Louisiana Sportsman

Caddo birthday bass fine with Harwell

March 14, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Corey Harwell got a late birthday present with this 10.50-pound largemouth bass out of one of his favorite fishing holes, Caddo Lake.[…]

Texas angler enjoys epic day at the Bend — including a 10.43-pounder

March 11, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Chance Vicknair enjoyed one of those trips that most bass anglers only dream about. He had an epic day at Toledo Bend that featured a 9, a couple of 7s, a 6 and his third double-digit bass ever, a 10.43-pounder.[…]

DeQuincy angler lands massive 14-pounder at Toledo Bend

March 6, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Sean Kennon caught a monstrous 14-pound lunker largemouth bass on the south end of Toledo Bend on March 2.[…]

After some advice from John Dean, Ralph Daigle cast around hay grass in 5-foot depth and caught this lunker on a Carolina-rigged black super fluke in Housen Bay.

High water has Toledo Bend on

March 6, 2019 John Dean

Lots of shallow bass, headed to the spawn, should make March bass fishing great at Toledo Bend.[…]

How to find grass that holds prespawn bass

March 4, 2019 David A. Brown

Look for prespawn bass to stage anywhere there’s aquatic grass this month, then break down those areas for great fishing.[…]

Greg Hackney’s high-water tips

March 4, 2019 Don Shoopman

When spring reservoirs and river systems are a-flood, here’s how top-drawer bass pro Greg Hackney responds.[…]

Map feature: Lake Penchant

March 4, 2019 John Flores

During the latter part of the bass spawn in March, fish around and near Lake Penchant for spring largemouth bass, plus an occasional redfish.[…]

The secret for success during spawning season is hitting as many trees as quickly as possible.

Veteran guide tells where to fish for big bass on Caddo Lake

March 4, 2019 Jerald Horst

Follow this expert’s advice and you might end up with a beast of a bass from Caddo Lake.[…]

Greg Hackney’s money tips for catching spawning bass

February 28, 2019 louisianasportsman

Greg Hackney’s tips and tricks are spelled out here to help you fish the spawn and win bass tournaments.[…]

Zachary Brazda of Arnaudville caught a 9.4-pound beauty, while fishing a Carencro Bass Club tournament.

Lake Fausse Pointe Borrow pit hawgs

February 25, 2019 Don Shoopman

More and more big bass are coming from the borrow pits along the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee from Lake Fausse Pointe State Park south along what is locally known as the Borrow Pit Canal.[…]

Identifying the types of habitat in which bass feed and spawn is key to lake break down.

Lake breakdown explained

February 23, 2019 David A. Brown

Pro anglers discuss how they break down a body of water and determine where they have the best chance to catch fish when a tournament begins.[…]

Baker angler catches 10-plus-pounder at Toledo Bend

February 21, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Kyle Alexander, of Baker, hooked a 10.41-pound lunker bass on Feb. 15 at Toledo Bend near Turtle Beach.[…]

Medium swimbaits make highly effective search tools for finding big fish.

Swimbaits key for prespawn success

February 20, 2019 David A. Brown

These swimbaits will serve your bass plan well in the spring months.[…]

Mike “Pickle” Fontenot of Ville Platte holds one of the hawgs he has caught fishing Chicot Lake.

It’s hammer time on Chicot Lake

February 17, 2019 Don Shoopman

Chicot Lake’s bass — big and bigger — are ripe for the picking when the second month of the year rolls around.[…]

Chunky largemouth bass like these are why Jeff Glover is high on Caney Lake’s February bass prospects.

New dynamics kick in at Caney Lake

February 14, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Chunky largemouth bass like these are why Jeff Glover is high on Caney Lake’s February bass prospects. […]

Lane Martin of Paulina and his two sons, Hunter and Jace, caught a whopping 30.59-pound best-five fish stringer on Toledo Bend.

Toledo Bend grass update

February 12, 2019 Don Shoopman

Bass fishing at Toledo Bend is finally making a comeback after the record flood of 2016.[…]