Fishing Articles

When you start talking about fishing a swim bait, my ears perk up as it is one of my favorite baits besides being one of my most productive. Over the past 10 years I have caught more fish on swim bait than any presentation I have fished. The thing that is a key to fishing a ...

Have you ever seen a professional athlete that was not just beaming over with confidence; the strength and over powering will that comes from confidence is a calculating task that can’t be measured but is always adding to the ability of any athlete to win. You must believe in ...

As we approach post spawn fishing there is no presentation that survived the test of time like rolling a spinner bait during this post spawn time. Bass become active, they chase and start to feed and heal from the spawn. The activity picks up and some of the best fishing of ...

There is no doubt that summertime fishing can be a mystery, the bass that were seemingly everywhere have suddenly become hard to find and frustration sets in. What can you do? Where did the fish go and how can I catch them? Let me first say that there is no fool proof answer ...

During many time periods on any lake I find that sensitivity of the line your fishing can make a big difference in how many fish you can actually feel their bite and hence get to the boat. Wintertime and Summertime both come to mind as time periods fishing that bass are very ...

As we progress into the post spawn bite nothing can be simpler than locating fish on edges along structure. It is a pattern that has held up for many years; once the bass come off the bed your knowledge of where to fish and what type of structure can be limited to just finding ...

As we approach the bedding time of the largemouth bass, I thought I would spend some time talking about the habits of bedding fish as I see them on todays crowded lakes. Make no mistake about it the habits of bass on today’s busy lakes is quite different than it was 10 years ...

I realize that most anglers prefer the warmer winter day; I certainly understand the more comfortable feeling of a better day when the temperature has warmed in the middle of winter. The problem is if you’re after a trophy size bass, they are now in the feeding mod and as we ...

In the wintertime it is imperative that you become an avid user of your electronics; the key to finding fish is in the details on your graph and searching is the key. Never in the history of the bass fishing world have we had more detail to search from than we have today. Lowrance ...

There is definitely-no-better time to develop line watching skills than in the winter; bites are generally light, the bass are slow reacting and generally feed very slowly during the winter, they don’t attack they slowly inhale. Developing good line watching skills is a must ...

With the rattle bait being for many of us the bait of choice in February fishing, especially on Guntersville; one part of the presentation that can’t be emphasized enough is pausing your bait. Nothing you can do in the presentation in the cold water of February is as effective ...

As the winter progresses and the water continues to stay cold it’s a commonly known fact that bass generally feed on the bottom and not the top of the water column making it imperative that you spend some time during your fishing day working the bottom of the area you are fishing. ...

Winter fishing can often be all about location and on a lake with lots of weeds like Guntersville finding the right kind of weed and the correct time of day or conditions is imperative. There are a few distinct things that you can count on to occur during the winter when it ...

Early Spring Changes


When I hit the water in early spring, I generally start looking for what might be different from other similar days this same time of year. Where has the grass beds moved too? What has changed in depth of shell beds? How did the winter ...

The most professional athletes in all sports always have confidence in their ability to win and be the best at what they do. Fishing is no different, you must go to the water with the confidence that you can be successful and have some fun while doing it. Have you ever seen ...