Louisiana Sportsman

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.[…]

David and Gabe Walsworth chasing Caney Lake bass in the SS Minnow.

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.[…]

Hunter Freeman hit the 30-pound mark on four largemouth at Caney this past weekend, thanks to a eight pound + kicker fish.

Holy lunkers, Bassman!

March 3, 2020 Kinny Haddox

This week there were three anglers who teamed with the Caney Lake monster bass for some pretty impressive photo catches and photo ops.[…]

Caney lunker warms up Lambert’s morning

February 28, 2020 Kinny Haddox

West Monroe’s Spencer Lambert, a rookie on the BASS Open Tour this season, hooked his personal best bass from Caney Lake.[…]

The good ole’ days are back at Caney Lake

January 31, 2020 Kinny Haddox

The return of hydrilla has Caney Lake back in the business of producing trophy largemouth bass, and February is a key time to be on the lake.[…]

Caney yields another sack of monster bass

January 31, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Trey Bayles of West Monroe hooked five lunker largemouth bass weighing more than 36 pounds this week on Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]

Corey Harris of Chatham with his early Christmas present, a 13.57 lunker largemouth from Caney Lake.

Giant ‘double digit’ Caney bass wakes up Corey Harris

December 17, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Corey Harris of Chatham got an early Christmas present on Dec. 16 when he caught a giant lunker largemouth bass from Caney Lake. […]

Humble angler lands 11.08 Caney lunker

October 8, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Ben Raley and his 11.08-pound Caney Lake lunker from this past Saturday.[…]

Brett Preuett landed this whopping 8-pound + lunker on a recent “day off” from his fishing job on Caney.

Time to spoon feed Caney Lake lunkers

September 10, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Anglers like FLW pro Tyler Stewart and BASS pro Brett Preuett turn their attention to nearby Caney Lake near Jonesboro when they have time to fish for fun.[…]

Never miss a chance to log a record fish

August 14, 2019 Anthony Taylor

David Norman hooked a 67.3-pound flathead catfish at Caney Lake but its not going in the record books because a marine biologist didn’t weigh the fish.[…]

Corey Harris with the 9.14 bass that won the recent Caney Majestic tournament.

No vacation for Caney Lake bass

July 31, 2019 Kinny Haddox

It’s the middle of summer, but there’s no vacation for the big largemouth bass on Louisiana’s premier lunker bass lake, Caney Lake in Jackson Parish.[…]

Looking for chunky chinquapin? Caney Lake delivers!

February 25, 2019 Catch Cormier

When it comes to readers – a.k.a. chinquapins, a.k.a. shellcrackers – there’s no better place to catch a monster than Caney Lake.[…]

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. […]