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44 Louisiana Sportsman^ | April 2015

news breakers

Lunker catches from mid-February to

mid-March include five 11-pounders

T

he wild weather patterns haven’t really slowed down

the big-bass bite on Toledo Bend, arguably one of the

best bass fisheries in the nation right now.

If anything, the lunkers showing up seem to be even

bigger. Fully half of the 10 double-digit bass that were registered

in the Toledo Bend Lunker Program topped 11 pounds.

And one was knocking on the door of 12 pounds.

Jerry Thompson with Living the Dream said in mid-March

that the region had been blasted with heavy rains that pushed

lake levels up.

“It’s high, and they’re generating (through the dam) like crazy,”

Thompson said.

But he was hoping for water to be pulled down to more-

normal levels by the end of the month.

So what’s going to happen when the weather finally stabilizes

and the temperatures start to creep up?

Those big sows will move to beds, and that’s pretty much a

guarantee the lunker parade will continue through April.

Of course, judging from the past couple of years, the big girls

will continue to play through the summer and into the fall.

Here’s a rundown of the huge fish caught in a one-month

period ending in mid-March. ■

Toledo Bend

continues to produce

monster

bass

Ray Beck, Texas

11.39 pounds, Feb. 14

By Andy Crawford

Lee Glass, DeRidder

10.91 pounds, Feb. 16

Ryan Hicks, Hackberry

10.91 pounds, Feb. 17

Bonus!

Log onto LouisianaSportsman.com/

ray-beck-toledo-bend-bass to watch

a vid of this huge bass.