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July 18, 2026

David Harrell caught this big D’Arbonne bass chasing shad along the channels.

Big bass fireworks on D’Arbonne

July 3, 2018 Kinny Haddox

It’s July — time for fireworks on Lake D’Arbonne in Union Parish.[…]

Hanna White of Baton Rouge holds a chunky bass caught on a white Stanley Ribbit earlier this summer at Toledo Bend on a trip with guide John Dean and her husband, Zach.

Nothing tops Toledo Bend bass fishing

July 3, 2018 John Dean

I can’t believe I’m already writing about midsummer bassin’ on Toledo Bend.

The year is flying by, and it’s already time to talk about deep patterns that are effective in July.[…]

Pitch Black

July 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

The Pipeline Canal was completely impassable.

And with that, Patrick Engerran immediately resorted to Plan B.[…]

Summertime bass will relate mostly to shady cover like logs and laydowns.

Shallow-minded tactics

July 1, 2018 David A. Brown

Nature is dynamic; and like a well-composed symphony, its performance comprises multiple complementary elements that rise and fall at the conductor’s direction. […]

Sid Havard’s son Chance always monitors his electronics to try to find schools of big bass that never break the surface but can be as easy to catch.

Schools of thought

July 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

The siren song of schooling bass has lured many an unsuspecting angler to spend the rest of his days wondering what the heck just happened.[…]

Bass like these are called “normal OK keepers” for Blind River and there were lots of them.

The Record Keeper

July 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

The hits were explosive — water and pieces of vegetation flew wildly.

Or maybe it was Lyle Johnson’s violent reaction to the hits. He doesn’t like ‘em to get away, and he fusses at himself for every missed fis[…]

For Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet, summertime fishing conjures up images of time out on the water as a youngster, making both early-morning and late-afternoon trips, and learning to throw a buzzbait with some parental input.[…]

Top 3 tips for windy bass fishing

June 19, 2018 Patrick Bonin

The old wind machine has been cranked up and blowing for what seems like almost all spring, and hopefully now a more typical summertime pattern will take over.[…]

A tricked out boat

June 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

Todd McElveen’s river boat started out life as a 16-foot Xpress welded jon boat. But it didn’t stay that way, getting highly modified to adapt it for use in shallow rivers with a jet drive outboard motor.[…]

Fish catchin’ stuff

June 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

This is tough fishing.

In the blink of an eye, an angler has to see the sweet spot in a pocket around structure, shoot a lure into it and immediately begin his retrieve, all while the current is trying to spin the boat one way or another and hustle it down river.[…]