Fishing Tips and Techniques

Learning how to fish a plastic worm is lesson number one for any beginning fisherman. Out West that’s doubly true. No other lure will be more reliable than a plastic worm. Fishing conditions and fishing seasons will change, but the fact that Bass always bite plastic worms will not. Due to the unique conditions of [...]

Most tournament pros will agree that thorough preparation is a big key to being successful on a consistent basis. There is much more to being successful on the professional tournament trail than merely finding and catching a few bass from time to time. You must be consistent to excell in this business. And in order [...]

Somewhere along the way men got this reputation that they don’t like asking for directions or using maps to find their way around. We don’t know where that came from because as fishermen we have always relied on maps and information to find our way around on a body of water and be better able [...]

Ask pros what separates good fishermen from all the rest. More often than not you’ll hear this answer – attention to detail. Like skinning that cat, there are many ways to catch walleyes. But it’s anglers who fine tune the basics who arrive at the docks with full livewells most often. Take an old standby, [...]

If you are one of those people satisfied with slowly dangling a worm beneath a float, then this article is not for you Fishing for walleyes on reservoirs is no place for the lazy. Successful anglers often employ a run-and-gun approach using methods designed to cover the most water in the least time. They realize [...]

Locating good schools of bass in the Fall is relatively easy, as compared to other times of the year. To find fish in the Fall, simply concentrate your efforts back into the creeks. The changing of sweetgum leaves to hues of yellow, orange and magenta, the sumac turning to scarlet signals a magic time of [...]

Boat docks and old piers situated relatively close to deep water are very appealing to largemouths, particularly on reservoirs where aquatic vegetation is sparse. Aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla, milfoil and coontail will year-in and year-out produce big stringers of bass on lakes across the United States. But by no means is that to say [...]

Fishing from a float tube is a great way to slip up on stock pond fish without spooking them. Plus, it warrants the luxury of being able to manuever into tight places where you can make precise casts that otherwise would not be possible. It takes a certain amount of nerve to bail off into [...]

Fished correctly, big spinnerbaits with large blades can be deadly on big bass relating to deep water cover. When bass anglers hear the word “spinnerbait”, most will inevitably picture a rugged-looking shoreline that’s cluttered with laydowns, bushes and stumps. Others may envision a mainlake point, ridge or hump that’s laced with some sort of aquatic [...]