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July 2, 2026

Medium swimbaits make highly effective search tools for finding big fish.

Swimbaits key for prespawn success

February 20, 2019 David A. Brown

These swimbaits will serve your bass plan well in the spring months.[…]

Capt. Marty LaCoste says the fish can roam the entire lake, but his favorite areas include the west and south sides.

Dularge offers close trout action

February 19, 2019 Joel Masson

A convenient and easy area to target speckled trout this month is Dularge’s Lake DeCade.[…]

Chris Negulescu poses with the massive 328.4-pound broadbill swordfish he landed along with his nephew, Alex Negulescu, and Eric Hebert, Saturday out of Venice.

Monster 328-pound sword landed Saturday out of Venice

February 19, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Eric Hebert, Alex Negulescu and Chris Negulescu caught a massive 328.4-pound broadbill swordfish out of Venice.[…]

Westwego anglers catch 54 sac-a-lait fishing Salvador WMA

February 19, 2019 Gina Rivere

Salvador Wildlife Management Area, located along the northwestern shore of Lake Salvador in St. Charles Parish, is the place to be to catch sac-a-lait.[…]

Some days it is best to stay home and organize your gear. But if you choose your days carefully, you can find some excellent kayak fishing during February.

It’s a secret in the kayak fishing world

February 19, 2019 Chris Holmes

February may be the best kept secret in kayak fishing. If you pick the right days and conditions, the fishing can be absolutely fantastic.
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Try throwing big suspending baits such as Corky’s and Mirrodines for big fish near the bank.

Turner’s Bay reef is hot spot on Big Lake

February 19, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Nick Poe didn’t hesitate when asked about a wintertime speckled trout location on Big Lake within a short ride of the boat launch.[…]

Record fly-rod redfish?

February 18, 2019 louisianasportsman

On Super Bowl Sunday, Phillip “Flip” Frank of New Orleans braved the fog with Capt. Rich Waldner to catch a red that weighed 45 pounds and easily tops the current Louisiana and world records for fly-rod reds.[…]

Mike “Pickle” Fontenot of Ville Platte holds one of the hawgs he has caught fishing Chicot Lake.

It’s hammer time on Chicot Lake

February 17, 2019 Don Shoopman

Chicot Lake’s bass — big and bigger — are ripe for the picking when the second month of the year rolls around.[…]

How to use jerkbaits to catch monster specks

February 15, 2019 Jon Miller

If you want to increase the size of the speckled trout you catch — while also increasing your chances of catching a trophy — consider fishing jerkbaits.[…]

Chunky largemouth bass like these are why Jeff Glover is high on Caney Lake’s February bass prospects.

New dynamics kick in at Caney Lake

February 14, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Chunky largemouth bass like these are why Jeff Glover is high on Caney Lake’s February bass prospects. […]

Cheniere Lake was basically emptied when flooding in 2016 washed away the bridge and spillway that impounded the 3,600-acre lake.

State pledges to help repair, fill Cheniere Lake

February 13, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Cheniere Lake was basically emptied when flooding in 2016 washed away the bridge and spillway that impounded the 3,600-acre lake.[…]

DockSide TV “Operation Panfish”

February 13, 2019 louisianasportsman

The folks at DockSide TV have made the transition to crappie fishing. It’s one of their favorite things to do for many reasons.[…]

Hunter Anderson shows us the reason we should always carry a fishing rod in our trucks. (Photo courtesy of Hunter Anderson)

20-pound goldfish caught by Kentucky angler

February 13, 2019 From News Reports

Do you always keep a fishing rod in your car or truck? Hunter Anderson does, and it paid off when he visited a private pond and caught a 20-pound goldfish in Kentucky.[…]

Lane Martin of Paulina and his two sons, Hunter and Jace, caught a whopping 30.59-pound best-five fish stringer on Toledo Bend.

Toledo Bend grass update

February 12, 2019 Don Shoopman

Bass fishing at Toledo Bend is finally making a comeback after the record flood of 2016.[…]

Jim Miers of DeRidder weighed in this 10.96-pounder, the 20th fish entered in the 2018-19 Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program season, on Feb. 4. The big bass bit a Zoom lizard in sprayed grass color on a treetop in the Mill Creek area.

DeRidder angler finally lands elusive Toledo Bend lunker

February 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Jim Miers of DeRidder weighed in this 10.96-pounder, the 20th fish entered in the 2018-19 Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program season, on Feb. 4.[…]

Tyler Hatrel, right, and Keaton Biggs pose with a nice wahoo they reeled in earlier this year while trolling shaky baits south of Fourchon.

Wahoo bite on fire out of Fourchon

February 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Tyler Hatrel and his buddies have been mopping up on wahoo out of Fourchon.[…]