Fishing Articles

To fish at a fast or slow pace is a question we ask our selves a lot. It will really depend what style you prefer, but there are times that you must do both. To fish slowly is something that I will do once I know I have located a school of or a pattern that requires this slower ...

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As the alarm clock begins to chirp, I awake from my dream of a desperate fight with a 65 pound monster Striped bass! The dream seems so real! But as my thoughts clear, the big fish in my mind begins to fade. I think to myself, “maybe someday”.

I say my morning ...

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Summer Time Fishing on Lake Guntersville Alabama my Top Tips

With the summer time quickly approaching it’s time to start looking at winning patterns for bass fishing in Lake Guntersville Alabama. For purposes of this article I will break these tips into three categories, ...

I often fish with people who just don’t understand that a “rattle trap” is more than just bait that you throw out and reel back. It’s my experience that working a rattletrap with various presentations is the key to catching fish.

I wanted to share with you the presentation ...

How to win a “Bass Tournament” on Lake Guntersville
I often get asked what does a person have to do to win a big tournament on Guntersville. My answer is always the same that’s a big question with many answers. I’m going in this article try to explain what must be accomplished ...

There is nothing that bothers me more than fishing with someone who doesn’t have reasonable expectations while on a fishing trip. When I get in the boat with a client the first thing I ask them is what are they trying to accomplish. I hear everything from catching fish, to learning ...

What I believe is the best time to use Fluorocarbon Line
My experience with the different fluorocarbon lines has been less than exciting. I have personally found that the line breaks very easy during a strong hook set. In fact I spoke in depth one day with one the suppliers ...

When to use braided line on Lake Guntersville
With the onset of the new fishing lines over the past several years I get many customers in my boat that don’t understand the differences in reel lines. I thought it would be good to try to help you understand when braid is ...

How to Properly Position your Boat
One of the most critical things that inexperienced fisherman never learn is how to maximize boat position so you catch more fish. It always amazes me to watch someone fish down a river channel or around a hump and never consider the contours ...

In my home state of Kentucky, as well as across the nation, the sales of hunting and
fishing license have declined in recent years. There are a variety of factors involved.

More people live in urban and suburban areas than in years past. There is less access ...

There are a lot of baits that take big largemouth bass, but to me, nothing is more fun than seeing a huge bass hit a topwater bait. The excitement that is produced when a big bass explodes on a buzzbait or a Frog, is unmatched by any other technique. A lot of anglers don't believe ...

I recently got an e-mail from Peter Maloney forwarding a rather strange tail / tale of a catfish in a local pond. Now had I heard this story I might have considered it strange and totally UNTRUE... but Peter got the story from a friend who got the story from a neighbor who it ...

Back in 1989 a Record Size Muskie was caught photographed and released at Manitou Lake. The fish was caught on a Mepps Syclops Spoon, and was featured on the cover of the Mepps Magazine for 1991. The fish was not weighed because it was caught before the Muskie Season Opened. ...