Keying on bedding bass, Alton Jones of Waco, Texas, led with 26 pounds, 9 ounces after the first day of the Bassmaster Elite Series stop on the St. Johns River.[…]
Big Lake for years was off limits to wholesale oyster harvest, with tongs being the only legal means of taking the succulent muscles from the lake. And that meant there were abundant reefs around which trophy trout lounged.[…]
Rising gas prices have many Louisiana sportsmen looking for alternative ways of getting after their favorite game fish. For Lafayette Kayak Fishing Club member Greg Sonnier, that means grabbing his Hobie kayak out of the garage and tying it to the top of his SUV for a spontaneous trip to Calcasieu Lake.[…]
If you’re heading bass fishing, well don’t forget to bring the spotlights. I have loads of success on these trips in canals alongside Lake DesAllemands, Lake Boeuf, Ruddock, and the Intracoastal Waterway near Bayou Black.[…]
Shaw Grigsby clinched his ninth B.A.S.S. win and his first Bassmaster Elite Series win this weekend during the 2011 season operner on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes. And he did it with style, posting a three-day total of 75 pounds, 4 ounces.[…]
Florida’s Shaw Grigsby extended his lead Saturday (March 12) in the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series season opener by putting together an 18-pound, 12-ounce bag of bass from the Harris Chain of Lakes.[…]
The bag required to hold Shaw Grigsby’s Friday (March 11) catch at the Bassmaster Elite Series Sunshine Showdown was so heavy that he had to have help toting it from the docks to the official check-in station.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents found the body of a missing man in the Vermilion River in Lafayette at 10:15 a.m. on March 10.[…]
Second-year pro angler Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part was barely more than 7 pounds out of the lead going into the second day of the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series opener being held on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes.
Crochet weighed in 13 pound, 5 ounces yesterday (March 10).[…]
One of the worst kept secrets in Southeast Louisiana is that the bridges across Lake Pontchartrain have turned on early this year.[…]
Kyle Lawrence, who goes by the screen name of Flat Guy, won the February edition of the LouisianaSportsman.com Big Bass Contest, and will receive a $15 gift coupon to the online Sportsman Outdoor store.[…]
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are surveying saltwater anglers across the Gulf of Mexico to update and improve estimates of the overall economic contributions of saltwater recreational fishing to the Gulf and U.S. economy.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising all visitors to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that Price Lake Road, a primary access point for public outdoor recreation on the western end of the refuge, will be closed until March 12 due to work needed on the road bed.[…]
Have you ever seen those guys on TV trying to catch a bedding bass during some big-money tournament? Man, they have it made.[…]
Bass fishermen are fond of referring to “timing” as a key piece of a puzzle when breaking down a potential winning pattern. It also becomes a wonderful excuse when you don’t catch them.[…]
Lake D’Arbonne, located a little northwest of Monroe, is a productive place to catch really big bass this month, although the lake yields nice bass year-round.[…]