There are a whole bunch of lakes and reservoirs in our country that are becoming aged. What this means is that most of the hard ledges and bottom contours have silted or eroded away. A lot of the cover that was prevalent in the form of stumps and standing trees have even fallen or decomposed. This is just part of the natural aging process for most any body of water. This is one reason why water grasses in my opinion is so important. The offer many of the same things that other types of cover offer, plus it replenishes every …read more

     When most of us leave the shallows during the hot summer months, BASS Elite Series Pro, Terry Scroggins believes that there are still fish to be caught up shallow. To learn and read how he does it, click here.

     BASS Elite Series pro, Kelly Jordan explains his summer strategies for locating big bass in Part 1 of a Bassmaster series. To read the story click here.   

  
*photo credit: ESPN/BASS  
     At some point, we have all fallen victim to a costly mistake. While a mistake made is not always intentional, sometimes it is a result of just plain old bad decision making and can plague us at the worst possible times. Here is a quick list of the 3 worst on the water mistakes you should try and avoid.
1. Force Feeding: Many times before we hit the water, we sit and run through a game plan in our head. Many times the game plan consists of what we think the bass are or should be feeding on and what kind of mood they are …read more

I don’t think there is anything I need to say. They covered it pretty well.

    
     When I am not fishing, I am spending a whole lot of time on the computer in an attempt to learn more about the sport, news, and updates on the industry. With a wealth of knowledge available to us, there are many places for us to go and get a fresh insight and learn about the anglers and what it is that they do to help them become better than their competition. One of my favorite places to go is to the Angler’s websites. Here I am able to try and learn exactly what they know and see things …read more

     One of the most productive fishing lures back then and still today is the spinnerbait. A gnarly looking “V” bent piece of wire with a weighted head, skirted hook, and rotating blade(s). It is not hard to realize that this thing looks like nothing that swims in the water. Even though we always like to match the hatch and throw something as real as possible (hence the national swimbait craze) there are ways to enhance your resemblance by doing a variety of things. The biggest being your blade selection. While I am not going to focus on that, it is definitely a …read more

     This is much easier said than done, but for those of you who have dreams and aspirations of one day becoming the next Kevin Vandam or just want to enjoy making a living doing what you love, than hopefully I can give you a direction in which to begin your career.
     Tournament fishing has evolved over the past few years into a high dollar sport. Many of today’s young anglers come armed and ready with everything from knowledge and experience to marketing and business degrees. With the high costs of competition and road expenses such as gas, hotel, and …read more

If you are an angler and you haven’t already made plans to hit the water for your first outing of the year than you need to do so. As the end of winter nears, the days will now work on becoming longer causing more daylight / sunlight. This extended sunlight will slowly begin to warm your favorite body of water and pull the bass out of their winter slumber into a pre-spawn pattern. The first to begin the move will be the bigger fish, so if you are ambitious about trying to catch the “lunker” of a lifetime than now …read more

     With Spring fast approaching, it is time to start thinking about tackle preparation and map study to help you be prepared to catch the bass once they get into their pre-spawn mode.
     Pre-Spawn is generally marked for the largemouth bass with water temps ranging from the mid 50’s to the low 60’s. For smallmouth bass, this will usually be marked by the low to high 50’s. For this I want to focus on the largemouth though.
     Once the water temperatures hit their mark, you can begin your search in areas that offer shallow water with a quick deep water access. The transition of the …read more