Layer up put on the wool socks, and stash a few hand warmers in your pockets. It’s time to go fishing! But where do you start? If you follow the three tips below, you will undoubtedly put more trophy bass in the boat this fall. 1. Timing It Right While Late Fall Fishing When you go fishing, you want to make the …
Blade Bait Fishing 101: Heavy Metal Bassin’
As the water begins to cool each year, those in the know pick up a blade bait. They are an old-school lure that is about as simple as you can get, a metal blade with a section of molded lead. You can go as basic as you want and stick with a generic gold or silver blade, or try a …
5 Cold Water Lures That Will Catch You More Bass
Coldwater bass fishing can result in either feast or famine for many anglers. Bass are going to always bite less often in cool water but it also can be the time of year the big ones seem to be caught! Bass are cold-blooded by nature so their activity levels are directly impacted by climate changes. As water temperature rises the …
Fall Fish Movements: Where They Go & How To Catch Them
For many anglers, it doesn’t get much better than a day on the water in the fall. The leaves change colors, the deer and turkeys begin to move; and the crisp clean air wipes away all memories of the oppressive summer heat. Although fall weather conditions are ideal for fishing, the onset of autumn can sometimes be a little harder on …
5 Bass Lures You Should Be Throwing This Fall
When bass start feeding heavily on baitfish in the fall, you can catch those fish then on just about anything you throw at them. Finding the baitfish is the first step in catching fall bass and the next step is to find the lures that best imitate the forage fish. Here are five lures that best imitate the baitfish bass …
The Mullet Run Is On! Explaining The Phenomenon
Fall is right around the corner and that means a lot of great things are coming. Football season is here, the air is getting crisp, and… the mullet run is ON! From the end of August into November, the common saltwater baitfish known as mullet leave their summer haunts off the coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia to head south …
Fall Fishing For Trout: 10 Tips You Need To Know
Cool fall weather provides relief for both trout anglers and trout. The summer heat makes it tough for anglers to fish in the middle of the day, but the cooler fall temperatures allow them to enjoy pursuing trout any time of the day. Trout need lots of oxygen and the amount of oxygen water holds decreases the warmer it gets, …
How To Fish Brush Piles For Big Fall Crappie
When the air cools and the leaves turn colors signaling the arrival of fall fishing, crappie make a run for the shallows. Like the spring migration to the shallows, the autumn run triggers some of the best action of the year if you can follow the crappie’s fall transition. Where To Find Big Fall Crappie On lakes lacking natural wood cover, brush …
Bass Fishing Tips For Catching Bigs In The Late Summer Period
For most anglers, late summer is the toughest time to fish. Accurate, timely bass fishing tips are harder to find in the dog days, and for good reason. It’s hot and miserable for the anglers, and the bass are scattered, beaten down by angler pressure, and downright difficult to catch. Late-summer blues got you down? Try one of these bass …
3 Simple Tips To Master The Wacky Rig
In the context of bass fishing lures, there’s not much better at generating strikes than a wacky worm. Despite their unnatural appearance, the subtle shimmy they have on the fall is straight catnip to the brains of bass everywhere. As good as they are at getting bites, though, there is definitely a learning curve associated with becoming a master of …
3 Tips To Take Your Popper Fishing To The Next Level
The topwater popper is one of the most timeless bass lures in the arsenal. Countless anglers caught their first topwater fish on a popper, and there is something sublime about the “bloop-bloop-splash” that occurs when a popper is inhaled by an angry bass. As timeless as they are, nowadays few anglers rely on poppers as more than just situational baits …
3 Reasons You Should Be Throwing Topwater Poppers Right Now
There is nothing more exciting than watching a big bass blow up on a surface bait. Given the right time and conditions, topwater lures like a popper can be a very effective and efficient way to catch fish. With most topwaters, you can cover water quickly and trigger reaction strikes from bass that might pass up a different presentation. There …