Outdoor Updates Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

March 31, 2020

March double-digit Toledo Bend lunkers keep rolling in

Here’s four more stories of bass anglers scoring successfully on the bounty of March’s Toledo Bend lunker largemouth bass. […]

Fowler makes the most of three strikes; lands big bass at Toledo Bend

Don Shoopman

Dale Fowler had his hands full with a lunker bass that bit on a watermelon/red Strike King Shim-E-Stick on March 21 in Slaughter Creek at Toledo Bend. […]

Andre Weber holds an 8.50-pound bass he caught while fishing March 22 in Lake Fausse Pointe. Weber is having a heckuva month. In early March he caught a 5 1/2-pounder, his previous personal best, in Sandy Cove, a notorious spawning area in the lake. On March 19, he caught a 7.25-pounder along the levee on a spinnerbait. Three days later this 'hawg' bit on a Strike King Hack Attack Jig while he was fishing with his brother and their grandfather, Larry Ransonet. All three bass were released. (Photo courtesy Andre Weber)

Fourth big bass this month from Lake Fausse Pointe

Don Shoopman

Andre Weber of Jeanerette is having a heckuva month. The the Catholic High School junior caught three lunker bass in Lake Fausse Pointe. […]

Louisiana’s No. 2 wahoo boated out of Venice

Dan Kibler

The second-largest wahoo ever taken out of Louisiana waters was boated on March 20 by a Florida angler fishing on a Venice-based charterboat. […]

Michael Kelly of Zachary displays his huge Toledo Bend 10.45-pounder taken near Alpine Landing on a YUM Dinger Bama Bug. (Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Four Toledo Bend lunkers over 10 pounds

Chris Berzas

It’s March Madness at Toledo Bend as this month offers the best chances for anglers to catch a double-digit lunker largemouth. […]

“Better late than never” nets Thompson a lunker

Kinny Haddox

Dalton Thompson of Picayune, Mississippi, is glad he didn’t sleep late. He caught his dream lunker largemouth the morning of March 24 at Caney Lake. […]

Reader Report: Odd-looking duck

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Jino Papania of Meraux shot this odd-looking duck on Jan. 13 while hunting in Yscloskey, La., with his cousin, Trent Tedesco. […]

Reader Report: 3.1-pound crappie

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Kyle Berry of Grayson hooked this 3.1-pound crappie on Feb. 12, 2020, in Caldwell Parish. […]

Paul Resweber, left, holds a 10.07-pound bass in his left hand after weighing in a limit on March 15, the second day of the Texas Oilman's Bass Invitational at Toledo Bend. Resweber, who lives in St. Martinville, and Mike O'Brien of New Iberia, finished third that day with 22.18 pounds and 25th overall with 33.24 pounds. (Photo courtesy Sherrie Resweber)

Lunker bagged at Texas Oilman’s Bass Invitational

Don Shoopman

Paul Resweber of St. Martinville landed a lunker bass at the Texas Oilman’s Bass Invitational on Toledo Bend while fishing with Mike O’Brien. […]

Kayak angler lands abnormal catfish

Chris Holmes

Robyn Bordelon catches a lot of catfish from her kayak, but this one was special. The rare fish was caught in the Mississippi River in south Louisiana. […]

A bass estimated between 81/2 and 9 pounds made Jarrod Derouen’s day when he caught it on March 7 in a borrow pit in Lake Fausse Pointe. The New Iberia angler was flippin’ a junebug Zoom Baby Brush hogs in and around brush when the brute bit.

Fausse Pointe produces another big bass

Don Shoopman

A big bass made New Iberia’s Jarrod Derouen’s day when he caught it on March 7 in a borrow pit in Lake Fausse Pointe while fishing with Troy Laviolette. […]

DeRidder’s Jonathan Harper displays his Toledo Bend lunker weighing 10.92 pounds taken Feb. 28 on a ¾-ounce, black/blue Santone Football jig with a black/blue Zoom Speed Craw in the Indian Creek area.

Two more lunkers over 10 taken at Toledo Bend

Chris Berzas

Toledo Bend continued to deliver double-digit lunkers in late February. DeRidder’s Jonathan Harper and Denni Fetting of Leesville both caught big bass. […]

Dayton Trichel of Provencal caught this huge Toledo Bend 11.16-pounder on a hard jerkbait fishing just south of Big Bass Marina Feb. 22.

Toledo Bend delivers two double-digit lunkers in late February

Chris Berzas

Read the stories of two anglers who succeeded in catching the largest bass of their lifetime at Toledo Bend in February, which is the second-best month. […]

A look at some of the quality racks that were entered into the Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest on Friday, March 13.

2020 Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest cut short

Dave Moreland

The 2020 Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival was shut down early and the show’s Big Buck Contest ended the second night of the show, with 27 entries. […]

Keagan Trahan has already claimed $1,500 in cash for catching a 2020 BassCashBash tagged fish on Toledo Bend last month.

BassCashBash offers cash to lucky entrants

Kinny Haddox

The BassCashBash began in 2015 on Toledo Bend and has expanded the program to seven different lakes. Prizes include $1,000 for each tagged fish caught. […]

Dan Langston shows off this 3.25 pound crappie.

Giant D’Arbonne crappie make anglers Slab Happy!

Kinny Haddox

The competitors in the Louisiana State Championship Crappie Masters tournament on Lake D’Arbonne Feb. 28 and Feb. 29 weighed in some incredible fish. […]