Bass Fishing
Bistineau bigmouths
“We fished this very spot,” murmured 59-year-old Rickey Lee. “I can’t remember names and faces, but I can remember where I caught a fish.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Drop by design — The ins and outs of dropshotting for bass
It’s the go-to rig for finessing finicky fish, nudging the cold-weary and lightly probing a variety of hard-cover scenarios from docks to laydowns, to bridges.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lunker mentality
Spawning activity typically cranks up across Toledo Bend this month. Use these tips to take advantage of some of the best bass fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Three patterns to catch False River bass
False River in Pointe Coupee Parish was once one of the premier fisheries in the state, part of the Quality Lakes system stocked with Florida-strain bass. And then in the late 1990s, things just fell apart — siltation and water clarity suffered, and the fishery became a shade of its former glory.[…]
Bass Fishing
Basin low, bass gearing up for spawn
Muddy water greeted me and Bassmaster Elite Series angler Cliff Crochet on Friday (Jan. 26) as we turned off the Intracoastal Waterway and headed deep into the Atchafalaya Basin — and water levels were at rock bottom.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: The tough Tchefuncte
With a couple hours to kill, my son Joel and I took on one of the toughest fisheries in the state — the Tchefuncte River — in search of bass and crappie, called sac-a-lait locally.[…]
Bass Fishing
Square-bills are killer in the basin
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet talks about throwing square-billed crankbaits for bass in January.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Part 2 of one-boat fish-off
After starting hot and then experiencing a big lull in the middle of our fishing trip, Capt. Justin Bowles and I found fast action on speckled trout, giving us more than enough to weigh in our one-boat fishing competition.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top 3 winter bass baits
Wintertime bass fishing can be tough, and that can cause anglers to look for all kinds of gimmicks and off-the-wall tactics to get bites.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Super Sally
For many anglers, especially in the South, there have been epic trips with lots of unforgettable “Sally Time.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Henderson bass willing to bite despite frigid water temps
After weeks of freezing temperatures, I awoke Saturday to discover mild temperatures and blue-bird skies — and by 8 a.m. I was packing up the boat for a quick trip to Henderson to see if the bass would cooperate.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bayou Black bass staging for spawn this month
Prairieville anglers Kurt and Adam Cook spend pretty much every weekend fishing together, and Bayou Black is one of their favorite wintertime targets.[…]
Bass Fishing
January could produce 10-pounders at Toledo Bend
After a relatively balmy fall so far, I’m convinced that bass fishing prospects for January are going to be different than the long-term norm at Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Drawdown has Lake Claiborne on fire
You might call it a “Winter Fire” fishing report. It’s definitely winter, but the fishing is on fire”at Lake Claiborne. And it has been for a while, according to guide Sid Havard. […]
Bass Fishing
Always bet on Black
I’ve got to admit I wasn’t expecting much.
Chad Wiley, a Bassmaster tournament pro from Pineville, asked me to meet him at Joe’s Horseshoe Lake Marina in Monterey.[…]
Big Bass
Bayou Sorrel pond gives up 12-pound lunker bass
Dequian Jackson hasn’t been bass fishing all that long, but the 20-year-old reeled in a true lunker largemouth earlier this month from a public pond in Bayou Sorrel and experienced a fight most veteran anglers likely will never get to feel in their lifetimes.[…]