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Catching bass before winter settles is a challenge. Cool temps, lethargic fish, and limited bait options are a few added challenges that anglers in the North deal with. So, if you are one of the lucky fishermen who live in a state where the water freezes in the winter. This article is for you. If you aren’t, mazeltov; every fisherman …
The jointed stickbait is a lure that continues to produce fish. Some lures attract more fishermen than they do fish and eventually become novelty items for lure collectors. Others catch boat loads of bass, but mass production and excessive use makes these lures less effective when bass become conditioned to them. Then there’s the lures designed for other species, which …
Controversy around the previous North Dakota Walleye record is no more! The record was broken by a behemoth 15 lb 13 oz Walter, besting the previous record by a slight 1 oz. The controversy surrounding the previous record was due to lack of proof, since it was caught in the late 1950’s, when certifying records just didn’t have the same …
Fishing tube baits is one of those techniques that just continues to get the job done. It’s caught fish for decades, and continues to pump out fish when other baits just won’t cut it. Unfortunately, the extent of most angler’s tube arsenals is an internal jig head. That’s a problem, because tubes are killer rigged with a variety of techniques. …
Why don’t we have enough tips on how to land big fish? There are plenty of articles on where to find fish, what bass fishing lures to use, and how to predict where fish are going to be. There are far fewer articles on the mechanics of fishing once you’ve gotten a bite. This is surprising, since what happens from …
The state record musky MAY have been caught in Ohio this weekend on a BioSpawn Lures ExoSwim! Zack Hall, admittedly a more serious bass angler, spotted the fat momma up in the shallows while fishing recently and started to flip his ExoSwim at her. Once he got her to bite, he knew this was no ordinary fish. As you can …
The old adage that fish bite best before a storm and the rhyme about wind direction affecting a fish’s feeding habits gain some credence when applied to barometric pressure readings. Since wind and storms usually indicate changes in barometric pressure, these conditions also signal a change in crappie behavior. Scientists have detected many organisms that respond in some fashion to …
The key to pre spawn 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 …
Catching bass in cold, murky water is tough, but it can still be done. The depths of bass in cold, murky water depends on the weather. If it has been warm and sunny for three or four days, the fish are going to be real shallow. With the water off-color, the fish will move into water shallower than 1 foot. …
Fishing beneath hard water is usually panfishing, mixing in a few pike and walleye here and there. But if you want those big walleye and pike, don’t overlook BIG & LOUD rattling baits to drop in the ice hole. Here’s a few tips for catching big fish through the ice. Blades of Steel Ice Season can be a great time …
Late winter and early spring are usually the best times to catch bass when heavyweight female bass laden with eggs move shallower in preparation for the spawn. However, the biggest trophy bass I ever caught on my home waters of Lake of the Ozarks was during a Thanksgiving weekend tournament. I was fortunate to win the tournament’s big bass pot …
Hope you weren’t planning on a deep sea diving trip in Portugal any time soon! The “frilled shark” was found off the coast of Portugal by scientists looking for solutions to prevent unwanted catches for commercial fishermen. If your only objective is to avoid unwanted catches and you somehow reel in a nightmare inducing predator that survived the age of …
