Louisiana Sportsman

Haughton’s Brad Watson displays his immense Toledo Bend 11.51-pounder taken in Palo Gaucho March 6 on a black-blue, Texas-rigged, weightless Senko in 3 feet of water. (Photo courtesy of the Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Toledo Bend delivers 11-pounders

April 2, 2020 Chris Berzas

The largest Toledo Bend lunkers of the season are beginning to show. Read the stories on how these two anglers battled these huge fish.[…]

Toledo Bend getaway

March 31, 2020 mistergutters

Kinder resident Marcus Norris shows off three of the bigger bass he caught on a three day trip to Toledo Bend the last week of March.[…]

March double-digit Toledo Bend lunkers keep rolling in

March 30, 2020 Chris Berzas

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

Dale Fowler of Converse had his hands full with a 10.47-pound bass that bit on a watermelon/red Strike King Shim-E-Stick around 10 a.m. March 21 in Slaughter Creek at Toledo Bend. (Photo courtesy Dale Fowler)

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

March 30, 2020 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

March 27, 2020 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.[…]

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

March 26, 2020 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.[…]

Annabelle Guins and her father, Doug, know very well how to take quality Toledo Bend largemouths during the shad spawn. (Photo courtesy Doug Guins)

Take advantage of shad spawn at Toledo Bend

March 26, 2020 Chris Berzas

In April, Toledo Bend’s largemouth bass will chomp down on spawning shad. This father-daughter duo shares what they do to catch numbers of quality bass.[…]

“Better late than never” nets Thompson a lunker

March 26, 2020 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.[…]

Latuso wields this bait for April bass

March 24, 2020 Don Shoopman

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Robbie Latuso had a ready answer for what he wants to throw for fun or in crunch time in April, a Delta Lures spinnerbait.[…]

Classic Cherry Picking at Bassmaster Classic

March 24, 2020 Don Shoopman

We follow along with Louisiana pros Darold Gleason and Caleb Sumrall as they compete in the Bassmaster Classic, which was won by a North Carolina pro.[…]

Yo-Zuri’s 3DB 1.5 Squarebill

March 24, 2020 louisianasportsman

Yo-Zuri has introduced the 3DB 1.5 Squarebill. This squarebill is designed to increase your fish catches without breaking the bank.[…]

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

March 24, 2020 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.[…]

With a 10-fish creel limit and no size restrictions in most state waters, bass are popular in Louisiana as both a gamefish and for taking a few home for dinner. However, some areas have lower creel limits as well as minimum/maximum lengths and/or protected slot limits. Check LDWF regulations for specific area regulations.

Chase bass in plastic boats

March 20, 2020 Chris Holmes

With bass available in almost all areas of Louisiana except the extreme coastal regions, kayak anglers are finding unlimited areas to fish.[…]

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

March 17, 2020 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

March 17, 2020 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

March 17, 2020 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.[…]