Rod Tip can be Crucial 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 do not want to keep their rod tip in a 12 o’clock position while… Read more »
Summertime Thoughts Drastic change is ahead and as we progress into the summertime patterns, bass fishing becomes more complex and hence there are many more decisions you need to make to have successful trips during the heat of the summer. Most of the decision process evolves around your style while on a summertime fishing trip;… Read more »
Retrieve can Make a Difference. Doing the same retrieve the same way does not always can get the same results; the problem is that it may or may not be good! Most experienced anglers are constantly adjusting their retrieve and making a change as to how they present it until they find a bite, and… Read more »
Always Get Better As a bass fisherman the chances that you can present and be confident with every lure and presentation on the market is slim. I suggest as a resolute fisherman that you take a bait that you have never used or been successful with and make that bait your new favorite bait. There… Read more »
Bedding Fish Facts Over the many years of fishing bass that are bedding there are many beliefs that just do not hold water, no pun intended! I do not know how many people call me and tell me that they want to come fishing but want to make sure they miss the bedding time; they… Read more »
Its Time Yes, the timing might be different every year, it could occur in middle to late March or on into April but every year we get to a point where the soft plastic bite turns on and folks, we have reached that critical time here in April! Your favorite plastic becomes the bait of… Read more »
A fisherman dream is to hang a monster bass but doing that is not an easy task; and being committed to it is even more difficult. We all say we are fishing for that one monster bite, how many of us are willing to sacrifice what it really takes to accomplish that. I believe you… Read more »
Location, location, location, just like anything else where you fish has much to do about catching fish as it is a proven fact that 80 % of the fish live in 10% of the lake. When you are fishing a big lake where you go next is your most important decision each day, Sometimes you… Read more »
Cold water or winter fishing can be about finding the right targets. I can go back to my childhood and recall a statement I have learned to live bye as a professional fisherman, that being in the mist of winter fishing “the bass move to hard targets” like rock, bridges, or wood in the coldest… Read more »
Thanks to some great work by Professional Angler Chris Lane, Guntersville will get some much-needed addition of Florida strain bass, as a restocking program will see its first year of hopefully many trying to regain the prominence of the past with 50,000 Florida Strain bass starting this May. I cannot tell you how important this… Read more »