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May 2, 2026

Toledo Bend gives up two big bass

September 26, 2023 Dan Kibler

In September, Toledo Bend gave up an 11.03-pound bass to Zach Oswald and a 10.09-pound bass to Jason Webre.[…]

Keith Lott shows off a bass he caught on a spinnerbait while fishing a river delta marsh. The flashing blades mimic shad, the preferred prey of river bass during the fall. (Photo by John N. Felsher)

Bring on the bass bite

September 22, 2023 John N. Felsher

As days turn a little cooler and shorter, bass fatten up on shad before the winter. Find the shad and find the bass.[…]

“Gaspergoo” turned out to be a 10-pound trophy bass

September 21, 2023 Kinny Haddox

Marcus Johns with his 10.38-pound Poverty Point largemouth bass he caught on a trip with his son, Austin Lambert, on Sept. 10.[…]

YUM Scottsboro Recon Swimbait

September 21, 2023 Don Shoopman

A joint project between YUM Bait Co. and the Scottsboro Tackle Co. resulted in the injection-molded YUM Scottsboro Recon Swimbait.[…]

Daiwa Tatula 300

September 10, 2023 Brian Cope

This lightweight, oversized baitcasting reel is a dream for bass anglers.[…]

Randy O’banion of Zwolle, a buoy tender for the Sabine River Authority, holds a 5-plus pound bass he caught at night on Toledo Bend. O’banion was beating the heat to catch 13 bass, including two over 5 pounds, while fishing a plum apple Ol’ Monster Worm around ledges in 7- to 15-foot depths.

Stick to vegetation, docks and offshore for Toledo bass

September 1, 2023 John Dean

More and more bass (and crappie) are being caught at Toledo Bend at night by folks who want to beat the heat.[…]

Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet gets bass like this in his hand with a buzz bait or by punchin’ soft plastics on either side of the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee in August.

A hot time with summer Basin bass

August 7, 2023 Don Shoopman

Cliff Crochet figured out a long time ago the most efficient way to put bass in the boat during the dog days of summer.[…]

Berkley J-Walker

August 5, 2023 Brian Cope

Get explosive topwater action from Berkley’s take on the classic walk-the-dog lure.[…]

John Dean has his hands full with a 9.2-pound bass he caught while dropping a June bug/red Senko through a grass mat in late summer.

Things are right for awesome Toledo Bend bass catches

August 4, 2023 John Dean

You can catch bass one of three ways to beat the summertime blues during late July and August at Toledo Bend.[…]

Evan Howe, left, and Noah Trant, who fish for the Northwestern State University Fishing Team, show their bass on June 10, Day 2 of the Strike King Bassmaster College Series Wild Card tournament on Lay Lake in Alabama.

NSU’s Howe, Trant have their eyes on the prize

July 28, 2023 Don Shoopman

Northwestern State University Fishing Team’s Evan Howe and Noah Trant will compete for a national championship in August at Pickwick Lake.[…]

William Guidry, left, and Tanner Meyer show off the six lunker bass they caught while fishing Toledo Bend in January. Their respective families have camps on the Louisiana side of Toledo Bend.

Rayne’s Guidry, Meyer, reach top spot in Angler of the Year race

July 14, 2023 Don Shoopman

Will Guidry, who attends Rayne High School, and Tanner Meyer, who goes to Midland High School, won the coveted Anglers of the Year title.[…]

Denham Springs angler boats first “official” double-digit Toledo Bend lunker

July 13, 2023 Dan Kibler

Lucas Arnold of Denham Springs caught a 10.22-pound lunker bass on July 7 during the Brandon Belt team tournament.[…]

Carl Hanchey of Deridder landed this 11.65-pound bass while fishing at night on Toledo Bend. (Photo courtesy Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program)

Deridder angler boats 11-pounder on Toledo Bend

July 6, 2023 Dan Kibler

Carl Hanchey of Deridder landed a 11.65-pound bass while fishing at night on Toledo Bend with his buddy Joe Bordelon.[…]

Mike Randolph caught this 9.45-pound bass and others while fishing plastic frogs and topwater poppers recently in a Dirty Dozen Bass Club tournament at Toledo Bend.

Plunkin’ and dunkin’ at Toledo Bend

July 3, 2023 John Dean

Toledo Bend’s reemergence of vegetation puts quite a few critical pieces of the puzzle together for catching bass in the dog days of summer.[…]

Looking out across the lake from the inlet at the Toledo Bend State Park.

Nation’s largest bass fishing organization recognizes state lakes

July 2, 2023 Kinny Haddox

Toledo Bend, the big Louisiana-Texas border lake, took the No. 6 spot overall in the coveted Bassmaster Magazine “Top 100” Lakes for 2023.[…]

Fruge sheds light on nighttime fishing for Toledo Bend lunkers

June 29, 2023 Dan Kibler

Bernard Fruge of Noble caught a 10.8-pound largemouth while fishing at Toledo Bend in the early hours of June 24.[…]