Louisiana Sportsman

John Gillard shows off the 10.98-pound bass he caught on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit a blueberry Texas-rigged Zoom lizard in 2 feet of water in the San Miguel area, and won Gillard Big Bass honors for the tourney. (Photo courtesy of the Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Lizard works on 10.98-pounder during Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic

May 2, 2019 Patrick Bonin

John Gillard caught a 10.98-pound bass on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit in the San Miguel area.[…]

Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program

Big bite not done yet: Toledo Bend yields 11-pounder

April 26, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Eddie Jarrell caught an 11.15-pound largemouth bass on April 16 at Toledo Bend on a Carolina-rigged watermelon red 7-inch Zoom Magnum Trick Worm.[…]

Bell City angler lands big 11-pounder at Toledo Bend

April 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

John Reber, of Bell City, hooked an 11.14-pound largemouth bass on April 6 near Pirate’s Cove at Toledo Bend. The big fish earned him big bass honors in the Toledo Bend Open Shoot Out that day.[…]

Big times at Toledo Bend

April 10, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Double-digit bass have been caught each and every month so far in 2019 at Toledo Bend, and action really ramped up during the first week of March.[…]

Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association

No fooling: Texas angler lands 10-plus-pounder on April 1

April 8, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Craig Broussard, of Fulshear, Texas, had the last laugh when he reeled in this 10.41-pound largemouth bass on April Fool’s Day.[…]

Brett Trouille, of Maurice, shows off the 10.03-pound largemouth he caught March 30 in the 12-15 area. The big bass, which was bedded down, bit a white Texas-rigged Zoom Craw.

Pre-front bite means two more 10-pounders at Toledo Bend

April 4, 2019 Patrick Bonin

An unseasonably cool cold front arriving on March 30 produced two nice lunker largemouth bass at Toledo Bend.[…]

This angler holds a 3-pound-plus bass he caught on a spinnerbait while fishing with Dean the last week of February at Toledo Bend. They were fishing in Torro Bay.

Expect bass to be at the height of their spawn at Toledo Bend

April 3, 2019 John Dean

John Dean is maintaining a positive attitude and looking forward to late March and April to restore the order to bass fishing on Toledo Bend.[…]

Garrett Perkins, of Mamou, poses with the big 10.46-pound bass he caught from a bed on March 25 in the Negreet area at Toledo Bend. The big fish finally bit a Texas-rigged white Cajun Lures Craw after about 25 or 30 flips, he said. (Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Mamou angler bags big bedding bass at Toledo Bend

April 2, 2019 Patrick Bonin

The third time was the charm for Garret Perkins when he targeted a big bedding bass on March 25 in the Negreet area of Toledo Bend. […]

Darren Burns, of Moss Bluff, shows off the 10.27-pound lunker bass he landed on March 20 near Mill’s Creek — the first of four lunkers landed on what proved to be an epic day at Toledo Bend.

Four 10-pound bass at the Bend — in a single day

March 26, 2019 Patrick Bonin

It was an absolutely epic day for landing lunker bass at Toledo Bend on March 20. A grand total of four 10-pound-plus bass were taken to certified scales that day.[…]

Missouri angler lands giant Toledo Bend 11-pounder

March 24, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Bryan Hargiss, of St. Louis, Missouri, landed an 11.14-pound largemouth bass on March 13 in a cove near Holly Park Marina.[…]

Texas angler enjoys epic day at the Bend — including a 10.43-pounder

March 11, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Chance Vicknair enjoyed one of those trips that most bass anglers only dream about. He had an epic day at Toledo Bend that featured a 9, a couple of 7s, a 6 and his third double-digit bass ever, a 10.43-pounder.[…]

DeQuincy angler lands massive 14-pounder at Toledo Bend

March 6, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Sean Kennon caught a monstrous 14-pound lunker largemouth bass on the south end of Toledo Bend on March 2.[…]

After some advice from John Dean, Ralph Daigle cast around hay grass in 5-foot depth and caught this lunker on a Carolina-rigged black super fluke in Housen Bay.

High water has Toledo Bend on

March 6, 2019 John Dean

Lots of shallow bass, headed to the spawn, should make March bass fishing great at Toledo Bend.[…]

Rat-L-Trap’s new MR-6 crankbait

February 26, 2019 Don Shoopman

Rat-L-Trap’s new MR-6 crankbait has everything in it tour anglers want, including a low-pitched knocking sound unlike the rattle of a Rat-L-Trap.[…]

Identifying the types of habitat in which bass feed and spawn is key to lake break down.

Lake breakdown explained

February 23, 2019 David A. Brown

Pro anglers discuss how they break down a body of water and determine where they have the best chance to catch fish when a tournament begins.[…]

Baker angler catches 10-plus-pounder at Toledo Bend

February 21, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Kyle Alexander, of Baker, hooked a 10.41-pound lunker bass on Feb. 15 at Toledo Bend near Turtle Beach.[…]