Fishing Articles

With the near coldest winter on record here in the Deep South upon us there are many ways to make sure your body is prepared to take the cold when you head to the water. Believe it or not one of the best ways to prepare for that cold day on the lake is not always about how you ...

Meteorologists called the recent cold snap that sent air temperatures plummeting to subzero levels all over the Ohio Valley a “Polar Vortex.” Old timers used to call Arctic winds “severe cold fronts” or “freezes,” but Polar Vortex sounds much sexier.
It froze the ground ...

One thing that has been constant in the world of fishing is change, for the past 10 to 15 years you can bet something new, better more advanced will be added to the tools we as fisherman can use. The constant in all this is the soft plastic worm, this bait has been around forever ...

When the Bass Master Classic comes to Guntersville this February 56 of the world’s best fisherman have qualified to give it a shot at one crown. The 2014 Bass Master Classic will be not only make history for the winner but it will set standards for the winning sack that will ...

As we progress into the winter months there are a couple of factors that determine what presentation I use in the cold mid of winter. I look for a couple of keys as I progress through winter; very simple to remember is the water clear, or is it high as compared to normal levels. ...

After such an impressive 2013 with every phase of my life being affected in such a positive way I thought I would put my thoughts on paper; so many great improvements to talk about. A year where anything and everything mattered and changed for the best, I thought it was a good ...

As the world of computers and fish finders have advanced so has the mapping that we have been using to navigate our boats from. Navionics has moved from selling you a chip to put into your depth finder to becoming a complete charting company that has spent millions mapping the ...

Sauger hover just above bottom right now downstream of dams, waiting for a stunned shad to tumble into their orbit. Their numbers will grow in proportion to the downward slide of the thermometer.
The peak concentration of sauger below dams coincides with the coldest weather ...

If there was ever a time of year to think about the retrieve speed the fall is it! Retrieve speed is a deadly attraction and the problem is most fisherman forget to make it part of their fall fishing presentation; it can be deadly but many of us go to the lake and forget to ...

It is easy to lose your way with so many new technological advancements hitting the market in the fishing world each year. You want to try the new developments, presentations and techniques because you don't want to fall behind.

You try new lures or presentations ...

Every year as we transition to late fall the bottom structure becomes more important and the ability to distinguish what type of bottom you are fishing is essential. On a lake like Guntersville the grass is eroding away and the bottom areas become pretty evident, but certainly ...

Winds blowing straight from Santa Claus’ abode at the North Pole rocketed across Kentucky this past week, bringing with them the start of reservoir smallmouth bass fishing season.

“From now into late winter, if you can stand it, is the best time of year to catch ...

Many anglers think the first cool winds of early fall spur largemouth bass to move from their deep summer haunts and shove their noses practically on the bank.

They fish too shallow too early and wind up frustrated. Those bright, glistening days of early fall that ...

The fall bite is on, and finding fish is the key to the great activity and success that we are having this fall; the key is finding the bass as they are generally stacked together in the fall and when you find them the fun has just begun! There are certainly many different baits ...

All signs are pointing to November shaping up as an exciting time to be fishing on Lake Guntersville; we struggled some from September through mid October. Look out though as November is coming in like a storm; the fish are getting real aggressive and some typical fall patterns ...