When a team desperately needs a touchdown, Coach tells the quarterback to throw deep. The same strategy works for bass anglers applying new tactics for fooling big bass in deep water. Last...View article
Sophisticated fishing pressure often turns bass into finicky eaters, and anglers have resorted to downsizing lures and tackle to coax bites. The drop-shot rig is one of the most effective ways to present...View article
As soon as the baitfish entered the water, I could tell they were in trouble. Bass bolted from every direction to devour the hapless prey, despite frantic attempts at escape. This...View article
Visit a tackle shop near top bass waters in the country, and you get some insight into what works best in that area. Check the lures that take up the most shelf space. Or if the store has been ransacked...View article
The hot new lure produced limits of bass the last couple of weeks, but now the bite is starting to slow. What to do? Success stories about new baits spread like wildfire through...View article
Take a spinnerbait right from the package, cast it out, reel it in, and start catching fish. That works on TV shows and infomercials, and often in real life when conditions are perfect. A spinnerbait...View article
Looking back at a year of fishing, memories abound of great fish and great places. Next issue, I'll talk about some of the fine fish we caught for the 2006 In-Fisherman Television Specials, which begin...View article
Fish have the same five major senses as you—sight, smell, scent, taste and touch—although they’re a bit different, adapted for use underwater. Fish use their combined input to locate food and...View article
A dying plastic minnow, shining and flickering in the golden light below, draws the attention of bottom-hugging perch, drawing them from their crevices. That’s the plan. Up they come to join the puppet...View article
So you want to get that big bass mounted. What’ll it be—a traditional skin mount, a fiberglass replica mount, a habitat mount, or perhaps something more artistic? There are more choices available...View article
Light-biting fish have a tendency to elude hooks. Odds are, too, that some trophy-proportioned fish we spend our lives trying to catch are dainty nibblers. So, how do we increase our odds of hooking...View article
