Fishing Articles

Before the construction of modern highway bridges, people relied on ferries to cross the Kentucky River. Ferries drove robust businesses and anchored communities near the river. Now, those communities and the ferries that were their lifeblood lay discarded in the dustbin of ...

n the 1870s, fishery scientists began to consider stocking exotic fish species into U.S. waters to compensate for the loss of native species.

The brown trout (Salmo trutta), a native of Europe, is arguably the biggest success story, having been first introduced into the Baldwin River in Michigan in 1884.Today, brown trout are thriving throughout North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
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Over the years that I have been fishing Guntersville I have found that frog fishing combined with the right set of circumstances can catch fish 12 months a year. I used to believe that we had a window of opportunity all set up around the grass growth, but have since realized ...

One of the great things about fishing in the fall is the variety of patterns you can use to catch fish. There are so many different techniques that work in the fall that you can choose your pattern and most times have some very successful days. The key is making some basic observations ...

One of the conditions we see on a regular basis in the fall is clear water, the reason being is generally we do not see a lot of rain and the thickness of the hydrilla causes the water to clear as it acts as a filter and clears the water. The hydrilla cleans the water very quickly ...

This time of year, with acres of grass showing throughout the lake there are several ways to find big fish; one of them is flipping or pitching Tight-line Jigs in the heavy grass along the grass beds. The key is finding productive grass, and with the lake covered in milfoil ...

As we get into the summer and the bite continues to get tougher and tougher and old time bait comes to mind that I have had great success on when it’s tough! That being what we called for many years a ring-worm, it is a 4 to 5 inch worm with rings around it and a little tail ...

Every year as we move into the month of August on Guntersville the frog bite moves front and center and people from all over the country come to experience what we take for granite. The explosion of a big largemouth bass blowing through the matted grass is like no other fishing ...

Unless you fish the tidal waters current generally comes from two types of water movement, the one we are most familiar with is the wind, the other is caused by the movement of water through the locks; that being power generating current. Both create oxygen and give bass some ...

If there is a trick to summer fishing and I was asked to narrow it down to one item that would make a difference in catching fish or not; it would be line size. Especially if you are fishing deep water for suspending fish, nothing changes the results better than going to the ...

The fishing industry has progressed over the past few years from a part time sport to a booming industry for tackle suppliers, boat companies and all related industries like fishing guides. Never has the request for guides on our most popular lakes been so strong; the cost involved ...

Fishing in the June means two things for sure. Heat and humidity! I don’t really like either, but one thing I do like! Is that the bass have spawned and are now ganging up to hunt in packs. What does this mean, it means that a angler can find a school of fish and catch many ...

There has probably never been more versatile top water bait made than the Zara Spook. It has always been the choice for catching big fish on top water and it has proven over the years that nothing seems more tempting to a big bass on a bright sunny day than fishing the Zara ...

Rules of the Road as it Pertains to Boating
As we approach the busy time of year on the water there are always boating mistakes being made that cause a problem on the water so I thought I would help clarify some correct boating situations.

First of all there ...

Every year as we go through the Memorial Week End something happens on the water that makes me think could have been avoided with just a little bit of thought and safety. This past Memorial Day was no different, as I watched from my back deck a truck got backed too far into ...