Big Bass Habits There are a lot of similarities between the human aging process and the big bass habits; both have aged and become stuck in their ways and repeat many of the daily habits as the aging process continues! They are in many ways just like us as we age as they become comfortable… Read more »
Best Summertime Baits With the onset of the heat and the conditions changing to full-on summertime bite here are my best summertime baits. The early morning is always strong for a top water bite, I personally like the popper baits, also frogs if there is a lot of floating debris. Sue rapid movement then some… Read more »
Hold Your Rod Tip High There is probably no time of the year where the worm fishing is better than from June through mid-August, and I am finding as I put fishermen in the boat that most worm fishermen just don’t want to keep their rod tip in a 12 o’clock position while the worm… Read more »
Is Ethanol Still an issue for the new 4 Stroke Motors? Since the onset of the mixture of gasoline and ethanol there have been tons of problems popping up all over the country. Injector issues, motors running rough, gas breaking down and more have plagued the bass boat owner. Ethanol is hygroscopic meaning it absorbs… Read more »
The Many Ways to Present a Sinko When you head to the water on Guntersville for the past few weeks the bite has been all about the small soft plastic bait called the Sinko, there are many versions of it by many different manufacturers, my favorite is the Missile bait 48. I like the fact… Read more »
How to Locate Bream Beds With the month of May here and the bass looking to feed up after they have spawned the bass move into the bream beds and target the bedding bream for food. It’s a known fact that bass target the bedding bream, and your job is to locate the beds and… Read more »
It’s Time for a Jig When the bass has transitioned from the spring bite to the summer bite, a bait, I enjoy fishing is working a traditional jig; there are several reasons I like this presentation and none more important than the pure fact it catches big fish. If you’re a tournament fisherman, you can… Read more »
Summertime Bass Fishing The summer on any lake can be tedious and different for the bass fisherman, it’s a time of year when you have to be creative and work tirelessly to find feeding fish. Many times, color matters more than any time of year as you are dealing with mainly clear water and thick… Read more »
Benefits of Fishing the Shad Spawn When it comes to an exciting and active time in bass fishing nothing beats fishing the shad spawn; there is a very good reason for this and that is the abundance of large amounts of food source. There are no doubt large numbers of shad making the bass easy… Read more »
Transitional Fishing for Spawn to Post Spawn Locations As the bass relocates after the spawn, we get into a period known as transition fishing; meaning that the bass are relocating from the shallow banks to the deeper water. When this happens locating fish on the move becomes difficult and forces you to find a different… Read more »