When the heat of the summer has the bass and other gamefish species deep, there aren’t many tools better at generating strikes than a deep diving crankbait. Their profile, wild wobble, and erratic action drives bass wild – often igniting a school that previously had lockjaw.Unfortunately though, despite their reputation as big-bass catchers, many anglers

It’s like clockwork every year. The fish are biting all spring, through the spawn, and again while they’re recovering. The fishing is good, the fish are patternable, and all is right with the world. Then the heat comes. In what seems like the blink of an eye, each summer sometime around the July/August timeframe bass

When it comes to jig fishing, the prevailing logic is that heavier is better. Heavier jigs fall faster, come through cover better, and generate reaction strikes by offering a big, bulky profile. They’re also easier to cast and allow anglers to fish in deeper water. Does that mean there’s no place in an angler’s arsenal

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So, you’ve arrived at your first spot at the beginning of a long-anticipated fishing trip. You know they’re there, and your confidence is high.A half hour passes - you haven’t put a fish in the boat.An hour passes - still nothing.Two hours - are you still confident?Three hours - don’t tell me you’re still there?These

“Match the hatch” is a term that you’ll see thrown around a lot when it comes to bass fishing. What it means is that you should choose a lure or pattern that closely resembles what the bass are naturally feeding on. In order to effectively do that, you need to have a reasonable understanding of

Take a seat in a top touring pro’s boat these days and there’s a good chance you’ll feel more like you’re piloting a spaceship than a fishing boat. Having one or (more commonly) two big screen graphs is the norm, and there are a lot of anglers that won’t even fish a spot unless they

In 1972, the folks at Mr. Twister poured the first ever plastic curly tailed grubs. I wonder if they knew when the first ones popped out of the molds that they were about to change the fishing world forever. It didn’t take long for word of the curly-tailed grub’s effectiveness to spread, and within a

So, you’ve caught a bass.Awesome!High fives all around… Now what?If you’re like most anglers, you probably just slip it back into the water and go back to fishing. What you should be doing though is giving it a thorough once-over and paying attention to what you see – and doing so is necessary to maximize