Buzz Bait in Early Spring Sometimes in the early spring you just must take a chance on doing something different; a pattern that shows is face that most folks don’t think about is throwing a buzz bait when the water temperature is in the mid 50’s. As the water temperature climbs from the mid 50’s… Read more »
Rattle Trap Presentations This time of year one of the best baits on any pre-spawn lake is a rattle trap; the flat sided bait can be presented many different ways all presentations work it just a matter of which works the best for you. Some of the presentations that we see mostly have no limitations… Read more »
Locations for Pre-Spawn Bass The best of year is near and locating pre-spawn bass quickly will be the key to having successful days on the water. Most weekend anglers spend the first few hours on the water finding where the bass have moved and that can take time. There are however a few ways to… Read more »
Spring Movement and Electronics, North Alabama Every year as we enter into the late February time frame the one thing you can count on is the movement of the bass toward the spawning grounds. The movement will be like seeing gobs of bait balls forming at the ends of the river channel edges with large… Read more »
The “Why” of Bass Location Over my many years of fishing there are many things that I have learned to help locate fish and develop a pattern; in full disclosure its not a perfect science but it is a way to develop a pattern. The important part of this article is to emphasize how important… Read more »
Don’t Make these Mistakes! Over many years of fishing the wintertime always proves to be a challenge, and as anything that is challenging you can easily become exempt from analyzing your own mistakes while trying to catch a fish. Many times, in the winter you are fishing for just a few bites it can be… Read more »
Lunar Tables Over my many years of being on the water day after day I have never been one to pay much attention to the Lunar forecast; however, about ten years ago I meet a gentleman that fished with me many times a year. His process of picking his fishing dates began with the Lunar… Read more »
Winter Jig Fishing There’s never been a better bait in the heart of the cold winter than a jig, it has over the years emulated one of the bass most prominent food sources that being a crawfish. There is no doubt that crawfish become their food source of choice in the cold winter water; there… Read more »
Muddy Time of Year As we progress through the next 30 to 45 days the one thing that will be obvious is that we will see bunches of rain and wind mudding up the water in most of the southern lakes. There is probably no water condition that is tougher to fish in the winter… Read more »
Cover, Structure and Depth There are three keys that stand out in order to establish a pattern, cover structure and depth; when you zone in on these keys you can put together a pattern. Sounds simple but it is not, as making sense of the keys is different than talking about them; fighting your instincts… Read more »