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 »
Best Spring Fishing Techniques There is no doubt that the spring is an exciting time of year for bass fishing, it’s a time where you can utilize man different techniques depending on the phase the bass are in when you get on the water. Right now, in Guntersville we are approaching the post spawn and… Read more »
Finding Bedding Areas As the bass progress to the spawning grounds, it becomes important to understand the movement and the type of areas they spawn in. Just as the spawn approaches bass generally move to the deeper water outside of the spawning grounds, they find protection in bays and scattered vegetation outside the spawning grounds…. Read more »