Bass Fishing
Lacassine Pool bass genetics
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Eric Shanks said that, although affected by the drought of 2010-11, bass stocks appear to be rebounding quickly.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Push poles a necessity at Lacassine Pool
Lacassine Pool has much to owe to its coontail, hydrilla, water lilies, alligator grass and maidencane that offers plenty of cover in which bass can hide.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lacassine Pool fishing regulations
The daily creel limit for bass is 10 per day with no length limit.
However, a regulation enacted in 2014 prohibited anglers from staying overnight on roads entering Lacassine Pool, manager Richard Meyers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Adjust to prespawn bass-fishing volatility
When a cold front boogers up the prespawn scene, colder temperatures and bright, bluebird conditions will push the fish back off their staging positions.[…]
Bass Fishing
Was deregulation of Chicot Lake bass fishing the right move?
“Most definitely, anglers that I fished with and spoke to were pleased when the slot was removed,” local guide and tournament angler Mike Bazare said. “Bass club members and tournament anglers were able to keep varying sizes of fish to weigh in, and that really changed things up a bit at the tournaments; it really added some fun.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Florida influence at Chicot Lake
LDWF records indicate more than 2.6 million Florida-strain bass have been released into Chicot Lake since 1988.[…]
Bass Fishing
Why was the Chicot Lake bass slot limit dropped?
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Inland Fisheries biologist Jody David said the removal of the slot restriction is a direct response to anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tackle tips for bass fishing in grass
FLW Pro JT Kenney likes a bladed swim jig around prespawn grass, but if the fish aren’t fully committed — maybe because of post-frontal blues — he finds himself missing a lot of short strikes.[…]
Big Bass
Texas angler catches 10.42-pounder Wednesday on Toledo Bend
Verlin Nesbitt’s Wednesday got started just like any other day when he goes fishing at Toledo Bend. […]
Bass Fishing
Strike King – Teamwork
Strike King and Greg Hackney, Teamwork[…]
Bass Fishing
Frigid in the Basin
The cold fronts don’t want to quit this time of year, but we had enough confidence in the mighty power of the Atchafalaya Basin to go out and get a show done after a front dropped the temps. We bundled up and slowed it down to catch a nice mess of basin bass.[…]
Big Bass
Illinois angler scores on Toledo Bend 10.67-pounder
This was the second year that Doug Foster joined a group of 16 Illinois anglers on their annual fishing trip to Toledo Bend.[…]
Big Bass
Texas angler lands 11.71-pound whopper during Haynesville Shale tourney
After a tough opening day Friday in the Haynesville Shale Bass Tournament at Toledo Bend, Larry Pipes and Paul Thomas really wanted to put some quality fish in their livewell. […]
Bass Fishing
Next year’s Bassmaster Classic returns to Tulsa’s Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees
Elite Series pros and other contestants will be livin’ on Tulsa time next year during the 2016 Bassmaster Classic, which will be held in the month of March for the first time ever. […]
Bass Fishing
Cold weekend makes for tough bass bite at Toledo Bend
It was 27 degrees when we woke up early Saturday morning at Toledo Bend, and even though the temperature rose to almost 65 that afternoon, the bass bite never warmed up all day.[…]
Big Bass
Plaquemine angler takes monster 11.89-pounder at Toledo Bend
Leon Amedee was a man on a mission.
For the last couple of years, the 66-year-old angler from Plaquemine eagerly read the Internet hoopla surrounding all the 10-pound-plus bass taken on Toledo Bend – and decided he wanted in on the action.[…]