Louisiana Sportsman

June 11, 2026

Texas angler lands monstrous 12.93-pounder at Toledo Bend

July 20, 2015 Chris Berzas

The odds were stacked against Trent Curphy catching a big bass on Toledo Bend last Wednesday — but sometimes the underdog pulls out the upset win.[…]

How to maximize Carolina-rigging

July 16, 2015 Andy Crawford

When bass are deep, there’s no better way to coax them into biting than dragging a big chunk of plastic on a Carolina rig past their noses.[…]

Skip your way to more bass

July 15, 2015 Chris Ginn

By flipping his frogs, Kenny Covington is able to put his lure in places where other topwater lures just can’t go.[…]

Toledo Bend bass anglers tangle with cannibalistic frog

July 15, 2015 Chris Ginn

During a bass-fishing trip to Toledo Bend the middle of May, Jason Pittman and his dad Floyd found themselves flinging hollow-bodied frog on top of grass mats in the back of a pocket.[…]

Water movement is key to Basin bass

July 15, 2015 Jeff Bruhl

The Atchafalaya River is influenced by the Gulf of Mexico tide, and that affects water movement far into the swamps.[…]

What rod is best for crankbaits?

July 15, 2015 Jeff Bruhl

The biggest argument with crankbait anglers is centered around rod selection. The big question is whether graphite or fiberglass rods are best.[…]

Crankbait color matters

July 15, 2015 Jeff Bruhl

If an angler wants to match the hatch, size matters when selecting a lure. But so does color.[…]

Take a finesse-oriented Senko, add a bullet weight to the nose to give bass a different look.

Other heavy finesse bass-fishing tactics

July 15, 2015 David A. Brown

Drop-shots aren’t the only finesse rigs that can be beefed up to provide bass a bite-enducing curve ball. Here are some other options:[…]

Breakaway drop-shot weights allow you to fish this finesse rig in heavy cover with less risk of losing the entire rig.

How to get bottom rigs unhooked when bass fishing

July 15, 2015 David A. Brown

If the heavy finesse strategy has a hang-up, then we’ve punned our way into the explanation — hang-ups, snags, entanglements.[…]

Top 5 nighttime bass-fishing tactics

July 15, 2015 Dan Kibler

The weather is just too hot in July and August. That’s why we asked Bass pro Davy Hite his tips for night-time bass fishing.[…]

Amazing 38.22-pound stringer wins Bass-N-Bucks event at Toledo Bend

July 14, 2015 Patrick Bonin

It’s almost unheard of to have to cull 4- and 5-pound bass to finish off a stringer — especially in the middle of the summer — but that was the unique position Dustin Rivers and Jeremy Gentry found themselves in this weekend on Toledo Bend.[…]