Keys to Skipping a Bait As the summer progresses and the water continues to increase in temperature, we all find that the bass start to hunt the shade during the day. On most lakes that means that the bass start heading to the cover and there is no better cover than the enormous number of… Read more »
Spinner Bait and Fall Fishing The fall is close, and we are approaching the fall fishing where we will make a drastic change in our presentation; we will move from slow moving baits to power fishing with speed and reaction! There are many ways to approach the fall, but nothing works better and is more… Read more »
The Swim Bait Craze In all my years of fishing there has been very few baits that continue to survive the test of time; most baits have a life span and quit producing. Swim baits are starting to show me that they are immune to the time test as they have been producing for me… Read more »
The Heat brings Finesse Time I know many of you have read where I have said that I am not a big fan of finesse fishing; in fact many have heard me verbalize it. It’s true I am not but I believe we have reached a time in the dog days of this extremely hot… Read more »
Summertime Tips There is no doubt that summertime fishing can be a mystery, the bass that were everywhere have suddenly become hard to find. What can you do? Where did the fish go and how can I catch them? Let me first say that there is no fool proof answer but there are some common… Read more »
Heat of the Summer Hot days of summer are just ahead when water temperatures climb well into the nineties. Here are two questions you are pondering: (a.) Where did all the fish go? And (b.) What does a bass angler have to do to find them? The answers may surprise you! The answer to both… Read more »
Deep Cranking Time If you are a fan of running a deep crank bait to the 20 ft. depths and beyond now is the time of year to try it. The bass are moving out and schooling up along the deep ledges, you have a window where they will compete everyday if you can locate… Read more »
Deep Fishing As we approach the heat and dry weather of the summer, we move into a deep bite phase of bass fishing. Although every lake is different, the conditions have a lot to say about how deep you must fish to find active bass. The truth of the matter is that some lakes require… Read more »
Submergent Vegetation Time is Here As the water warms on most southern lakes, we start to really see the affect of the vegetation on our lakes; the grass is showing and growing off the bottom, the holes in the grass are holding fish and the good news is most bass this time of year feed… Read more »
May and June on Guntersville As we move into the month of May and June no presentation catches more fish than crank baits. This is absolutely the best presentation for fish, big fish and numbers of fish that you can choose. The bass migrate back out of the spawning coves, you can straight-line your map,… Read more »