Bass Fishing
Boat block
Wind is the sight-fisherman’s enemy, but Craig Graham said there is a way to minimize the waves that break visual contact with bedding bass.[…]
Year: 2012
Bass Fishing
In Plain View
I walked down to the dock and saw Craig “Bubba” Graham shielding his eyes from the glare of the sun, just staring into the water. Something had his attention.[…]
Bass Fishing
Polarized glasses essential to success
Monster bass can be all over the banks and locked on beds, but if they can’t be seen they can’t be caught.[…]
Bass Fishing
Keys to sight-fishing
Anyone who has ever set up on a bedding bass knows there’s the real potential to burn hours of fishing time without getting that fish to bite.[…]
Bass Fishing
Leave the males
Some anglers swear the best way to catch a female bass off a bed is snatch the male into the boat and store it in the livewell. Craig Graham doesn’t subscribe to that theory.[…]
Bass Fishing
Anchors down
It’s impossible to catch bedding fish if your boat is drifting all over the place. A trolling motor helps, but anglers have to be very careful not to wash the targeted fish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Jerkbait ups aggravation factor
Most anglers think of soft-plastic baits when bed fishing comes to mind, and they are an important part of Craig Graham’s arsenal.[…]
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Cover: April 2012-Fishing
Is there a better month than April? Trout are getting active, and bass are still clobbering anything in the water.[…]
Bass Fishing
Go white for sight-fishing
Pretty much any plastic lure will work to snatch big sows off beds, but Craig Graham has a particular affinity for a Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tower above it all
Craig Graham and I looked across a Caney Lake cove and saw another sight-fisherman who had a distinct advantage: His front deck was rigged out with a stainless steel tower.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Be mean to the fish’
Anglers might be afraid to spook a big bass off a bed, but St. Francisville’s Craig Graham intentionally targets the fish with his bait.[…]
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Davis Pond Speck Effect
While telling me about how the Davis Pond Diversion has affected speckled trout fishing around Lafitte, Capt. Theophile Bourgeois mentioned something that I don’t think he realized provided a perfect contrast of the life before and after the levee break started flowing.[…]
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Vanishing Eden
The smoke/glitter sparkle beetle arched through the air toward a handful of scraggly, brush sticks poking out of the water — the few remains of the live black mangroves that once covered a substantial island.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tempting Tubes
Designed to imitate a range of forage, tubes are among the most versatile and productive baits in a bass angler’s arsenal.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cleaning speckled trout
Speckled and white trout are soft-boned and delicate-fleshed fish.[…]
Events & Announcements
Wilde, Morse take OLOL Bass Classic
Jaylon Wilde and Blake Morse put an impressive 19.14 pounds of bass on the scales Saturday to win the 2012 Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital Bass Classic, easily outdistancing second-place finishers Jeffrey Lemoine Jr. and Keith Plaisance, who weighed in 16.38 pounds.[…]