Dale Taylor has been fishing for largemouth bass for close to 60 years. He has probably put his hands on as many big bass as any other fisherman in his part of the state. Why? Not only does he catch big bass on a consistent basis, he also directs several big bass tournaments.[…]
Thank goodness for the peppergrass growth all over Toledo Bend.[…]
When you’re fishing at Toledo Bend, there’s an expectation of big bass, and anglers never know when their next cast might result in the double-digit hawg of a lifetime.[…]
Lake Charles anglers Scott Eastman and Gil Leger had a well-designed plan to catch some solid fish for the Bass Champs tournament on Saturday, May 13 at Toledo Bend — and that meant heading south.[…]
Chad Williams was a very happy man after his recent trip to Toledo Bend for the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash tournament.[…]
Trip Payn loves to fish. So storms rolling through North Louisiana Sunday were really cramping his style.[…]
Tammy Mong has caught lots of big bass at Toledo Bend — including an 11.24-pound monster — but a 3-pounder had her jumping for joy Friday during the first day of competition at the Sealy Outdoor Big Bass Splash.[…]
With the dog days of summer looming, heat and humidity are about to make life pretty miserable for everyone for at least the next four months.[…]
No matter how experienced an angler you might be, eventually you’ll probably run afoul of a hook or two while out on the water. […]
Historically, poppers have been one of the most productive baits for fry guarders because you can zip them into tight spots, make use of even a short retrieve lane and create the kind of threatening presentation that’ll send papa reaching for the 12-gauge.[…]
There’s a wide area east and south of Morgan City where the bassin’ action can be fast and furious in May.[…]
Paul Keith isn’t sure whether an earthquake back in the early 1800s or a logjam on the Red River backed up water into the lowlands of north Caddo Parish to form Caddo Lake.[…]
More than 10 years ago, when I used to live in West Monroe, my local tournament partner Sid Havard and I used to look forward to May every year.[…]
It’s like girls night out for new mama bass and dads are watching the kids. That’s basically the deal with a popular spring pattern we know as “fry guarders” — male bass round up recently hatched babies (fry) and keep constant watch for a host of predators from bluegill, to crappie to other bass.[…]
Bragging-sized bass are storming the beaches, as they say, as I write this Toledo Bend piece the last day of March.[…]
Beverly Rogers Brister of Farmerville has a fish story that’s even bigger than the bass she caught on Lake D’Arbonne Tuesday — and that makes it a mighty good one. […]