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.[…]
Fishing
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. […]
News Breaker
Gulf states agree on snapper management framework that could remove federal oversight of fishery
For the first time ever, all five Gulf states have banded together to create a management framework that, if ultimately approved by Congress, would finally remove the red snapper fishery from the control of the federal government.[…]
Fishing
T-H Marine
Greg Hackney lets the T-H Marines Atlas Jack Plate do all the heavy lifting.[…]
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.[…]
Fishing
Senate bill would eliminate corn ethanol content in fuels
Three U.S. senators have co-sponsored a bill to eliminate the mandate to use corn ethanol in fuels, and early expectations are that the bill – similar to one that was never brought to a vote in the last session – will proceed toward passage.[…]
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.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Choose the right line to tackle Lake Pontchartrain speckled trout
It’s not unusual for anglers in Lake Pontchartrain to deal with a variety of conditions that make it tough to actually feel a speckled trout bite, including wind, a foot-and-a-half of chop and steady, strong current – especially along the bridges.[…]
Fishing
Two cited for seafood freshness packaging scam
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries busted two men for alleged commercial seafood labeling violations in Orleans Parish, according to a press release.[…]
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.[…]
Columns
Bream basics
This month’s topic comes courtesy of Gerald King, an Alexandria resident who enjoys pursuing those pesky sunfish otherwise known to frequent readers of this column as gobbules. […]
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.[…]