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March 29, 2023
HomeAuthorsDon Shoopman

Articles by Don Shoopman

About Don Shoopman
Don Shoopman fishes for freshwater and saltwater species mostly in and around the Atchafalaya Basin and Vermilion Bay. He moved to Louisiana in 1976, and he and his wife June live in New Iberia. They have two grown sons.
Columns

The Quiver Shad

March 27, 2023 Don Shoopman

Egret Baits designers wanted to build a “shad-style” bait with a boot tail and went all in on that early last year with the Quiver Shad. […]

Bass Fishing

Prowler Squarebill

February 27, 2023 Don Shoopman

The Black Label Tackle Prowler Squarebill crankbait does just what its name suggests — invade the habitat to trigger pressured, finicky bass. […]

Bass Fishing

Flipping Biffle Bug

January 28, 2023 Don Shoopman

Bass pro Tommy Biffle holds a bass caught on a Gene LaRew Flipping Biffle Bug. A flippin and pitchin’ soft plastic model of popular bait. […]

Bass Fishing

Bass pro Gene Bishop returns to Ross Barnett Reservoir

January 23, 2023 Don Shoopman

Ridgeland, Mississippi, pro bass fisherman Gene Bishop won a Bassmaster Open at Ross Barnett Reservoir in March 2015. […]

Columns

Natural Forage Baits are in demand

January 3, 2023 Don Shoopman

Natural Forage Baits are in demand by crappie fishermen and, more importantly, crappie, as owner J.R. “Beau” Davidson knows very well. […]

Bass Fishing

Bill Lewis Lures’ Scope Stik

December 6, 2022 Don Shoopman

Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part proudly touts the Bill Lewis Lures’ Scope Stik, a jerkbait he’ll fish with extensively this winter and spring. […]

Bass Fishing

The Toad Thumper Lure Co. plastic frogs

November 18, 2022 Don Shoopman

The Toad Thumper Lure Company’s Swamper and Thumper plastic frogs make stubborn bass sing a different tune. […]

Deer of the Year

Hunter arrows trophy 9-point near Fayette

November 3, 2022 Don Shoopman

Melvin Brown Jr. arrowed a 9-point, 215-pound buck on Sept. 16 while hunting from a deer stand on a lease near Fayette, Mississippi. […]

Bass Fishing

JaBoom Beaver Ballz will knock big bass right out of the grass

October 9, 2022 Don Shoopman

Bass anglers near and far want to get their hands on JaBoom’s Beaver Ballz. The soft plastic makes infiltrating mats much easier. […]

Columns

Delta Lures Redfish Spinnerbait

September 12, 2022 Don Shoopman

The Delta Lures Redfish Spinnerbait has been the downfall of beaucoup redfish since Fred King and Roy LaBorde introduced it in the mid-2010s. […]

Bass Fishing

Yellow Magic Havana

August 15, 2022 Don Shoopman

A big bass explosion is the reward for fishing with the new Yellow Magic Havana, crafted with cutting edge technology and attention to detail. […]

Bass Fishing

Mister Twister 8-inch Mag BUZZ Worm

July 9, 2022 Don Shoopman

Since the intro of the Mag 12 BUZZ Worm, Mister Twister has gotten calls for a smaller size, so they developed the 8-inch Mag BUZZ Worm. […]

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