Big Bass
Tournament scouting trip yields 11-pound lunker
Stephen Ell and Joe Fleming were scouting for this weekend’s BOSS Tournament Trail championship on May 26 when the fish of a lifetime picked up Ell’s lure.[…]
Bass
Bass Fishing
Postspawn tactics for Toledo Bend
After a prolonged cool and wet spring, I’m ready for the next season on Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Father vs. son in one-boat bass tournament
My son Joel and I had a week off of our bass-fishing club, but we still had the itch for competition, so we set off on the Tchefuncte River battling each other, as well as the clock. […]
Bass Fishing
Greg Hackney Catching Bass in Deep Hydrilla
Lake Okissa near Brookhaven, Mississippi is the stop for this week’s episode of Sportsman TV. Host Greg Hackney got together with Bernie Reed, the owner of Reed’s Metals. Hackney was excited to discover a lake with deep water within a couple hour drive of his house.[…]
Bass Fishing
Feelin’ the buzz … Froggy style – Add a frog to your buzzbait to catch more bass
Kenny Covington was watching a bass tournament on television a while back when he noticed something he just knew he had to incorporate into his own fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Small bait … big results – How to use a finesse jig to catch more bass
When you ask a specialist to design a tool, they’ll likely give you a prototype with the details that matter most. That’s what Bassmaster Elite Series pro David Walker did for Z-Man when he designed the Cross EyeZ Power Finesse Jig.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Marsh redfish gobble up bass finesse bait
As bass baits evolve and get better at attracting bites from green fish, they also get more irresistible to redfish. On a trip this week, I found that was definitely true with shaky heads.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bet on (Bayou) Black bass
There’s an area that Bill McCarty never passes up when he wants to put bass in the boat in May.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Pick apart’ Cane River for post-spawn bass
The list of good places to fish on the Cane River in Natchitoches is long. You’ve got miles of shoreline reeds, scattered brush tops, a plethora of boat docks, grass beds, lily pad fields and combinations of all those. And that goes on for 30 miles (60 total miles of shoreline if you count both banks).[…]
Bass Fishing
Targeting canal bass
Bass fishing as a professional sport conjures up images of sparkly boats with huge motors, and anglers standing on a stage showing off tournament fish that will soon be released.[…]
Fishing
Marsh Man Masson scores personal best bass on Tchefuncte
In 2013, I moved my family to an established neighborhood that sits nestled on the prettiest river in Louisiana and maybe even North America. […]
Bass Fishing
Meal delivery schedule
The good Lord knows that postspawn bass will be hungry, so He timed nature’s progression to make sure those recuperating fish had plenty to eat. Bluegill sacrifice many of their numbers to feed the bass who were probably holding a grudge for all that nest raiding the bream attempted.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to pick a bass ‘yak
For input on how to pick a kayak suitable for largemouth bass fishing, I turned to the Lafayette kayak guru John Williams, who with his wife Becky, owns Pack & Paddle in Lafayette. […]
Bass Fishing
Why bass fish from a kayak?
Picture a bass fisherman.
Odds are, what comes to mind is a heavy fiberglass v-hull, powered by the largest horsepower engine allowed in its class. […]
Bass Fishing
Best lures for marsh bass
Jeff Bruhl uses a variety of lures to target Pearl River marsh bass this time of year.[…]
Bass Fishing
New cull system protects bass
There was a day when cull floats were attached to large clips that were stuck through bass’ jaws, but more and more tournament circuits are moving to non-penetrating floats.[…]