Bass Fishing
Cover: July 2008-Bass
There are ways to catch bass in the brutal heat of July. Just ask Rick Redmon and Mike Shelton.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Bayou bass seem to love ChatterBaits
Soon after the ChatterBait craze subsided somewhat in the mid-2000s, there was a big bass tournament in the heart of Acadiana.The results disproved the notion that some bass anglers may mistakenly have about red-hot new artificial lures: Sure, it works somewhere else, but it won’t produce here.[…]
Bass Fishing
Thanksgiving in July at Turkey Creek
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Extra Padding
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Back in Black Bass
Anyone who thinks I’ve got an easy job should have been with me on the morning of my Lake Cataouatche trip.[…]
Bass Fishing
Are marsh bass really different?
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Boondoggle Bassin’
It’s hard to imagine that the Florida Parishes don’t have some type of freshwater reservoir to attract anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Finger on the Pulse
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: April 2008-Bass
Louisiana bass come to jerkbaits like kids to pizza.[…]
Bass Fishing
Jazzed Up Jerkbaits
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Beat the Classic pros by 10 months
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass biting at Pearl River canals
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Ackwards
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Q is for Quintana
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.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: March 2008-Bass
Louisiana’s bass seem to be spawning deeper than ever before, which opens opportunities for anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
State of the State
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.[…]