Caney Lake Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

Bass bite turns on after dark at Caney Lake this month

July 23, 2021 Kinny Haddox

The best time to catch a big bass on Louisiana’s Caney Lake in the summer is at night. […]

Landin Chatham (right) and Ben Ramsey joined forces to win the LHSAA Inaugural Regional high school bass tournament at Caney Lake on March 27.

Brother, sister, and friend tag-team to victory in high school fishing tourneys

May 7, 2021 Will Martin

Landin Chatham and Ben Ramsey joined forces to win the LHSAA Inaugural Regional high school bass tournament at Caney Lake on March 27. […]

Pineville angler lands two double-digit bass on back-to-back casts at Caney

April 7, 2021 Will Martin

On March 28, Dustin Chelette from Pineville caught two, double-digit, largemouth bass on back-to-back casts at Caney Lake. […]

Bass clubbers double up on double-digit bass on Caney

March 25, 2021 Dan Kibler

On March 20, Caney Lake Bass Club members Mark Hodge and Brice Jones mined Caney Lake for bass that tipped the scales in excess of 10 pounds. […]

Jacob Andrews, left, and Connor Nimrod show off their outstanding catch, including the big bass of the event, a Caney Lake 11 pounder.

ULM duo captures B.A.S.S. state title

March 19, 2021 Kinny Haddox

ULM’s Jacob Andrews and Connor Nimrod came in first place in the B.A.S.S. Nation Louisiana College Championship on Caney Lake. […]

Wiggins relives a magic moment in landing state record bass

February 15, 2021 Glynn Harris

On Feb. 12, 1994, Greg Wiggins was fishing Caney Lake with fishing partner Mark Smith when he landed a monster 15.97-pound bass. […]

Big Bass Parade underway at Caney

February 2, 2021 Kinny Haddox

On Jan. 30, four lunker bass over 10 pounds were brought to the scales at Caney Lake, including a 12.40-pound largemouth caught by Ben Raley. […]

Flutterspoon catches bass for Stewart in November

October 31, 2020 Don Shoopman

Ruston’s Tyler Stewart picks up the 6th Sense Crush Magnum Flutterspoon to target November bass on Caney Lake. […]

This guest cabin at Sam Houston Jones Park is destroyed, as is the pine forest surrounding it.

Cat 4 Laura leaves destruction across the Louisiana outdoors

September 3, 2020 Kinny Haddox

When Hurricane Laura came barreling through it left a swath of destruction more widespread than many have ever seen or imagined. […]

Net man goes above and “below” to land summer Caney lunker

July 9, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Dustin Gates caught a 10.49-pound Caney Lake summer lunker while fishing with his buddy Casey Pennington on June 26, 2020. […]

Don’t ignore Caney’s ‘normal-sized’ bass

April 23, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Caney Lake is monster bass country, but it’s also a great place to “just” go fishing in May. It isn’t all “go big or go home.” […]

When walking in May, bass pro Freeman chooses Salmo Rattlin’ Stick

April 23, 2020 Don Shoopman

Hunter Freeman, a bass pro from Monroe, has the perfect answer to ringing up big bass in May. Salmo Rattlin’ Stick is a great post-spawn bass bait. […]

“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. […]