Fishing Articles

When you get in your boat in middle to late December on a cold winter fishing day you start to wonder where do I start? You look out over the lake and there is no visible grass, there is no obvious structure and your mind says where do I start and how can I put some fish in ...

Every time I get someone in my boat that has something to say about the electronics, they utilize on their boats there is a mixed bag of opinions; we here some good some bad and some ugly. The truth is no matter what manufacturer you choose there is many ways it is viewed by ...

Somewhere between July and August 1967 I was contacted and asked if I would teach Miss Savannah how to ski! At the time, I was working at the (hotel) Savannah Inn as a water ski instructor. Some might know the hotel on Wilmington Island as the Sheraton. Then there are some ...

There’s probably no time of year that fishermen struggle more than they do during the fall and every lake is different as why this occurs. The reasons are many just like the lakes are all different, deep water lakes set up differently than do shallow lakes and grassy lakes are ...

Over the many years I have been fishing for a living baits seem to come and go like your favorite meals do. One year the bite is strong on a certain bait the next you can’t get a fish to hit it. The traditional jig at least for me has been going through this now for several ...

As we progress into the fall, we will see plenty of water temperature change some of it will be positive for the fall bite and some will not. Determining the effect on your bite will have a lot to do with what the temperature is, how much it drops and how quickly the temperature ...

The craze of the A-Rig has spread to all parts of the country with pros making videos of big fish being caught on the A-rig all over the country. Major League fishing keeping it on the approved lure list and smaller circuits using it as a big-time fish catcher. If you watch ...

“Little Miss Judy’s Believe It or Not!”


I published this story on January 22, 2006 after the passing of my long time friend Kitty Strozier. Kitty was a long time resident of Tybee Island, Georgia. She had a wonderful soul! Believe me time flies much too ...

As always, the hot summer can be very discouraging; not only is it hot but it seems the grass nats can drive you crazy and there are big gapes of time between bites! When it is hot, and the sun is bearing down on you the only thing that takes your mind off the conditions is ...

Sometimes you can just have too many places to fish, too many way points and too many miles of water to travel to get there; don’t try to fish everyone. If you’re not finding fish when that happens you should think about what you have been doing, what type of structure, depth ...

At the age of 5 through 7 this was my power house! It was 31/2 horsepower outboard Evinrude motor. It had a two-blade propeller that thrust it forward at least 5 to 8 knots. My boat was a 12 foot wooden row boat. Yes, it leaked like a sieve! However, even as a young child, ...

If there one thing you can count on in fall fishing on a regular basis is clear water, the reason being is generally we do not see a lot of rain; TVA does not pull much current and the water oxygen level is concentrated in different areas of the lake. As the thickness of the ...

Landing big bass at Lake Millwood is hard enough in the daytime, but imagine fighting a monster like this at night. For Mike Siefert of Lake Millwood Guide Service, fighting big bass at night is one of the most exciting things about summer.
Summer in Arkansas.
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No bait in the bass fishing world requires more thought than fishing a top water bait; it really doesn’t matter which top water bait your fishing with if it fishes on top then you must put some thought into what your doing. The key is to try and emulate something being chased ...

With all the talk this year at the 2019 I-Cast on 10 to 1 reels and how your fishing will improve I thought I would give you my thoughts on how reel speed really affects you in bass fishing; is a reel gathering 42 inches of line in one turn of the handle really a benefit or ...