Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist Jason Pzrekurat If you are like me, fishing river systems and frozen lakes have run their course. I’m ready to get out on the…
Submitted By: By Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Scott Suggs Post-spawn fishing for bass can encompass everything from hatched eggs to shady summer haunts, but it pretty much begins as…
Jay Yelas If you spend time at the lake, either at the marina or around the boat slips, undoubtedly you’ve noticed bass cruising around. You’ve probably been on the water…
Jay Yelas May is one of the most versatile months for bass anglers all over the U.S. We can head to a northern lake for the spawn bite or head…
Submitted By: By Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Kris Culpepper May is a windy month. Not that it’s a bad thing, especially if you want to catch some big redfish.…
Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Skeet Reese In a never-ending quest to catch more and bigger fish, anglers have learned to embrace a multitude of baits…
Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Gary Klein You’ve made it through the winter—although there were times when you doubted you would, what with all the cold…
Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Mark Courts It doesn’t matter if you are working on the honey-do list or giving speeches, working smarter and not harder…
Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Kevin Wirth Depending on where you are in the U.S., April can be good, tough or frustrating for a bass angler.…
Larry Nixon Before we can delve too far into the finer points of fishing the prespawn, we need to quickly define the term. To me, it’s one of the most…
Jay Yelas Among anglers, there is perhaps no more controversial topic than whether or not, as conservationists, we ought to fish for bass while they are spawning. Battle lines on…
Capt. Bert Deener Few presentations trigger bass strikes more effectively in shallow water than quickly retrieving a rod-thumping, wide-wobbling, shallow-diving crankbait. The lure looks so inviting that few fish can…
Capt. Bert Deener Fish 1—15 pounds. Fish 2—13 pounds. Fish 3 and 4—11 pounds. These are not the biggest bass of an angler’s lifetime, and not even the biggest fish…
Larry Nixon Traditionally, May is a month that can go a lot of ways. Most of the fish are still shallow and are either post spawn or still spawning. Some…
Tracy Breen Joe Balog from Michigan has won several bass tournaments. Balog sleeps and breathes smallmouth bass fishing, and when he needs to put a few bass in the boat…
M. D. Johnson I’m not bragging, but I’ve eaten a lot of fresh fish—Columbia River sturgeon, Alaskan silver salmon, Lake Erie walleyes, and cold-water channel cats. But without question, nothing…
Capt. Bert Deener From the time I first entered the property, I knew it was in a special place. The classy entrance sign and fishy-looking lakes I passed heading for…
Tracy Breen You’ve probably seen the pictures, the ones with a professional angler holding a walleye large enough to swallow a poodle. You look at the page and think there…
Tracy Breen Ice fishing is one of those sports people either really enjoyed or disliked and growing up, I was in the “dislike” category and so were most of my…
Beau Beasley “Told you it would be worth the hike just for the view,” said our guide, Justin Bleicher, as we finally broke through the forest and made it to…
Chris Ellis When the sun finally decides to warm the winter landscape and the ice cycles begin to drip, it is time. It is time to grab a fly rod…
Chris Ellis Bass fishermen have known the secret for years—some of the biggest fish will be taken in the cold months of winter. When I was guiding for smallmouth bass…