Bass Fishing
What about the black blotches on bass?
With increasing regularity in recent years, fishermen have caught largemouth bass with black blotches on their heads, bodies or fins.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
The making of two Atchafalaya Basin bass-fishing experts
Kevin Diez is an old friend.
I first met him fishing. We were both belly deep in the water at Elmer’s Island, clobbering speckled trout and white trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Atchafalaya Basin bass-fishing calendar
Largemouth bass fishing is cyclic. Water temperatures, and with them oxygen levels, vary by season.[…]
Bass Fishing
Why you should drag a C-rig sideways
Fishing a Carolina rig doesn’t seem all that difficult: Throw it out and pull it back in.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend 12-pounder caught for second time in four months
Early this year, Florien’s Joe Cooley shared a goal with brother-in-law Martin Mayo that each would catching a Toledo Bend bass weighing at least 10 pounds during the season.[…]
Bass Fishing
Punching practices
Submerged vegetation is to bass as politics is to lying — you won’t find one without the other.[…]
Bass Fishing
Punching skirt keeps bulk when downsizing lure profile
If Caleb Sumrall is punching particularly thick vegetation, his preferred Missile D Bomb can begin hanging up.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fish frogs in grass for Toledo Bend bass
Remember this as you plan a bass fishing trip to Toledo Bend in June: It’s postspawn, sure, but those bass that left their love nests in the shallows after the deed was done will return there in late May and through June.[…]
Bass Fishing
Ashley dominates dirty Texoma on Day 1 of BASSfest
Flooded shorelines and muddy water didn’t stop some Bassmaster Elite Series pros from finding big bass during Day 1 Wednesday at the Bassmaster BASSfest at Lake Texoma on the Texas-Oklahoma border.[…]
Bass Fishing
Gibson man cited for allegedly being over the limit of bass
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Gibson man on Sunday for allegedly being in possession of 26 bass in Terrebonne Parish on Sunday.[…]
Bass Fishing
Muddy-water bass fishing tactics
Summertime rains can really ruin a fishing trip, especially when your lake of choice collects water from a large drainage area.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lure Review: LiveTarget’s sunfish
Apparently startled, certainly rattled, a small, injured bream swam to the surface, zigged and zagged in the scattered grass, jumped a little and landed sideways before continuing to move erratically until it settled back into the water to meet its fate.[…]
Big Bass
139 lunker bass replicas recently awarded at Toledo Bend
The Toledo Bend Lake Association awarded 139 replicas last month to anglers who caught 10-pound-plus bass during the 2015-16 Lunker Bass Program season.[…]
Bass Fishing
Post-spawn potential — Learn why you should fish Toledo Bend after lunkers leave the shallows
There’s no time when Toledo Bend guide Dave Mansue isn’t in love with this Sabine River impoundment.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: June 2016-Bass
Don’t give up on Toldeo Bend just because the spawn is over. You just have to know the best tactics.[…]
Bass Fishing
The drop — Expert tips for Atchfalaya Basin bass fishing
“The drop is what everybody waits for,” the big dude said. “The fish have been swimming around in trees for months, and the falling water pulls them out into the canals and bayous.”[…]