Like other bass fishermen up here in late summer and early fall, I was getting wrapped up in the “grass thing” — punchin’, droppin’, flippin’, whatever you want to call it — and trying like heck to get bit on topwater.[…]
That November days will be the time to catch Toledo Bend bass — in both quantity and quality — is a no-brainer.
And it can’t come soon enough.[…]
It’s rarely the first choice for modern anglers boasting tackle bags full of the latest-and-greatest, but it’s always a good idea to keep a Carolina rig handy. Now, the slow drag may seem askew compared to more active presentations common to the fall season.[…]
October bass fishing can’t come soon enough for me — and I’m sure the same can be said for hundreds of other anglers who fish Toledo Bend.[…]
It’s possibly the most oversimplified stage of a bass’ annual schedule, but get to know the fall feeding migrations and you’ll see there’s actually a considerable amount of strategy required to achieve consistency.[…]
1) Practice before you go. The concept looks easy, but shooting a lure into the constricted space between the dock and the water’s surface accurately is challenging.[…]
Dusty Anders smells a change in the air.
In spite of being recognized in both 2015 and 2016 by Bassmaster as the best bass lake in the United States, crappie are slowly, but steadily gaining in popularity on largemouth bass in the massive reservoir.[…]
Even bass fanatics have to eat!
When we last left Dusty Anders, he was exercising his addiction to largemouth bass in Toledo Bend Reservoir. […]
If summertime bass fishing like it has been extends very long into September, chances are good I will have all spinning rods on the deck of my bass boat until there is a definitive cool snap to chill the waters at Toledo Bend.[…]
Dams on two Vernon Parish lakes are in danger of breaching because of heavy rains dumped on the region by the remnants of Hurricane Harvey, the Vernon Parish sheriff announced late yesterday. […]
As Hurricane Harvey vomited trillions of gallons of water onto the Houston region, Toledo Bend officials started running water through the dam to pull down the lake levels — just in case.[…]
It’s shaping up to be a different kind of August for bassin’ on Toledo Bend.[…]
Remember that schoolin’ bass bonanza we enjoyed last summer on Toledo Bend? The long stretch of weeks when 2- to 4-pounders consistently came up and stayed up feeding voraciously on shad, pleasantly reminiscent of those heydays in the 1980s? […]
Perhaps to the relief of many Toledo Bend regulars, the famed largemouth bass fishery in northwestern Louisiana along the Texas border is no longer the No. 1-ranked destination in the nation.[…]
A dispute over a public fishing hole escalated Monday on Toledo Bend, leaving one angler with a ticket and another angler who allegedly pulled a firearm booked into the Sabine Parish Correctional Center, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Mention post-spawn bass fishing at a tournament club meeting and you can watch frowns materialize on many faces.[…]