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The short answer to “where should I throw shrimp lures?” is “just about anywhere.” Shrimp are among the most common inshore forage you can find. Even fishing in freshwater, shrimp appear to be a tasty snack most fish love just based on their size and dangling appendages. While most fish will hammer shrimp in most situations (and most humans, if …
Summer night fishing provides some of the best bass action during the dog days of summer. Fishing from dusk to dawn offers you a chance to beat the heat and catch plenty of bass because the fish are in a stable pattern in late summer. If you find two or three spots that are holding bass at night, you can …
The swing head jig is a popular alternative to the common football jig. When throwing a swing head jig, look for the same areas you typically throw a football jig. Often this means around rocks in 5-10 feet of water, but it can be fished all the way up to the bank and down in the deeper rocks too. This …
Buying tackle was simple before tournaments made crappie fishing such a specialized sport. In the old days panfish tackle was a bucket of minnows and a tacklebox full of hooks, sinkers, and bobbers were all you needed to catch crappie. Stocking your tacklebox today has become more complicated because you have to choose from a vast of assortment of designs, …
The chatterbait has been hammering fish since the first day it stormed onto the scene from Z-Man. There’s no debating it flat out catches fish. Chatterbait trailers, however, have been up for some debate. It seems like just about every angler has a different favorite! Choosing which soft plastic to trail behind your vibrating jig varies depending on the scenario, so …
Ledge fishing is a classic river system technique in the summer when many bass leave the bank for the wide-open spaces of the lake. Finding them was easy when the fish were close to shore, but now it becomes more of a challenge. While the novice angler continues to pound the shoreline and catch small bass, savvy anglers target off-shore …
Locating baitfish activity is key in the late summer/early fall whether you’re fishing shallow or deep. Baitfish working on top are easy to find, but sometimes you have to rely on your electronics to find the balls of baitfish below the surface. Locating is the tricky part but once you’re dialed in and have an understanding of their habits and …
River bass fishing the ugly, chocolate-brown rivers that you thought were best suited for catfish and cane poles can actually be an attractive bass fishery in suburbia. If you have honed your bass fishing skills on lakes, you might need some retraining before fishing for bass on river systems. Adapting To River Bass A valuable lesson in adapting to river …
Learning how to spool a spinning reel is likely the first thing you’ll need to learn about fishing. Besides a little push-button children’s rod, a spinning rod is more often than not the first thing any angler will use to catch a fish. How To Spool A Spinning Reel Your line is the only thing connecting you, your rod, and …
Boat wakes pound your boat as cabin cruisers, pontoon boats and jet skis pass by in a never-ending procession. You’re facing another summer weekend barrage of recreational boat traffic while you vainly attempt to fish your favorite spots. If you’ve been losing battles to the recreational boaters and getting skunked on your summertime outings, don’t surrender or abandon ship. You …
A Sabiki Rig is, most usually, one line with a heavy weight attached to the bottom. Above the weight is somewhere between 6 and 10 hooks with a shiny piece of metal attached. The metal sways and swerves in water while the weight is lowered, driving baitfish to strike! The Sabiki Rig is one of the best ways to load …
Although bass can be caught all day on a topwater, knowing a few morning topwater tips can help lead to more bites. These low light conditions allow the bass to be more active than when the sun is beating down during the middle of the day. In the morning when the sun is first coming out is a great time …
