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Throwing swimbaits for bass is an easy way to present your bait from top to bottom in clear water if it is rigged correctly. The beauty of a paddletail swimbait is that it can be rigged different ways to make it fall vertically with its head down or swim horizontally. It can also be rigged weedless for fishing around cover …
Touring pros and fishing guides have always reserved a spot in their tackle boxes for tailspinners but newcomers to the sport seem to be more attracted by all the latest creations of lure manufacturers. The veteran anglers know the heavy metal lure with a spinner on its end has the characteristics of both a spinnerbait and a jigging spoon, so …
The bass pros love tinkering with their lures and a jig is one of their favorites to modify. Heeding the advice of the pro anglers, lure manufacturers have designed jigs that you can take right out of the package and catch bass. However, some pros still prefer tinkering with their jigs to improve the lure’s design and hook-setting potential. All …
So this story is a little odd but felt like I had to share. I could ramble on and on about what a legend he is, but it’s almost just as funny to me to see how genuinely confused the news anchor was when she was reading the story. You’ll have to go here to watch since they don’t let …
The ability to see clearly determines how far a bass will chase something down and eat it. Bass and most other predators rely on sight to hone in on and capture prey. However, unlike terrestrial hunters, bass must compensate for reduced vision to hunt in a shrouded underwater world. The Lateral Line And How It Works A bass’s lateral lines …
The spread of bass tournaments into Northern waters has exposed more anglers to smallmouth bass on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. Throughout the years tournament competitors from the North and South have noticed differences in the habits of Northern and Southern smallmouth. They also have discovered techniques for catching bronze backs differ from the North to the South. Here’s …
The same productive lures you threw throughout early fall and mid-autumn will continue to trigger bites by late fall as long as you slow down your presentation. As the water temperature continues to drop by late fall, baitfish start moving out of the shallows to deeper water and bass start losing some of their aggressiveness. While just about any lure …
Fisherman are ALWAYS hard to please when searching for the perfect fishing gifts. There are so many different types of fishing it’s hard to know what to get, and when to get it. Most gift-givers try to get around this by buying generic gift cards to sporting goods retailers. But, that’s impersonal and just plain boring. Mystery Tackle Box has solved …
Most bass anglers agree that suspended bass are the hardest to catch, but there is a solution to catching these fish. Bass suspend most often from early winter to early spring and late summer through early fall. One surefire way to keep a lure in a bass’ strike zone and tempt the fish into biting is to throw a suspending …
In many ways, largemouth bass are alike whether the fish live north or south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Trying to identify a Northern-strain largemouth and the Florida-strain largemouth that frequent waters throughout the Southern states is almost impossible due to cross-breeding. The only way to truly identify each species is by advanced genetic analysis. However, there are some variances between …
A jig has to rank as one of the most versatile lures in a bass angler’s tackle box. You can cast, pitch, flip, skip, swim, shake or crawl a jig to coax bass into biting depending on the mood of the fish. Today’s jigs come in a variety of styles, sizes, and colors, so deciding which jig to use becomes …
The Googan Squad Hummer is here! When you hear a mosquito buzzing around your head you immediately set out to seek and destroy the pest. A bass has the same impulse when the fish detects the annoying sound of a buzzbait skittering over its head. Few thrills in fishing match the excitement of watching a buzzbait suddenly disappear when a …
