shine this month as the pros descend on the Red River for the Bassmaster Classic.[…]
A growing number of bass fishermen in and around the Atchafalaya Basin are tuning into a spinnerbait that hums through the water much the same way a piano makes its melodic music.[…]
This one leans to the left; that one goes far right. Here’s one that keeps a centrist course.[…]
About the only thing on a lake’s bottom that never gets tired of biting is the bottom itself. Particularly with moving “reaction” lures like crankbaits, snags are practically an assumption.[…]
Anglers often try idling around a snag to try and free their bait from different angles. If this fails and you have to use a lure knocker, make sure to return to the same angle as the initial snag. This is a simple task if you’re dealing with a log or laydown in shallow water.[…]
One of the most important considerations for heading to fish the Caernarvon area is just how quickly conditions can change.[…]
One of the things that BASS Elite Series professional angler Clark Reehm kept pointing out over and over as he discussed bass fishing around Delacroix was fishing what he called high-percentage places.[…]
Sixty-year-old Texan Butch Ray can relate to the buzz heard for months this year around Toledo Bend and on Southwest Louisiana waters about a high-end topwater bait with a beautiful body and a seductive sound.[…]
A half dozen great egrets and as many blue herons were scattered along the edge of a small cove, and every five minutes or so, they would take a few steps back.[…]
A Pineville bass fisherman was an unhappy camper one afternoon the first week of October while fishing Toledo Bend.[…]
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
Like any other non-migratory critter, each largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction each year.[…]
Understanding rivers is important, both for finding fish on them and to navigating them. The smaller the river is, the more important it is to understand it, but the easier it is to understand.[…]
Largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction.[…]