Louisiana Sportsman

Lake Charles man boats Toledo Bend double-digit bass

January 20, 2025 Dan Kibler

Craig Bean was on a fishing trip at Toledo Bend with his buddy, Kenny Bailey, on Jan. 15 when he landed an 11.66-pound largemouth bass.[…]

The Adult Big Bass Rodeo Winner from 2024 with a Largemouth Bass weighing 7.76 pounds! (Photo courtesy LDWF)

Registration is open for the 76th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival at New Orleans City Park

January 19, 2025 From News Reports

Registration is now available for the 76th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival at New Orleans City Park on Saturday, March 29, 2025! […]

Millions of fish in the marsh

January 11, 2025 Todd Masson

Marsh Man Masson and Gage Ulmer set out to hook the biggest fish they could find in the marsh, with a competition to boot.[…]

Catch and cook: Loads of specks and loads of bass

January 8, 2025 Todd Masson

The fishing right now is better than it’s been in many years, with speckled trout and bass crowding in numbers that are almost hard to fathom.[…]

The new Mini Hammer-Trap from Bill Lewis Lures packs a punch despite its 3/16-ounce weight.

Lure Review – The Mini Hammer-Trap

January 6, 2025 Don Shoopman

The new Mini Hammer-Trap from Bill Lewis Lures packs a punch despite its 3/16-ounce weight. It was introduced at ICAST earlier this year.[…]

Ron Castille holds a chunky bass caught during a January trip on the Sabine River. His fishin’ buddy, Glenn Granger, is in the seat on the front deck.

Target Sabine River bass

January 3, 2025 Don Shoopman

Ron Castille of Lake Charles has been putting bass in the boat for many years from one of three public launches along the Sabine River.[…]

The late Harold Ensley, center, host of “The Sportsman’s Friend” fishing show, and his friends show off two ice chests stuffed with crappie following a trip four decades ago with the author at Toledo Bend.

Crappie time at Toledo Bend

January 2, 2025 John Dean

There have been some extraordinary crappie catchin’ days on Toledo Bend, where huge balls of shad congregate when the water temperature drops.[…]

Everett Guillory with his bass

December 27, 2024 Buzzup

Everett Guillory caught this lunker bass with a plastic worm on a private pond near Welsh, La. He returned the bass back in the pond to sire more future lunkers.

Tangipahoa River bass fishing

December 27, 2024 dleblanc213

Jase Leblanc pictured with a bass he caught while spending the weekend at his camp on the Tangipahoa River. His go to bait in the spring is a Watermelon Seed Speed Craw.

The Zoo Kick is a remake of Snag Proof's old, highly sought-after Wobbletron Frog.

The Snag Proof Zoo Kick

December 13, 2024 Don Shoopman

The brand-new Snag Proof Zoo Kick is sure to prove as good as, if not better than, its predecessor from the mid-2010s, the Wobbletron Frog.[…]

This small bass was released after falling for a slow-moving jig/plastic tail combo. Working lures slower in the winter and setting the hook anytime something feels different is the key to catching lethargic fish.

Get out, be safe, catch fish

December 13, 2024 Chris Holmes

Winter kayak fishing can be safe and productive as long as common sense is used in deciding when the conditions are right.[…]

NSU teammates Drake Wadsworth and Stone Smith hold bass after a collegiate tournament in October.

NSU bass anglers are tournament-tested

December 13, 2024 Don Shoopman

Stone Smith and Drake Wadsworth of the Northwestern State University Fishing Team qualified for three national collegiate tournaments.[…]

Those who focus on bass fishing in December and January will be rewarded.

Winter bass fishing on Toledo Bend

November 30, 2024 John Dean

The Magnum Rat-L-Trap triggers bites at Toledo Bend as big bass start showing up this first month of winter, if not before.[…]

Davis Whitten shows off a couple bass he caught while fishing a river system. (Photo by John N. Felsher)

Brush pile bass

November 22, 2024 John N. Felsher

Brush piles can be dynamite places to fish for bass, especially on lakes that don’t have much natural cover.[…]

Kevin Speyrer, left, and Derrick Fontenot, right, pose with Port Barre High School’s Braxton Speyrer, second from left, and Bennett Fontenot in June at a weigh-in during the High School Fishing World Finals at Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.

Port Barre teens take on the world

November 21, 2024 Don Shoopman

Bennett Fontenot and Braxton Speyrer finished a mere 2 ounces shy of winning the 15th annual TBF High School Fishing World Finals.[…]