Louisiana Sportsman

North Desoto fishing team takes High School Championship

May 14, 2019 louisianasportsman

Benton Miller and Kayden Meade from North Desoto High School won a 2-day North Louisiana High School Fishing League Championship tournament on Toledo Bend.[…]

Donovan Stoner, of Atlanta, La., shows off a couple of nice Black Lake bass. Stoner said May is a great month to target postspawn fish before water temperatures really ramp up and summer heat takes hold.

Black Lake perfect baits

May 14, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Donovan Stoner said he’d focus his attention on the multitude of cypress trees that cover Black Lake, and offered his Top 3 lures for Black Lake in May.[…]

How to fish for post-spawn bass with Greg Hackney

May 13, 2019 louisianasportsman

With the bass spawn all but over with, pro angler Greg Hackney will use his time today to pattern post-spawn fish in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]

John Gillard shows off the 10.98-pound bass he caught on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit a blueberry Texas-rigged Zoom lizard in 2 feet of water in the San Miguel area, and won Gillard Big Bass honors for the tourney. (Photo courtesy of the Toledo Bend Lake Association)

Lizard works on 10.98-pounder during Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic

May 2, 2019 Patrick Bonin

John Gillard caught a 10.98-pound bass on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit in the San Miguel area.[…]

Photo courtesy of Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program

Big bite not done yet: Toledo Bend yields 11-pounder

April 26, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Eddie Jarrell caught an 11.15-pound largemouth bass on April 16 at Toledo Bend on a Carolina-rigged watermelon red 7-inch Zoom Magnum Trick Worm.[…]

Marsh bass: Where is this Louisiana resource headed?

April 25, 2019 Jon Miller

Scientists can’t believe what’s happening to South Louisiana marsh bass. Anglers could be in for double-digit catches in next few years.[…]

How to maximize the sunrise bite

April 16, 2019 David A. Brown

Why do bigger bass bite best at sunrise and how to make the most of it.[…]

This bass was caught in east Pointe-a-la-Hache working a LiveTarget Hollow Body Mullet across the top of grass beds.

Kayak fishing on the edge

April 12, 2019 Chris Holmes

Here’s how kayakers can find hungry bass and redfish skirting the waters of the muddy Mississippi.[…]

Bell City angler lands big 11-pounder at Toledo Bend

April 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

John Reber, of Bell City, hooked an 11.14-pound largemouth bass on April 6 near Pirate’s Cove at Toledo Bend. The big fish earned him big bass honors in the Toledo Bend Open Shoot Out that day.[…]

Big times at Toledo Bend

April 10, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Double-digit bass have been caught each and every month so far in 2019 at Toledo Bend, and action really ramped up during the first week of March.[…]

How local fireman caught 5 double-digit bass on Lacassine

April 10, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Lacassine Pool once again opens up to bass anglers in the middle of March. Here’s how one angler — who caught five double-digit bass there last year alone — fishes the 16,000-acre impoundment inside the Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Louisiana.[…]