In the world of bass fishing, jig fishermen are surgeons and jigs their scalpels. Using the proper tool, an experienced bass angler makes the precise and penetrating presentations needed to draw strikes...View article
We’d be hard pressed to find an element of bass fishing as much ignored as sinkers. When asked to cite the critical elements of a presentation, few anglers mention weights. Apologies to Metallica,...View article
Can soft plastic baits gain an even greater following? Some of the heightened popularity of plastics can be traced to Denny Brauer’s phenomenal 1998 campaign. The all-time money winner on the BASSMASTER...View article
Rigging plastic baits is an angling art, since no single rig meets all applications. And each rig offers advantages and disadvantages in various situations. The most versatile anglers have mastered...View article
Without oxygen, life ends. Just ask the minnows panting in your bucket or those belly-up bass in the harbor after a tournament. Our own need for oxygen is painfully evident if we go without it for even...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
What makes better sense: Leadcore line or snapweights to troll at reasonable, repeatable depths in open water? Depends. In case you appreciate hard-and-fast rules -- make that guidelines,...View article
If the fish are there, people will continue to fish. So, environmental quality must continue to support strong fish populations. So too must our knowledge of how to manage fisheries and fish populations...View article
It gets pretty doggone icy and cold in walleye and sauger country during December, January, and February. Nearly every lake and even big rivers tend to ice over. It's a sad scene for walleye anglers...View article
