The Cold of Winter When you get in your boat in the cold of winter and your bones reflect off the weather it’s not easy mentally or physically. You start to wonder where do I start? You look out over the lake and there is no visible grass, there is no obvious structure and your… Read more »
The Fun of Guiding As time moves on your life flashes in front of you just about every day, you often during quiet times think back about your life and forward as to what is next. I certainly don’t have much in the way of money or income to keep paying my bills so keeping… Read more »
Worm Fishing in the Winter Worm fishing in cold water is not always my go to bait but there are some ideas I have to make it more productive in the cold of winter. I really believe winter fishing comes down to a few key productive presentations. As always wintertime can be frustrating, so patience… Read more »
Late Winter/Early Spring on Guntersville Guntersville can be completely different from the north end to the south in late winter. When I hit the water in early spring, I generally start the day out cutting the lake up into different depths; Guntersville seems to have many tales to tell in early spring and there is… Read more »
Rattle Bait Presentations Many fishermen refer to a rattle bait as an idiot bait, meaning all that is needed is to cast and reel and you will catch fish and if all you are doing is casting and reeling, you’re not fishing. Sure, when conditions are right for this rattle bait, and most baits will… Read more »
Winter Jig Fishing Fishing a jig comes down to three important aspects of fishing. The first is size; in the winter a small weighted, small profile jig is always best for cold water fishing. Size matters this time of year bass are lethargic in cold water and placing a small profile jig in front of… Read more »
Not Biting, Keys It’s unfortunately part of fishing as we all find days when the fish just won’t cooperate; there are many reasons as it happens to us all. The reasons are many, the solutions are few and sometimes there is just not a good solution, but you just have to be persistent! The biggest… Read more »
Finesse Time in Cold Finesse fishing is generally not my thing, but it has its place in fact, many have heard me verbalize it. It’s true I am not but a fan, however I believe we have reached a time in the coldest part of the year where working finesse baits might be your best… Read more »
Bladed Baits in Winter Every year when we seem to hit that in-between time when the water is too cold for fast moving baits and not warm enough to slow completely to the likes of soft plastics there are some advantages to bladed baits. Most of us don’t realize but the blades on many of… Read more »
Winter Retrieve Speed We are approaching a time of year when one of the most critical things that people do wrong, when they have trouble catching fish, is how quickly you retrieve your bait while fishing! There are many ways to work a bait and certainly many of them require you to work them very… Read more »