Bass Fishing
Wind and tide two main variables
One of the most important considerations for heading to fish the Caernarvon area is just how quickly conditions can change.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Hit the high-percentage spots
One of the things that BASS Elite Series professional angler Clark Reehm kept pointing out over and over as he discussed bass fishing around Delacroix was fishing what he called high-percentage places.[…]
Bass Fishing
Crankbait Campaign Trail
This one leans to the left; that one goes far right. Here’s one that keeps a centrist course.[…]
Bass Fishing
Don’t lose your cool — or your lure
About the only thing on a lake’s bottom that never gets tired of biting is the bottom itself. Particularly with moving “reaction” lures like crankbaits, snags are practically an assumption.[…]
Bass Fishing
A few considerations
Anglers often try idling around a snag to try and free their bait from different angles. If this fails and you have to use a lure knocker, make sure to return to the same angle as the initial snag. This is a simple task if you’re dealing with a log or laydown in shallow water.[…]
Bass Fishing
Yellow Magic
Sixty-year-old Texan Butch Ray can relate to the buzz heard for months this year around Toledo Bend and on Southwest Louisiana waters about a high-end topwater bait with a beautiful body and a seductive sound.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tidal Tactics
A half dozen great egrets and as many blue herons were scattered along the edge of a small cove, and every five minutes or so, they would take a few steps back.[…]
Bass Fishing
Baby Ribbit
A Pineville bass fisherman was an unhappy camper one afternoon the first week of October while fishing Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
River fishing red hot in cool, dry autumn
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
Bass Fishing
River bass fishing red hot in cool, dry autumn
During autumn in Louisiana, it’s not only the leaves that fall.[…]
Bass Fishing
Homebodies…Studies show bass don’t move much
Like any other non-migratory critter, each largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction each year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Understand rivers to hammer the bass
Understanding rivers is important, both for finding fish on them and to navigating them. The smaller the river is, the more important it is to understand it, but the easier it is to understand.[…]
Bass Fishing
Homebodies…Studies show bass don’t move much
Like any other non-migratory critter, each largemouth bass has a home range, loosely defined as the area that the animal uses regularly in its quest for survival and reproduction each year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Amite River loaded with spotted bass
In remote Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa, the natives often suffer from river fever. The disease is caused by being bitten by a bug — the spotted mosquito.[…]
Bass Fishing
Basin bass stunted by current regulations
In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew unleashed hellfire and brimstone on the bass population of the Atchafalaya Basin. As anglers learned at the time, the storm whipped up half-decayed detritus from the floor of the Basin, suspended it in the water column and, ultimately, robbed the water of much of its life-sustaining oxygen.[…]
Bass Fishing
Basin bass regulations under review, could be changed
The recent study of public perceptions about current bass regulations for the Atchafalaya Basin is just the first step in a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries review that could result in changing the management scheme that has been in place for nearly 20 years, an LDWF official said.[…]