At wintertime sports shows, nothing draws a crowd like the bargain bin of marked-down lures. Little do these bargain hunters realize they can find as good a deal throughout the year. Several...View article
Selecting the best type and size of sinker is the last bastion of rigging refinement.
Depending on your rigging refinements, dragging a Carolina rig can be a most productive experience or an extremely frustrating exercise. A soft-plastic lure trailing a heavy sinker can be extremely...View article
Size, strength, and speed usually separate the great athletes from the rest of the competition. Physical attributes play only a minor role in the makeup of a successful professional bass angler, however....View article
While the QB might need a time-out to recuperate from the bone-jarring hit, an angler can immediately send his spinnerbait back into action, especially if it’s built on a titanium frame. The resiliency,...View article
In recent decades, competitive fishing has honed today’s specialized bass and walleye boats. Lately, growing popularity of crappie tournaments has stirred anglers to seek a rig that can handle the...View article
The slow-trolling method known as spider rigging has been used for years to catch boatloads of crappies on almost any body of water in any weather and water conditions. Boats toting numerous long crappie...View article
Planer boards help prevent spooking. They're primarily thought of as an open-water midsummer tool, used to spread lines and search for suspended basin walleyes. But they can be a powerful tool in the...View article
No matter how much you like to jig, suspending livebait remains a top ice fishing presentation. But that doesn't mean that you have to stop jigging. In fact, deadsticking livebait while you jig may...View article
Many veteran anglers note that fishing today, particularly for bass and walleye, hasn’t been better in our lifetimes, thanks to a variety of factors. First, angler willingness to release large fish...View article
Among the most impressive learning experiences for someone like me, who has been writing about catch-and-release fishing for more than 20 years, was hands-on instruction in how easily and effectively...View article
They're there. You know they're there. In deeper water, you can see 'em on your graph, or by lowering an underwater camera. Or, in shallow water too skinny to move your boat over the fish without spooking...View article