Toledo Bend Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

Lily pad fields will hold some ‘pad pigs’ at Toledo Bend

High water is pulling many Toledo Bend bass toward shallows, lily pads. Late June and July are prime times to fish plastic frogs in the lily pads. […]

First double-digit bass taken of 2020-21 TBLBP season

Chris Berzas

Terance Corley caught a Toledo Bend 10.17-pounder on June 16 in Housen. It is the first recorded for the 2020-2021 Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program season. […]

LDWF agents investigating fatal boating incident in Sabine Parish

From News Reports

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred on June 23 in Sabine Parish. […]

Fish offshore ledges for Toledo Bend’s July bass

Kinny Haddox

When the water heats up, bass pro Brett Preuett of Monroe looks for bass around ledges and humps at Toledo Bend this month. […]

Ville Platte’s Jake Ortego displays his Toledo Bend lunker bass weighing exactly 10.0 pounds taken in San Miguel Cove May 12, 2020. Ortego caught his fish on a Texas-rigged Missile D Stroyer. (Photo courtesy of the Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Two more additions to the 10-pound Toledo Bend club

Chris Berzas

Ville Platte’s Jake Ortego and Henry West of Mermentau both caught bass over 10 pounds while fishing at Toledo Bend in May. […]

Versatile Senko is bass pro’s favorite June bait

Don Shoopman

From Caddo Lake to Lake Seminole, Toledo Bend and Lake Sam Rayburn, bass pro Randy Allen of GIlliam will use a Zoom Super Fluke in June. […]

Toledo Bend guide expects great bass fishing in June

John Dean

Higher water gives Toledo Bend anglers more options for bass in June. Idle around focusing on your electronics to pick out ridges, creeks and drains. […]

Frog bite should be on at Toledo Bend in May

John Dean

Bass were trying to get on a plastic frog bite in early April. Rising water and plenty of vegetation should send bass chomping on frog baits in May. […]

Steven Prudhome’s duckweed lunker

Chris Berzas

Steven Prudhome hooked a lunker Toledo Bend bass on a Texas-rigged, black-red-flake Zoom Ol’ Monster worm in Housen on Saturday, May 2. […]

Mister Twister Nightcrawlers is an old-fashioned favorite for bass pro

Don Shoopman

Glen Freeman of Zwolle, who specializes in putting bass in the boat on lakes like Toledo Bend, keeps it simple with the Mister Twister Nightcrawler. […]

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

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. […]

Shad spawn on? Spohrer can’t miss with this bait

Don Shoopman

Gerald Spohrer of Gonzales turns to spinnerbaits made by Delta Lures to trigger bass bites at Toledo Bend around docks and Lake Verret around cypress trees […]

Leesville’s Tabatha Green displays her Toledo Bend 10.21-pounder taken on a Zoom Brush Hog in Palo Gaucho March 28. (Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Two more trophy bass from Toledo Bend

Chris Berzas

The month of March was an excellent time for anglers fishing Toledo Bend as a treasure trove of lunkers were taken. Read the stories of two more here. […]