Fishing Tips and Techniques

Summertime is known for its deep water bassing, and for many that means crankbaits and Carolina rigs. But there are instances when picking up your flipping rod will put the bass in the boat. That does not necessarily mean you go to the bank and fish shallow. One of my favorite techniques is pitching in [...]

It’s really nice summer weather and the hot summer days mean that the bass are much more likely to feed enthusiastically at dawn. It’s calm. There’s a bit of mist over the shallow water, and the bass are out in force, feeding on small fry and insects of all sorts. Now’s the time to try [...]

You will hate them or love them depending on what you know about them. Currents and tides can definitely affect the areas bass are using and can be assets to you in finding and catching them. First you need to determine if you are dealing with man-made or natural current. Bass feed and become more [...]

In order to be a successful angler, you must first accept one simple fact. There are times when fishing is tough. Wind, weather, and any number of factors can effect our ability to locate and catch fish. They are, after all living, breathing creatures. And this reality is what keeps folks coming back. Don’t get [...]

Choosing the proper lure, the right color and making sound, accurate casts into bass infested waters are essential in catching largemouth and smallmouth bass alike. But unless you keep your boat in the proper position to place that lure in productive water, you might as well be dabbling a hook in a bar ditch somewhere. [...]

One of the benefits of steelheading is the opportunity to experience the huge variety of rivers that are home to our favorite quarry. On one end of the spectrum we have tiny headwaters streams, running through lush rain forests – rivers so small that any possible holding water is obvious, even to the novice. On [...]

Season of the year, water clarity, water level and current weather are integral elements anglers should consider when looking for bass. Texas bass anglers have developed an insatiable appetite for informative clips about largemouth bass. Topics depicting new or upcoming hotspots are just as well received as those that explain in detail how to perform [...]

Tournament bass anglers have long known that there are three potential ways to a limit of bass: Search for and locate schools of fish. Determine a pattern which will predictably produce bass from similar structure, cover features or water conditions throughout the lake or river. Cover as much water as possible, with as many casts [...]

As the leaves begin to turn into their autumn glory many anglers hang up their fishing poles in favor of their favorite deer rifle or their bow and hit the woodlots in search of the wily whitetail. For the die-hard bass fisherman the approaching weeks mark one of the best times of the year to [...]