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256 Louisiana Sportsman^ | April 2015

Cormier and his fishing partner caught four bass in the 4- to

5-pound class, and seven bass in the 3- to 4-pound range. Their

best five would have weighed close to 20 pounds.

Navarre, who founded the Christian-based Bayou Bass

Anglers, said the two anglers fished the perennial spawning

areas in the lake — namely some of the six or seven cuts where

bass go to spawn.

Water in those shallow areas warms faster, he explained,

which is why the sows move up into them.

The lake could produce some good action in late March and

early April, although perhaps not as fast and furious as outings

like Cormier experienced.

Navarre advised anglers to fish with black or watermelon red/

pearl Stanley Ribbits or other plastic frogs in and around any

vegetation, and with ½-ounce chartreuse and chartreuse/white

spinnerbaits with a single Colorado blade. ■

User pflowers posted this pic from a

Spring Break trip to Leeville on the

LouisianaSportsman.com fishing forum.

Southwest

fishing forecast continued

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