Spotted bass are an aggressive, competitive lot; but even a robust school sees peaks and valleys in its feeding. When this happens, you certainly have the option of giving them a rest and returning later. However, Bassmaster Elite pro Gerald Swindle would first try a little spot stimulation strategy.[…]
Finding three Bassmaster Elite Series pros working a hot bite less than a rod length from one another is a rarity, if not the prelude to a heated interaction.[…]
For a little while at least, Toledo Bend guide Jason Courville figured his trip on June 28 would be about the big one that got away.[…]
I can’t believe I’m already writing about midsummer bassin’ on Toledo Bend.
The year is flying by, and it’s already time to talk about deep patterns that are effective in July.[…]
Not too long ago, Mike Carriere was wondering if he’d ever get the chance to beat his personal best 8 ½-pound bass.[…]
Jerry “J.T.” Thompson stared intently at the screen of his 12-inch down-scan unit as he brought the pontoon boat off plane.[…]
Stephen Ell and Joe Fleming were scouting for this weekend’s BOSS Tournament Trail championship on May 26 when the fish of a lifetime picked up Ell’s lure.[…]
After a prolonged cool and wet spring, I’m ready for the next season on Toledo Bend.[…]
You get an idea of what a huge, sprawling impoundment Toledo Bend is when you consider that, for the most part, the spawn is a done deal on much of the lake shared by Louisiana and Texas.[…]
Derek Mong and his dad Dave have been fishing bass tournaments together since he was just a 4-year-old kid. […]
Toledo Bend’s brush piles normally are filled with hungry crappie this time of year, but something has changed that pattern this spring, one of the reservoir’s veteran guides said.[…]
The good Lord knows that postspawn bass will be hungry, so He timed nature’s progression to make sure those recuperating fish had plenty to eat. Bluegill sacrifice many of their numbers to feed the bass who were probably holding a grudge for all that nest raiding the bream attempted.[…]
Dusty Anders of Deville was excited when he called an outdoor writer in early February.[…]
Well, just when you say one thing probably will happen, Mother Nature proves you wrong.[…]
To everything (turn, turn, turn).
There is a season (turn, turn, turn),
And a time to every purpose, under heaven.[…]
The annual run of Toledo Bend big bass has been under way for a few weeks now, but the full moon that peaks March 31 will really crank up the action, one angler who spends lots of time on the lake said.[…]