Bass Fishing
Does snelling a hook increase your bass-fishing odds?
Snelling straight-shanked hooks when punching for bass has become accepted as the way to go because setting the hook causes it to push against the weight and kick outward.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Gaudy lure colors catch spring bass
Kenny Covington believes bass are in defensive moods during the spawn and post-spawn, and will hit gaudy colors.[…]
Big Bass
New Iberia angler scores on Toledo Bend 10.79-pounder
Michel Fox had located some quality fish in Carrice Creek a month before catching the largest bass of his life at Toledo Bend.[…]
Big Bass
Mansura angler hauls in Toledo Bend 10.78-pounder
Beau Loughman has fished Toledo Bend every single weekend since Jan. 20, so he knew it was likely just a matter of time before he hooked up with a big fish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tips for toads — How to catch Toledo Bend’s lunkers
In the past five years, Toledo Bend Lake has delivered a mother lode of double-digit lunkers — an unprecedented phenomenon in Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
Bass Fishing
Color run — How to choose the right bass-fishing lure color
Several years ago, I was standing at the counter of a tackle shop shooting the bull when a customer dropped several crankbaits next to the cash register.[…]
Big Bass
Teen catches 10-pound bass in Bayou Bienvenue
The father-son team of Brian and Brennan Silcio spends a lot of time together fishing the Bayou Bienvenue area out of Chalmette, so they’ve got the bass figured out.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lunker bass are Toledo Bend’s bread and butter
At long last, the season, the month, the almost magical time we have been waiting for is here at Toledo Bend.
I call it March Madness.[…]
Big Bass
Two Toledo Bend lunkers – just hours apart
They say records are made to be broken, but some achievements just feel like they’re really in a class of their own.[…]
Big Bass
Texas angler lands two Toledo Bend lunkers in one week
Most anglers dream about catching just one double-digit bass in their entire lifetime.[…]
Big Bass
Many angler scores on Toledo Bend 12.37-pound hawg
Mike Thaxton and his fishing partner Tony Ivy were among the thousand-plus anglers fishing various club tournaments Saturday on Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
The best month to catch TB toads
It’s the $1 million question: When should you make the haul to Toledo Bend for the greatest chance to catch one of the double-digit bass that teem in the huge reservoir?[…]
Big Bass
Crappie angler lands 10.36-pound Toledo Bend bass
Craig May woke up Friday preparing for a morning of crappie fishing on Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
2018 Bassmaster Classic returns to Lake Hartwell
The 2018 Bassmaster Classic is returning to familiar waters.
The 48th annual world championship of professional bass fishing will be held March 16-18 in Greenville, S.C. on Lake Hartwell, which played host to the Classic in 2008 and most recently in 2015[…]
Bass Fishing
Heavy spinnerbaits work, too
Although he spends most of his energy fishing heavy jigs and Texas rigs, Pineville Bassmaster pro Chad Wiley knows reaching for a ¾-ounce spinnerbait at the right time and place also can pay big dividends.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend bass-fishing tip of the day
Dusty Anders loves his Trigger Happy Comfort Grips.
“Everybody loves them,” Ander said about the soft rubber sheaths on the triggers of his rods. “When I used to spend all day casting, the rubbing of the trigger would make a tender spot on my finger. Flipping hay grass with a 1-ounce sinker or cranking all day would also make my hand sore. […]