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Considered a nuisance by many, the common carp gets a bad wrap. While they can be destructive, common carp are available to most of us and can be extremely fun to catch. Here are 5 reasons why fishing for common carp rules: 1) Carp Are Abundantly Available Common carp, or European carp, were introduced to the United States in the …
Whether you’re at a fast food joint or a tackle shop, buying a combo is a great way to save time and money. I always buy a meal combo at a fast food joint so I can get my order in faster and it’s cheaper than ordering individual items on the menu. A beginning angler should also buy a combo …
Digital creators will compete for $20,000 in prizes, including an influencer contract with Catch Co. April, 7th, 2021 – Chicago, IL – Since getting its own start on a social platform, Catch Co. has grown to become one of the biggest names in fishing with popular brands like Mystery Tackle Box and e-commerce site Karl’s Bait & Tackle. Over 250,000 …
Prespawn fishing is the best time of the season to target big bass. Largemouth are at their seasonal heaviest, swimming in shallow water, and seem to be more interested than usual in hyper aggressively attacking fishing lures. In the video above, touring bass angler, all-star dad, and friend of the program, Brian Latimer breaks down some his favorite baits for …
Chart a year of your bass fishing and you’ll likely have a graph marked full of peaks and valleys. Many factors influence the ups and downs of bass fishing, including rising lake levels. By keying on a bass’ movements during this condition, you will increase your success rates and straighten out those chart lines on a higher plateau. Fishing The …
While the daily feeding habits of largemouth bass are pretty unpredictable, the seasonal patterns bass follow are more of a certainty. Weather fronts, rising and falling water levels and other factors can alter a bass’ daily feeding habits, but year in and year out the fish will follow the same seasonal patterns on your favorite fishery unless the bass’ habitat …
Streams are usually flowing strong with higher water levels in the early spring due to melting snow and rain runoff so you can usually catch rainbow and brown trout on action lures such as Mepp’s or Blue Fox spinners, small jerkbaits and crankbaits, spoons and Mepps Wooly Worm Spin Flies. I prefer throwing these lures on spinning tackle with 4-pound …
In right around 13 minutes, Bassin Bill Mathews breaks down 5 of his favorite bass rigs for fishing throughout the year. Each rig features a unique set-up and application helping them stand apart in specific situations. One bait might work around shallow grass, while another is better suited for dragging over deep rockpiles. Bill covers it all, while providing an easy …
Want to know the easiest way to catch a big freshwater fish? Put a worm on a hook, attach a few weights, and then bomb that sucker out into the fishiest looking spot you can find. Then, all you need to do is get comfortable and wait. Fishing With Live Worms: High Passion, Low Production In the video above, I …
Some of best spring bass lures are crankbaits in crawfish colors such as brown and orange for bass in the spring because bass forage heavily on crustaceans during the season. I know red lipless crankbaits produced bass in the grass lakes of the South during the spring, but I never really tried them on my home waters of Lake of …
If you’re an angler stuck at home but still eager to scratch that fishing itch, this is the list for you. We broke down five of the best fishing tasks any angler can do from the comfort of their home. Here are five productive fishing ideas to dial you in for that next fishing adventure, whenever it may be! Learn …
The key to prespawn smallmouth bass fishing in rivers is to think critically about where they spent the winter, and where they spawn – and then locating holding places along that route. In many rivers, bass winter in the channel – but in areas out of the current. Places like the backs of wing dams, in deeper holes behind rocks, …
