Bass Fishing
Top April bass lures
Walk into any tackle store to grab a few lures and the choices can be overwhelming. Racks are piled with all manner of baits that each manufacturer promises will catch more bass.[…]
Fishing
Fishing
How to get the most out of braided line
I love braid. It’s tough. It’s got zero stretch. It doesn’t have memory. It’s got a very small diameter. You feel every tap. And when a fish is hooked the fight is just awesome.[…]
Columns
Hildebrandt Drum Roller
Want a unique and improved spinnerbait on your side when you go redfish fishing for pleasure or for money?[…]
Big Bass
Three more lunkers landed at Toledo Bend
As the 2014-15 lunker season draws to a close next month, three more anglers recently scored 10-pound-plus bass at Toledo Bend.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Impromptu bow-fishing trip yields potential Toledo Bend record longnose gar
As evidenced this spring, Toledo Bend’s 185,000 acres are home to an untold number of lunker largemouth bass that roam throughout the reservoir.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Nine cited for alleged oyster harvesting violations in Terrebonne Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited nine people on April 8 for alleged oyster violations in Hell Hole Bayou in Terrebonne Parish, according to a press release.[…]
Big Bass
Sulphur angler scores on Toledo Bend 11.14-pounder Saturday
As much as she wanted to, Pat Schexnider just couldn’t escape her date with destiny and ended up catching the bass of a lifetime Saturday on Toledo Bend.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Choosing the best popping cork
There are Ford guys and Chevy fanatics, and there are folks who prefer Coke and others who are diehard Pepsi drinkers. […]
Big Bass
High school senior scores on Toledo Bend 11.73-pounder
Like many other high school seniors across the state, 18-year-old Connor Fontenot of Ville Platte was enjoying spring break Monday.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney targets lunker bass on Mississippi’s New Arbor Lake
Sportsman TV ventured out in search of largemouth lunkers as Greg Hackney traveled to New Arbor Lake in Mississippi in pursuit of some big-time bass.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Choosing the best popping cork
There are Ford guys and Chevy fanatics, and there are folks who prefer Coke and others who are diehard Pepsi drinkers. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
This month offers great freshwater fishing and excellent marsh redfish action. Which will you choose?[…]
Fishing
LDWF agents work three drug-related cases in Jefferson Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries worked three drug-related cases last week in Jefferson Parish, according to a press release.[…]
Columns
A tale of two lakes
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness .…”[…]
Big Bass
Leesville angler scores 12.50-pounder on Toledo Bend Easter Sunday
Charles Johnson Jr. had no depth finder, no trolling motor and no net on Easter Sunday at Toledo Bend, but that didn’t stop him from landing the lunker bass of a lifetime.[…]
Big Bass
Ville Platte angler lands two 11-pound Toledo Bend lunkers on consecutive days
In addition to the normal array of hooks, weights, line, crankbaits, Traps, soft plastics and the usual assortment of “stuff” crammed into a typical tacklebox, David Vidrine apparently still had enough room for a horseshoe and a lucky rabbit’s foot on his Easter weekend trip to Toledo Bend.[…]