Louisiana Sportsman

Toledo Bend best bass month is at hand

February 7, 2020 John Dean

February is prime time to catch big bass at Toledo Bend. Low water shouldn’t slow down the action in what looks like is going to be a great time.[…]

V&M football jig dials up bass for Toledo Bend pro

January 28, 2020 Don Shoopman

Darold Gleason, a 37-year-old bass pro who will fish the FLW Pro Circuit in 2020, likes V&M football jig for February bass.[…]

Lipless baits can produce January bass

January 17, 2020 Don Shoopman

Pro Dakota Ebare of Watson loves Red Eyed Shad for cold-water bass. He has had plenty of success on Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn with the bait.[…]

Holy Toledo, A-rigs! Bass at Toledo Bend can’t pass them up

January 10, 2020 John Dean

The Alabama Rig, aka the A-Rig, really shines this time of year, and holds the key to catching bass in late December and through January at Toledo Bend.[…]

Downsize this month to a Baby D Bomb

January 2, 2020 Don Shoopman

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Caleb Sumrall of New Iberi loves smaller creature baits when it’s cold. That’s why he uses the Missile Baits Baby D Bomb.[…]

Don’t miss out on good bassing at Toledo Bend

December 15, 2019 John Dean

Deer hunters will miss some good bass fishing at Toledo Bend. Those who focus on bass fishing in December and January will be rewarded.[…]

Old Rinky Dink, now a Wing Ding, still hammers bass

November 30, 2019 Don Shoopman

Whatever December brings weather-wise, Glen Freeman ties on a Wing Ding to catch bass — lots of bass — big and small, at Toledo Bend.[…]

This 8-pound bass, which hit a Top Toad, thrilled Joe Stafford, 87, while fishing with John Dean. Dean expects more big bass to bite in November.

Cooler weather will have Toledo Bend bass ready to bite

November 14, 2019 John Dean

If it’s November at Toledo Bend, you’ll see smiles on a lot of faces, as bass anglers enjoy one of the better months of bass fishing there.[…]

Plaquemine angler lands Toledo Bend lunker

October 22, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Wesley Miller, 26, of Plaquemine, hooked a 10.06-pound lunker bass on Monday, Oct. 14 during his first-ever trip to Toledo Bend.[…]

Ronald Sparrow of Houston holds a 4-pound bass caught on a black/blue plastic lizard while fishing with John Dean. Bass as big and bigger can be caught at Toledo Bend in October.

Bass pile up in Toledo Bend’s big creeks

September 24, 2019 John Dean

Look for an increase in bass-fishing success, particularly an increase in schooling activity, this October at Toledo Bend.[…]

Going to school: Toledo Bend’s topwater fishing is tops

September 13, 2019 John Dean

Here are some ways to catch bass and beat the late-summer doldrums on Toledo Bend. Schooling action is at its peak in September.[…]

Scott Eastman of Lake Charles reeled in this 11.48-pounder with a Texas-rigged, black-emerald Zoom Ol’ Monster worm on July 21 at 4:30 a.m. during a night-fishing tournament.

Night-time bass bonanza explodes at Toledo Bend

August 26, 2019 Patrick Bonin

The thermometer indicated it was a blistering hot July in Louisiana — but some big bass apparently felt like it was still springtime up at Toledo Bend.[…]

Toledo Bend: It’s right at night

August 12, 2019 John Dean

Toledo Bend has always been a really good night fishing lake. Last August was awesome and it should be great again this year.[…]

Nick Terry shows off a 61/2-pound bass he caught May 31 while fishing in and around lily pads at Toledo Bend with John Dean. Lily pads should hold the key to getting bit in July, according to Dean.

Toledo Bend: Fish Lily pads for summer bass

July 1, 2019 John Dean

Since lily pads offer bass more cover than anything else in the lake, they should hold the key to getting bit in July at Toledo Bend.[…]

Zachary Dubois of Kaplan has been catching quality black crappie (sac-a-lait) at midlake in Toledo Bend.

Toledo Bend’s slab sac-a-lait smackdown

June 10, 2019 Chris Berzas

Sac-a-lait have transitioned to deeper structures along the submerged Sabine River channel. Here’s where and how to catch these freshwater fish.[…]

Trey Ledet, out on Toledo Bend with his dad, Eugene Ledet, holds a chunky bass caught while dead sticking a Zoom Super Fluke while fishing with John Dean over Easter weekend.

Rising water floods Toledo Bend’s bass cover

June 3, 2019 John Dean

April showers raised the water in Toledo Bend, providing more cover for bass as the spawn headed into its final stages after the full moon in April.[…]