Bass Class
High school senior puts in the work when it comes to bass tournaments
Riverdale Academy’s Colton Caskey has shown that dedication and success can pay off on the high school bass tournament level.[…]
Bass
Big Bass
Martin catches monster bass at Toledo Bend
Bryant “Brother” Martin of Crowley with the 11.19-pound bass he caught at Toledo Bend on February 6, 2025.[…]
Big Bass
Texas angler ‘traps’ huge Toledo Bend bass in big tournament win
Eric Pledger of Timpson, Texas, was fishing a Fishers of Men Tournament at Toledo Bend on Feb. 1 when he caught a 12.98-pound bass.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lake Fausse Pointe bass anglers will have to travel to get their fill
With Lake Fausse Pointe fishing smaller, bass anglers in the winter and spring months need to cover as many potential hotspots as possible.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend bass are poised for the spawn
If you’re going after bass on Toledo Bend as the calendar turns from January to February, here are some tips to help.[…]
Big Bass
Lake Charles man boats Toledo Bend double-digit bass
Craig Bean was on a fishing trip at Toledo Bend with his buddy, Kenny Bailey, on Jan. 15 when he landed an 11.66-pound largemouth bass.[…]
Bass Fishing
Registration is open for the 76th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival at New Orleans City Park
Registration is now available for the 76th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival at New Orleans City Park on Saturday, March 29, 2025! […]
Field Reports
Millions of fish in the marsh
Marsh Man Masson and Gage Ulmer set out to hook the biggest fish they could find in the marsh, with a competition to boot.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Loads of specks and loads of bass
The fishing right now is better than it’s been in many years, with speckled trout and bass crowding in numbers that are almost hard to fathom.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lure Review – The Mini Hammer-Trap
The new Mini Hammer-Trap from Bill Lewis Lures packs a punch despite its 3/16-ounce weight. It was introduced at ICAST earlier this year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Target Sabine River bass
Ron Castille of Lake Charles has been putting bass in the boat for many years from one of three public launches along the Sabine River.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie time at Toledo Bend
There have been some extraordinary crappie catchin’ days on Toledo Bend, where huge balls of shad congregate when the water temperature drops.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 stories of 2024
We researched the archives of LouisianaSportsman.com and came up with the 5 best-read stories of the year.[…]
Fishing Reports
Everett Guillory with his bass
Everett Guillory caught this lunker bass with a plastic worm on a private pond near Welsh, La. He returned the bass back in the pond to sire more future lunkers.
Fishing Reports
Tangipahoa River bass fishing
Jase Leblanc pictured with a bass he caught while spending the weekend at his camp on the Tangipahoa River. His go to bait in the spring is a Watermelon Seed Speed Craw.
Bass Fishing
The Snag Proof Zoo Kick
The brand-new Snag Proof Zoo Kick is sure to prove as good as, if not better than, its predecessor from the mid-2010s, the Wobbletron Frog.[…]