Louisiana Sportsman

June 12, 2026

Cane River gives up 13-pound bass

February 13, 2018 Andy Crawford

The weather was miserable leading up to Sunday’s Good Ole Boys Bass Club tournament on Cane River, with a cold front moving dropping the temps from 67 to 44 degrees that morning.[…]

Bistineau angler catches, releases 12-pound monster

February 1, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Last Wednesday, Jan. 24, Hunter Vaughn and his grandpa Jack Elkins decided to make a quick late-afternoon fishing trip on Lake Bistineau. Neither knew it at the time, but they were about one hour from encountering the biggest bass they’d ever seen.[…]

How to find spring bass no one else targets

February 1, 2018 Andy Crawford

Most bass anglers wait anxiously all year for the spring spawn, and then head straight to the banks of their favorite lake to pluck big girls off their beds.[…]

Best bets for Upper-Basin bass

February 1, 2018 Andy Crawford

The sprawling Atchafalaya Basin offers bass anglers a lot of playing room, but when Addis angler Darren Hernandez heads to this swamp, he’s likely to be working the waters surrounding Big Bayou Pigeon.[…]

10-pounders are hot topic at Toledo Bend

February 1, 2018 John Dean

Wouldn’t you know it?

About a month ago, I wrote that January should be a month when unseasonably warm temperatures prompt bass to move into shallower depths at Toledo Bend.[…]

Lunker mentality

February 1, 2018 David A. Brown

Fishing the Toledo Bend spawn means different things to different folks; and not only because of bait and spot preferences. Those factors certainly matter, but so does the calendar.[…]

G. Loomis E6X

February 1, 2018 Louisiana Sportsman

Lightweight, strong, and sensitive. That’s the recipe for a fishing rod that bass anglers strive to find, and it can be elusive, especially when you add affordability into the mix. Or at least it used to be. But the G. Loomis E6X changes that. […]

Bistineau bigmouths

February 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

“We fished this very spot,” murmured 59-year-old Rickey Lee. “I can’t remember names and faces, but I can remember where I caught a fish.”[…]

Drop by design — The ins and outs of dropshotting for bass

February 1, 2018 David A. Brown

It’s the go-to rig for finessing finicky fish, nudging the cold-weary and lightly probing a variety of hard-cover scenarios from docks to laydowns, to bridges.[…]

Three patterns to catch False River bass

January 30, 2018 Andy Crawford

False River in Pointe Coupee Parish was once one of the premier fisheries in the state, part of the Quality Lakes system stocked with Florida-strain bass. And then in the late 1990s, things just fell apart — siltation and water clarity suffered, and the fishery became a shade of its former glory.[…]