A late afternoon pre-fishing trip for a weekend bass tournament was the basic plan Monday for DeRidder residents Lee Glass, Trent Manuel and Daniel Bailey – but they got a lot more than they bargained for.[…]
Fishermen who wait until March to break out their crappie rods are missing some of the best fishing of the year.[…]
When the 2015 Bassmaster Classic kicks off on Friday morning on Lake Hartwell, the field of 56 anglers will be fishing against each other and the spotted and largemouth bass in the 56,000-acre reservoir lake. […]
February can be a tricky month to fish bass, but Strike King bass pro James Niggemeyer doesn’t have the option to sit home and wait for more-stable conditions. So he has found lures produced by his sponsor that will produce bites from fish in late-winter and prespawn patterns.[…]
Veteran angler Whitey Outlaw impales his live bait upside down, inserting the hook through the minnow’s nostril and coming out behind the lower jaw.[…]
With a nickname like ‘Bone,” it just makes sense that Seburn Coker would be the guy to shoot a buck with four antlers – and lots of bone – protruding from its skull.[…]
When Greg Hackney stepped to the microphone last night to accept the 2014 B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year Award, he used the limelight to honor the crowd of anglers against whom he fishes.[…]
When the bite is on at Toledo Bend, it doesn’t matter if conditions are cold and windy – or apparently, even if the console radio is blaring while you’re fishing.[…]
Many bass fishermen lead double lives, torn between their bass boats and tree stands. But as the door slams shut on deer season, the choice for cold-water bass fishing becomes clear.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hosting the 2015 Derelict Crab Trap Rodeo this Saturday, Feb. 21, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Johnson’s Bayou boat launch in Cameron Parish.[…]
The 36th Annual Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival, Louisiana’s largest outdoor and boat show, will be held March 12-15 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
Combining a horizontal struggle with a vertical fade that mimics a minnow’s final quivering moments, the Rapala Shadow Rap suspending jerkbait triggers bites as predator fish move in for an easy meal.[…]
Three men accused of hunting deer at night near Kentwood and then letting the animals rot were cited by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries last Thursday.[…]
Hefty speckled trout are no strangers to Capt. Adam Jaynes. On Feb. 8, the Orange, Texas, resident took several on Calcasieu Lake.[…]
One of the many blessings of Louisiana fishing is that there are no closed seasons. Great fishing is available any month of the year, but February is ranked by many anglers as 12 out of 12.[…]
It’s safe to say Ty Hibbs suffers from wanderlust.
His mantra is “whatever bites,” and he wears out his truck tires driving to catch fish whenever and wherever they’re biting.[…]