While the unusually high level of the Atchafalaya River has wreaked havoc with fishing in the Basin the last several months, the high water has had just the opposite effect for late-summer bass fishermen in the marshes around Bayou Black.[…]
Thirty-one-year-old Jeshua “Jesh” Smith is a dedicated creek fisherman.[…]
With most of your cypress-tree engagements coming close to the wood, flipping and pitching jigs and soft plastics accounts for a lot of the action.[…]
Accomplished shallow-water specialist Terry Scroggins has a high degree of comfort and confidence when flipping and pitching to cypress trees or, typically, terrestrial hardwoods inundated by flood waters, the likes of which Toledo Bend and East Texas Lakes have experienced this year.[…]
Elite Seris pro Gerald Swindle loves cypress swamps, and he has a particular tactic for tempting big summer bass that are passing the lazy days in what they thought were tranquil spots.[…]
The action of a swing-head jig might be footloose and fancy free, but tackle considerations are firmly rooted in a disciplined approach to effective presentations.[…]
Long gone are the days when creek fishermen could just schlep across any property not holding posted signs to fish their favorite creek.[…]
Float-fishing on small rivers is a minimalist sport, but some equipment is needed and other stuff is nice to have.[…]
Legislators in a small flotilla of boats that wended its way down the Sabine River, across the Gulf of Mexico, up the Atchafalaya River and finally up the Mississippi River to Baton Rouge in 1960 had one goal in mind: convince newly elected Gov. Jimmie Davis to support the building of the Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]
Big time heat didn’t stop Malcolm Franks from catching a big time bass last weekend at Toledo Bend.[…]
Greg Hackney had a solid Sunday on the St. Lawrence River — he turned in the heaviest sack of the Top 12 — but it wasn’t enough to catch Edwin Evers, who became the first angler in the 10-year history of the Elite Series to win back-to-back tournaments.[…]
It’s the mall food court — the beach umbrella with that cooler full of snacks. For bass, we’re talking about cypress trees.[…]
In a lake, there is no takeout menu, no vending machines, no Amazon. If you’re a bass, what you got is what you got.[…]
The sign set off the road read, “Welcome to Oberlin, Gateway to Canoe Country.”[…]
Alex Heintze and Justin Watts credit an obscure technique for their nearly 10-pound lead going into the championship round of the Bassmaster High School National Championship on Saturday.[…]
Talk about making the bites count.
Justin Watts and Alex Heintze of the Livingston Parish Bassmasters had only five bites Wednesday on Kentucky Lake, but they came quick and early.[…]