Locate submerged vegetation like milfoil and hydrilla, and you shall find bass. Bulrush and cattails which grow above surface also produce loads of largemouth bass.

Examples of waters where tall grass abounds include Florida lakes such as Okeechobee, natural northern lakes such as Champlain, and the California and Louisiana deltas. Continue reading Bass Fishing Tall Grass 101

The Woolly Bugger fills many needs. It serves as an imitation leach or crawfish, it can also be a minnow, a damsel fly, a dragonfly nymph or a hellgrammite, or simply something a trout does not want living in its territory. Size 8 works nearly anywhere. But for truly big fish, don’t neglect offerings up to size 4. When in doubt, match the body color to the predominate shade of the water bottom. Add split shot or use a sinking line to get it down where big fish hold, or if you tie your own, add a few twists of lead wire beneath the body. Twitch the Woolly Bugger in still water; use slow hand twists in deep, green pools. Or dead drift it through faster runs. Continue reading All About The Woolly Bugger

Downriggers are used by serious anglers, from the West Coast, to the Great Lakes, and more recently on the inland lakes, reservoirs and rivers. While salmon and lake trout may be the traditional targets of downrigger fishing, almost any fish that swims in deep water can be caught with a downrigger. Whenever it is important to manage the depth at which a lure is running, and to keep it there indefinitely, downriggers are the answer. Continue reading Downrigging For Smallmouth Bass

Your fishing a shallow, weedy, clear water lake or pond that holds some nice largemouth bass. The weeds are so thick you decide to go to a topwater frog. Within the first few casts, you get a blowup right in front of you and miss the hook set. You then again drop the frog right back where the bass is and he hits it again, but you miss the hook set again. Over the course of the next two hours you have over a dozen blowups, but you did not manage to hook one single bass. What is going on ! Why are you missing so many bites ? Continue reading How To Bass Fish Topwater Frogs

Many of today's serious bowhunters are finding that carbon arrows offer real benefits. Carbon arrows were first developed, by Easton Archery, in 1983. When carbon arrow shafts were first introduced and hunters became aware of their existence, rumors began to fly that the shafts were brittle and , they would splinter into long, sharp, pine-needle-like fragments. Continue reading All About Carbon Arrows

Ever think about drop shotting a crankbait or suspending jerkbait ? We have too ! Well, here’s how to do it.Take your crankbait or jerkbait you’d like to modify, and position the split ring forward, directly in the center of the bill. Continue reading Ever Drop Shot A Crankbait ?