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September 25, 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.
Bass Fishing

YUM Scottsboro Recon Swimbait

September 4, 2023 Don Shoopman

A joint project between YUM Bait Co. and the Scottsboro Tackle Co. resulted in the injection-molded YUM Scottsboro Recon Swimbait. […]

Columns

Matrix 3X Shad

August 6, 2023 Don Shoopman

Matrix 3X Shad’s new tri-color combinations are Matrix 3X Shad Lime Light, Matrix 3X Shad Pink Cosmo and Matrix 3X Shad Purple Patagonia. […]

Columns

Bobby Garland Mayfly matches the hatch

July 2, 2023 Don Shoopman

The Bobby Garland Mayfly appeals to crappie or, as much of Louisiana calls them, sac-a-lait, because it looks like the things crappie eat. […]

Bass Fishing

Lure Review: Speed Freak

June 6, 2023 Don Shoopman

The Compact or Full Frame Speed Freak from Freedom Tackle Corp. was designed to run fast and stay in the water to tempt bass. […]

Bass Fishing

Lure Review: Spunk Shad

April 24, 2023 Don Shoopman

Derek Hudnall of Baton Rouge has been using that Spunk Shad as a trailer for about a year and it has paid big dividends. […]

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. […]

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