Bass Fishing匔ooling Water

This is a time of year that a lot of bass anglers look forward to. The reason is because the water has been cooling down for some time now and the water levels

Winter Fishing Tips

It looks like the early winter fishing season is here. With the cooling down of the air and water temp it changes the way that we must fish to be successful. Th

Buzzing Up Bass

This is the time that the bass will start coming up shallow and close to the bank during certain times of the day and during certain weather conditions. What th

Early Winter Smallmouth

Its the time of year that a lot of small mouth bass fisherman look forward to each year. The time when the air temps are cold and the water temps reaches that m

Fishing for High Water Crappie

The water level of Carr creek lake was almost up to summer pool last week and the water had a good color to it. I had received reports from several crappie fish

Fishing for Scattered Bass

In the past few weeks we have had a lot of rain and it has caused the lakes to raise several feet above summer pool. But most of our area lakes are pretty well

Fishing for Spawning Bass

In bass fishing the fishing seasons are broken up into three main seasons. The pre spawn the spawn and the post spawn. The pre spawn is the early spring season

How to Fish Crank Baits in Stumps

It抯 the time of year that the bass are hanging in the stumps as they are looking for hard bottom area抯 to finish the spawning process. A unique way to fish thes

Fishing on the Edge

There are times in fishing that fish will relate or hold on to or close to cover or certain types of structure. During this time of late winter this holds true

Ledge Fishing on Guntersville

Over time there has been no better way to catch big fish than to get to the ledges and find a pattern that is successful. Guntersville has over the years offere

The Most Forgotten Winter Bait

The Most Forgotten Winter Bait Often in the winter we get in a slump and get discouraged because you can抰 get a bite. There抯 an ole-timers bait that many of us

Fishing With a Buddy?

There is nothing like an old fishing buddy. One that will always be ready to go fishing when you can. These kind of buddys are the ones that you will always wan

Fishing With Hair Jigs for Winter Bass

As I pulled my boat up to the ramp at Lake Cumberland on that cold, windy late December day. The thoughts running through my mind ranged from where I should sta

Looking for Something Different

Every year the bass fishing industry comes out with the newest hot bait, or the bait and presentation that will change the industry. We have seen this phenomeno

Fishing the Float and Fly

A lot of fisherman may ask what is a float and fly. And this is a good question. The float and fly is winter time bass fishing system that will catch large mout

New World Record Yellow Bass Caught by Indiana Man at MorseLake

Jim Raymer was fishing in Morse Reservoir north of Indianapolis for crappie. He and his long-time fishing partner, Rick Priebe had marked a number of fish at se

Building a Better Brush Pile

If you really want to get serious about setting out brush piles prepare yourself for some hard work, but it can pay off big later. Bass will use brush piles thr

Fishing Deep Water Covered Docks for Largemouth and Smallmouth PART TWO

What Do I Fish With? Now that you have a better idea on what areas of docks to key in on, lets explore each individual part of the what do I fish with piece. I

Fishing Deep Water Covered Docks for Largemouth and Smallmouth PART ONE

This article is intended to help the Beginning Fisherman better understand the makeup of deep water (15 ft or more) covered floating docks and what techniques w

Carolina Rigging

The Carolina rig has been around for over 35 years and is one of my favorite ways to present plastic lures to deep summer bass holding areas. The Carolina rig c