I will be fishing in a company sponsored bass tournament April 13th and 14th and need some fishing advice. I have not done a lot of bass fishing in the last ten years or so and have never been on Toledo Bend. What lures work best at Toledo Bend in the spring. I have the standards (spinner baits, buzz baits and jigs)..

thanks in advance

this early in the year, i've had my most luck with spinner baits. but, i've never fished toledo bend.

North or South end?

Anyway, you can TEAR TOLEDO UP with Carolina rigs and whacky worms if you find grass. It is not hard. Grass is all over that place. Let me know where you are going or where yall are launching.

Basically, any place you find grass coimong out from the shoreline, just troll along about ten foot out. Throw up into the grass with the Carolina rig, and pull it out thru the ten foot cusion.

I am talking about the big 1oz brass too...not the little lead bullet weight with a stopper. I give usually fish Toledo with about a 3-4ft leader.

If you don't have the patience with the Carolina Rig, you can always catch fish in numbers with Rattle Traps around structure.

There are trees everywhere out there. Alot of people will fish trees with jigs out there, but you are much better serverd fishign the grass in major cuts.

go to longhornfanzone and ask the poster named Mauldicker. he's a professional bass fisherman.

I heard somewhere that "spooner" baits work the best

spinner baits are ok...worms are the best

We will be launching out of Pendleton Harbor..

The water is muddy to stained up there. When the water gets up in the upper fifties, the bass move up to the shallows. In the morning I would Carolina rigs or slow roll white spinner baits in the creek bends. The bigger fish are still pretty cold weather right now, but by then they will likely be in spawning patterns. March-April are awesome at Toledo.

By the time you are there, you should probably try spinners baits (white is usually better on TB) and maybe even some shallow diving crank baits (silver rat'l traps work well) in the backs of coves. If that is productive, it will get you thru the day. Carolina Rig at the front of grass cover will get you bigger fish. Rouges or jerk baits can get hot in the same places as the Carolina rigs if you just cannot stand Carolina Rigging. (Lots of people don't like it or cannot do it right.) I like the watermelon and pumpkin seed lizards for Carolina rigging up there.

The slower you fish the better.

If the water is still muddy or it is cloudy, use darker colors. Clear water, or bright day, use brighter colors.

You are going to be just about at the middle of the lake. I would go South to fish. Just South is Rebels Ridge. That is a pretty productive area, and if you can find it on the map, HogPen Branch and Indian Mounds are great spots a little further south.

Thanks for the info CTP93..I will mark those spots on my map and give them a shot..Anyone else have any honey holes feel free to pass them along...

imnag, fish the 1215 area, 10-12 foot flats, with a 1/2 or 3/4 ounce rattletrap in chartreuse or crawfish color if it is cool and you can't find them on the bank. Your welcome.

anyone remember Willy Landem, fishing guide to the stars, from WBAP 820, back when Hal and Dick were allowed to be funny?

I used to have a Willy Landem tape. I wish I still had it...that was funny stuff

those made up lures killed me. and Sam from Sales still tickles me. pops got some old tapes.

I have a T.K. and Mike tape on bass fishing ..Funny stuff..

Speaking of fishing lures..When did they start making spinner baits that cost $15 a piece. I almost fell on the floor in the Bass Pro Shop (Katy) when I seen those..I didn't buy any...yet!!

I have a Fred Aborgast lure that was like $40 bucks.

I started making my own spinner baits when they got over 3 bucks...

That's a lot of money for a lure CTP93..

I was able to locate the spots you pointed out on my map. I will definitely give them a shot..thanks again..You too baton rouge ag..

Let me get this back to the top for one more day and see if I can get any more good advice.

Anyone have any advice on red rattletraps. A guy I work with says they work good, but I am not sure he is telling me the truth (competitor)..And what length worm is the best. I say the longer the better???