Louisiana Sportsman

Daiwa Tatula 300

September 10, 2023 Brian Cope

This lightweight, oversized baitcasting reel is a dream for bass anglers.[…]

Ruger Jase Warren’s Caney Lake bass

September 1, 2023 Field Reporter

Ruger Jase Warren with a 5-pound bass caught at Caney Lake in Jonesboro on July 10, 2023.[…]

Randy O’banion of Zwolle, a buoy tender for the Sabine River Authority, holds a 5-plus pound bass he caught at night on Toledo Bend. O’banion was beating the heat to catch 13 bass, including two over 5 pounds, while fishing a plum apple Ol’ Monster Worm around ledges in 7- to 15-foot depths.

Stick to vegetation, docks and offshore for Toledo bass

September 1, 2023 John Dean

More and more bass (and crappie) are being caught at Toledo Bend at night by folks who want to beat the heat.[…]

Pan fry for the win

August 17, 2023 dleblanc213

Jase Leblanc is switching gears from bass fishing and taking advantage of catching big brim while the mayflies are in season on the Tangipahoa River.[…]

Laura Kate Felder goes pond fishing

August 11, 2023 Field Reporter

Laura Kate Felder, 9, of Ethel with bass caught on July 4, 2023. […]

Two bass for Walter Jewell

August 11, 2023 Field Reporter

Walter Jewell with a nice pair of bass.[…]

Sampling the action in Venice

August 7, 2023 Todd Masson

Marsh man Masson and Chris Macaluso head down to the Plaquemines Parish port of Venice to sample the fishing action.[…]

Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet gets bass like this in his hand with a buzz bait or by punchin’ soft plastics on either side of the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee in August.

A hot time with summer Basin bass

August 7, 2023 Don Shoopman

Cliff Crochet figured out a long time ago the most efficient way to put bass in the boat during the dog days of summer.[…]

Berkley J-Walker

August 5, 2023 Brian Cope

Get explosive topwater action from Berkley’s take on the classic walk-the-dog lure.[…]

John Dean has his hands full with a 9.2-pound bass he caught while dropping a June bug/red Senko through a grass mat in late summer.

Things are right for awesome Toledo Bend bass catches

August 4, 2023 John Dean

You can catch bass one of three ways to beat the summertime blues during late July and August at Toledo Bend.[…]

Brantley’s bass

August 3, 2023 TYLERMARIE90

Brantley Maddox, 10, caught this 5-pound bass in Boyce on June 8, 2023.[…]

Jase LeBlanc had a great start to summer break

August 3, 2023 dleblanc213

Jase LeBlanc started off his summer break doing his favorite type of fishing at his favorite spot. Bass fishing on the Tangipahoa River.[…]

Shadow bass in Bogue Chitto State Park

August 3, 2023 owhere

Been trying to catch a shadow bass for a while now, was fishing along Bonner Creek in Bogue Chitto State Park.[…]

Bayou Lacombe bass

July 28, 2023 Field Reporter

Willie “Hammer Time” Lee was fishing at Bayou Lacombe on June 23, 2023 when he caught this 4.7-pound bass.[…]

Evan Howe, left, and Noah Trant, who fish for the Northwestern State University Fishing Team, show their bass on June 10, Day 2 of the Strike King Bassmaster College Series Wild Card tournament on Lay Lake in Alabama.

NSU’s Howe, Trant have their eyes on the prize

July 28, 2023 Don Shoopman

Northwestern State University Fishing Team’s Evan Howe and Noah Trant will compete for a national championship in August at Pickwick Lake.[…]

Brody Vines and his fish

July 27, 2023 Field Reporter

Brody Vines proudly shows off the bass he caught testing out a new bait.[…]