But, I'll look for shad movement and look for spots with grass beds. "During the peak spawning period in mid-March, you can narrow your search down to the shoreline banks that produce. "It's just an awesome bass fishery with points, humps, river bends and miles and miles of shoreline," said Foulcard. Gerald Foulcard, tournament angler from coastal Louisiana and President of Bullet Bass Club, has fished Toledo Bend many times and is familiar with its challenges.
When the water came up, the fish exploded again in population." It's really unbelievable what's occurred. "That lake dropped 7 or 8 feet and dried up in a lot of areas," David said. Moreover, it's not uncommon for bass anglers to weigh in 30- to 40-pound, five-fish stringers during a tournament.Īccording to biologists, one reason for the recent success catching huge bass on Toledo Bend is the drought and draw down of the reservoir for an extended period between 20. Of those, 93 bass weighed 10 pounds or more, 31 weighed 11 pounds or more, 12 were 12-plus pounds, two were in the 13-pound class and one was a whopping 14.16 pounds.ĭuring the May 2016 BASSMASTER Elite Tournament held on Toledo Bend, Kevin VanDam averaged nearly 25 pounds of fish per day to win the event. Last year along, 139 replicas were issued to anglers for trophy catches. Some 372 replicas for largemouth bass weighing 10 pounds and over, dating back to 2005, have been awarded by the TBLA to anglers for participating in the program.
There have been 795 lunker bass recorded since the program's inception. As a reward for returning trophy largemouth bass back into the lake, bass anglers are given a free fiberglass replica of their lunker. The Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program, sponsored by the Toledo Bend Lake Association has been in existence since 1992. For an unprecedented second straight year, BASSMASTER has named Toledo Bend the "Best Bass Lake" in the nation, meaning this lake is a go-to location for bass anglers.
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