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 »
Time on the Water is Everything Over my many years of professional fishing the one thing that I always come back too is spending time on the water is just irreplaceable; nothing you can do will mean as much to success as spending time fishing. It is just a pure fact you can fish all… Read more »
My Top Winter Soft Plastics Soft plastics baits on Guntersville for me is mainly about matching the hatch for the size of the bait the bass are feeding on. A mistake many fishermen make I believe in the winter with soft plastics is size; if you are constantly using big 10 in. to 12 in…. Read more »
Thanks for Thanksgiving Every year it appears to me as I grow older, wiser and more thankful that the meaning of Thanksgiving gives me more to think about and more to be thankful for. Fishing has been my lifeline now for many years, it has brought me joy, excitement and certainly has been my gift…. Read more »
Keys for Searching an Unfamiliar Lake It’s always hard to head to a new lake and start from scratch finding fish, you have to really be someone who has patience and persistence to be successful. The key is developing a pattern so you can attack the lake with some consistent processes in mind that you… Read more »
Water Temps will Fall Rapidly As we continue to move into winter, we will see some severe drop in water temperatures, and it will slow down the fishing at some point during the change to winter fishing. I have seen the effects of water temperature for many years now, and I thought it might be… Read more »