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http://www.LouisianaSportsman.com April 2015 | Louisiana Sportsman 263

Ouachita River

Assuming late rains don’t put the river too high

before April, fishing should be good, according to West

Monroe angler, Bobby Phillips.

“In the event of some rising water, your best fishing

is more likely to be in the river lakes and sloughs off

D’Arbonne Bayou,” Phillips said. “Bass will be hanging

around in the backwaters around structure such as

brush, stumps and logs. A good bait to try is a Rogue or

maybe a soft-plastic lure such as a lizard or Brush Hog.

“The crappie spawn will be

going on, and I’ll likely locate

them around the bases of

cypresses in the sloughs. Hair

or tube jigs and shiners work

on these fish.”

Phillips said some of the

lakes off the river are good

bream bedding areas and by

late in April some should be

on the beds hitting crickets

and worms.

Cheniere Lake

Cheniere Lake has under-

gone a drawdown this year,

but late rains should put

lake at pool stage by March,

according to Bobby Phillips.

“The bass spawn will be

going on, and the best bet

is to target logs or stumps

in fairly shallow water with

something like a plastic

worm, lizard of jerk bait,”

Phillips said. “The crappie

will be spawning around the

cypress roots, which could

be a challenge because of so

many cypresses in this lake.

“Moving from tree to tree

with a Black Lake hair jig or

tube jig is the best way to

catch a good mess of crappie

this time of year.

“By late in the month, you

will find bream beds where

chinquapins and bluegills

are setting up housekeeping;

they’ll go for crickets, worms,

or small spinners like a Road

Runner.” ■

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Nine-year-old A’myria Smith

shows off one of six sac-a-lait she

caught in the Lake Boeuf area.