During the Spring season, bass are feeding heavily at nearly every depth and attack a variety of lures as the water warms. Moving lures such as crankbaits and spinnerbaits produce most of the time, but when the water temperature lingers below 60 degrees and during cold-front situations later in the spring, bass prefer slower presentations. While soft plastics or jigs …
Junk Fishing 101: Catch More Bass Using Everything In Your Arsenal
The first time I heard the term “junk fishing” was when I was covering Bassmaster Opens and the anglers weighing in bass said they caught their fish that way. I assumed they were fishing all the debris that collects in pockets and were punching their lures through that junk mat. However, when I interviewed some of those anglers for my …
Mono Vs Fluoro: What’s The Best Fishing Line For Your Presentation?
What is the best fishing line? As fishermen, we have endless choices for our tackle. From rods and reels to lures, plastics, weights and beyond. However, possibly the most important tackle-based decision we need to make is our fishing line. If you think about it, fishing line is quite possibly the most important piece of our fishing setups. It is …
Whopper Plopper 101: All There Is To Know About The Whopper Plopper
Originally designed as a musky bait, the Whopper Plopper by River2Sea has quickly become one of the hottest topwater baits in the bass world – and they’re flying off tackle store shelves from coast to coast. An inline stick bait with a segmented propeller on the back, the Whopper Plopper is part buzzbait, part prop bait, and 100 percent deadly …
Pike Fishing 101: How To Catch The Northern Pike
Throughout their range, northern pike are one of the top predators in any system they inhabit. They are voracious eaters, extremely hard fighters, and usually under-targeted by anglers. Because of this, pike fishing is some of the most exciting and fast action you can get on a northern lake. Whether you’re looking to learn about and target a new species, …
How To Choose The Proper Fishing Line For Your Technique
There is fishing line available today for nearly every situation bass anglers will encounter. You now have the option of trying monofilament, fluorocarbon or braid, so you have to decide which type of line is best for your style of fishing. Monofilament Fishing Line The best multipurpose line is monofilament. It has been an all-around great bass fishing line for years …
Gear Ratios 101: Breaking Down And Explaining Fishing Reels
Whether you have a need for speed or want the power to go deep, choosing a fishing reel with the right gear ratio will help you achieve your goal. Gear ratios determine the speed at which a reel picks up line. Fishing reels with a gear ratio of 6.3:1 means the spool rotates 6.3 times for every 360-degree turn …
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Bass Fishing But Were Too Afraid To Ask
If you’re in the USA, chances are a bass swimming somewhere near you. Creeks, rivers, and streams can hold bass, and most ponds, lakes, and reservoirs do too. And on top of being easy to access, at times bass become patternable and some would say foolish, which lets anglers interact with a hard fighting predator fish through things like vicious …