Bass Fishing
April’s Best Bets
Where: Interstate 55 corridor (St. John the Baptist/Tangipahoa parishes)
What: Bass, bream, sac-a-lait[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Meal delivery schedule
The good Lord knows that postspawn bass will be hungry, so He timed nature’s progression to make sure those recuperating fish had plenty to eat. Bluegill sacrifice many of their numbers to feed the bass who were probably holding a grudge for all that nest raiding the bream attempted.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to pick a bass ‘yak
For input on how to pick a kayak suitable for largemouth bass fishing, I turned to the Lafayette kayak guru John Williams, who with his wife Becky, owns Pack & Paddle in Lafayette. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Martin in a nutshell
As lakes go, Lake Martin isn’t a big one, covering only 800 acres. What is called the lake today was formed in 1952 by the building of a ring levee around a low cypress swamp.[…]
Bass Fishing
Why bass fish from a kayak?
Picture a bass fisherman.
Odds are, what comes to mind is a heavy fiberglass v-hull, powered by the largest horsepower engine allowed in its class. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Martin really is for the birds
Even a die-hard fisherman like Butch Ridgedell quickly admits that Lake Martin is about more than fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Best lures for marsh bass
Jeff Bruhl uses a variety of lures to target Pearl River marsh bass this time of year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Creme Speed Scremers
Dusty Anders of Deville was excited when he called an outdoor writer in early February.[…]
Bass Fishing
2019 Bassmaster Classic set for Knoxville
For the first time in its 49-year history, the 2019 Bassmaster Classic will be held on the Tennessee River out of Knoxville.[…]
Bass Fishing
Get your bass fix on Bayou Teche
Finding a stable body of water — one that isn’t on a hard rise or already unfishably high — can be a priority for bass anglers in one of the prime fishing months of the year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Whacking bass in raging rapids
When Mother Nature quits her crying for a few days, the rivers that drain lower Louisiana clear up but still flow swiftly. That pretty water allows the Kentucky spotted bass that crowd the rivers to go on feeding binges fit for a Roman god.[…]
Bass Fishing
Target shallow water at Toledo bend
Well, just when you say one thing probably will happen, Mother Nature proves you wrong.[…]
Bass Fishing
Head to the banks for Caney Lake bass
Curtis Simpson has one piece of advice for any bass angler wanting to catch a big largemouth or a big stringer this month — head to the banks at Caney Lake in Jackson Parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Post-spawn particulars
Caleb Sumrall and Marcus Curry left the launch full of confidence. After a winter that saw horrifically cold temperatures, the water in the Atchafalaya Basin was hitting the 70s.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend Spawn: Phase 3
To everything (turn, turn, turn).
There is a season (turn, turn, turn),
And a time to every purpose, under heaven.[…]
Bass Fishing
Gators, birds and bass
Lake Martin is for the birds.
Or so some say — mostly folks with expensive binoculars and life lists of birds they have spotted. […]