
“Gaspergoo” turned out to be a 10-pound trophy bass
Marcus Johns with his 10.38-pound Poverty Point largemouth bass he caught on a trip with his son, Austin Lambert, on Sept. 10.[…]
Marcus Johns with his 10.38-pound Poverty Point largemouth bass he caught on a trip with his son, Austin Lambert, on Sept. 10.[…]
Fishermen flock to Poverty Point seeking the likes of slab crappie, bream, catfish, largemouth bass and striped bass.[…]
If country superstar Toby Keith wrote a song about Poverty Point crappie fishing, he’d probably say, “It’s not as good as it once was, but it’s good once as it ever was.”[…]
Poverty Point Reservoir State Park is home to six of the state’s Top 10 white crappie, including the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 fish which were all caught during a spawning slab-fest last spring on the 2,700-acre lake north of Delhi.[…]
Crappie fishing can get expensive this time of year on Poverty Point Reservoir near Delhi. A trip to the lake often leads to a follow-up trip — to the taxidermist.[…]
Poverty Point Reservoir in Delhi is famous for whopper crappie — and lots of them. Local angler Twayne Hosea is famous for catching both, but that’s mostly in the spring. However, that isn’t the only time Poverty’s crappie fishing gets rich.[…]
It might have taken Twayne Hosea years and years of crappie fishing to break the mythical 3-pound mark at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, but the Delhi angler hasn’t looked back since catching a whopping 3.52-pounder on Feb. 25.[…]
For the third time in eight days, Poverty Point Reservoir State Park has yielded a potential Top 5 crappie for the Louisiana record books.[…]
If this all looks very familiar, you’re not seeing double or reading the same story twice: The Hosea brothers — identical twins — are rewriting the white crappie record books for both Poverty Point Reservoir State Park and the state of Louisiana.[…]
Twayne Hosea has literally spent years in pursuit of his first-ever 3-pound-plus white crappie at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park.[…]
For the last two years in March, anglers at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park have placed a white crappie into Louisiana’s record books.[…]
For most fisherman, dealing with a backlash can be a frustrating, time consuming ordeal that often results in a bird’s nest of line being surgically removed from your reel- all while your buddies are hauling in a steady stream of fish over the gunnels.[…]
Poverty Point Reservoir’s largemouth bass record was shattered Monday when David Houston arrived with a hawg that was actually just a little wider than it was long.[…]
Ken Chapman of Crowville had initially planned to fish a bass tournament on Saturday, but the 30-year-old angler inadvertently turned off the alarm instead of punching the snooze button.
“Well, guess I’ll be going to Delhi this morning,” the angler said to himself when he did finally wake up.
In retrospect, the angler admitted that was one of the best turn of events that has ever occurred to him.[…]