Bass Fishing
Keys to False River spawning bass
False River hasn’t been on anyone’s radar for years, since it was dropped from the state Quality Lakes system in the wake of siltation that wrecked what once was a legendary fishery.[…]
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Bass Fishing
How to catch spawning bass at Toledo Bend
When I see a big ol’ bass on a bed in March at Toledo Bend, one of the techniques I use to get her to bite, even though she really doesn’t want to, is “soak” the soft plastic I’m casting.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Bed’time stories on Caney lake
Tyler Stewart graduated from college, finished his apprenticeship and is taking his skills into the workplace. And the point of this? That can help you catch more fish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 tips to connect during the spawn
Big fish moving shallow — seems like a can’t-miss opportunity with home run potential, right?[…]
Bass Fishing
Cane River tailspin
The darkly tanned professional fisherman paused when he walked out of the country convenience store and looked at the boat hanging on the back of his truck, a 21-foot Triton TrX Elite with a big 250-horse Mercury.[…]
Bass Fishing
Spawn down south
The stained waters of South Louisiana are packed with bass. Use these tips from bass pros who grew up down south to catch more lunkers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Efficient fishing key to more bass bites
Consistently building hefty stringers of bass requires maximizing the time spent on the water — and Pierre Part’s Cliff Crochet said that means working every piece of cover for all it’s worth.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to keep livewell bass healthy
Livewells have come a long way over the years. But everyone sometimes struggles to keep bass healthy because ammonia can build up and water temperatures can rise inside the enclosed space over time — especially during brutal summer months.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘March’-ing on at Toledo Bend
What will this winter’s unseasonably cold temperatures mean for spawning action this month at Louisiana’s premier big-bass location?[…]
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Crappie angler lands Toledo Bend lunker bass on 6-pound-test line
Seventy-five-year-old Mike Plank arrived at Toledo Bend on Valentines Day to begin a two-month fishing fest, with the goal of catching “whatever is biting.”[…]
Big Bass
Lake Claiborne gives up 12-pound-plus hawg
Fishing a Louisiana Media Bass singles tournament on Lake Claiborne, things didn’t exactly start out so well for Chris Clement.[…]
Big Bass
Lenten dinner trip results in 11-pound bass
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.
That was proved Feb. 16 when Elton’s Phillip Durio arrived at Toledo Bend expecting his dad to have caught enough bass for a Lenten dinner that Friday evening.[…]
Bass Fishing
Basin bass already moving to post-spawn pattern
After the frigid winter, the expectation when we left the landing Monday morning was that we’d find bass sucked up tight to the banks doing their spawning business.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF removing slot limit for bass on Caney Creek Reservoir
The existing slot limit for black bass on Caney Creek Reservoir in Jackson Parish will be removed on Tuesday, Feb. 20, with statewide regulations calling for a 10-fish daily creel limit and no length restrictions in place moving forward.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Aiming for FAT STACKS in local tournament
You don’t need a lot of bites to win a bass tournament. You just need the right five fish.[…]
Big Bass
Cane River gives up 13-pound bass
The weather was miserable leading up to Sunday’s Good Ole Boys Bass Club tournament on Cane River, with a cold front moving dropping the temps from 67 to 44 degrees that morning.[…]