Creature baits such as Zoom's Brush Hog are the ticket for hungry largemouth bass in river environments.
I revel in one-upping an angler whom I know is the much better fisherman. The pie grows…
Silver Lake, Wisc. angler Tim Schneider didn't come close to winning the annual Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament this past weekend, but he did take home bragging rights.
Fishing 'tubes' on a…
Don Theoret fished a weedy bay to land this largemouth bass take on a topwater frog.
Kayak fishing is one of the hottest trends in the outdoor industry today. Extremely popular with costal anglers…
The Drop Shot Rig fishing is used to "hover" small baits in front of gamefish such as walleye and bass. It's most commonly used in deep, cold, clear water.
Rigging Up
Use a palomar knot to tie a #1…
As cicadas began to descend on Northeastern states such as my native Pennsylvania, veteran anglers like me get excited.
Why? These billions of Brood II cicadas—thumb-sized insects that emerge from…
Will Rollins, of Vienna, Missouri, has spent his entire life in that little central Missouri hill town. Much of his time, however, he spent happily chasing smallmouth bass on the nearby Gasconade…
As a professional fisherman, one of the questions I'm often asked every time cicada season rolls around is whether it will make bass fishing better.
Now, my expertise is hosting worldwide fishing…
Across the Northeast this May, billions of cicadas will descend on states from Connecticut to Virginia.
Every 13 to 17 years, cicadas emerge from their underground habitats to shed their skin, and…
Tube-bait has been garnering attention and catching boatfuls of fish for a record number of years.
Tube baits and smallmouth bass are a match made in fishing heaven. Representing their preferred…
The yellow and black attack of Auburn, California's Skeet Reese was victorious today at the Bassmaster Elite Series event on West Point Lake out of LaGrange, Georgia. Reese started the day in 7th.…
"I'll yank a good smallmouth from under this log coming up," said my long time fishing buddy Vern Clemens.
We drifted lazily down the Gasconade River in the Missouri Ozarks. Clemens handled his…
The other day I was reminded that it's often best to trust your instincts. Thanks to a high-water imposed layoff, it was my first guide job on the Allegheny River in around two weeks.
The morning…
