2013 Articles

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 ...

The striped bass in Lake Cumberland haven't had the best of times since repair work began on Wolf Creek Dam several years ago.

The rehabilitation work caused the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to drop Lake Cumberland 40 feet to relieve pressure on the ailing ...

As we continue to approach cold water fishing no bait has been more successful when the water temperatures are in the 40’s than jerk bait. It’s life-like bait that brings fish up from the 20 foot water when they are suspending in the coldest of days and coldest of water temperatures. ...

We reservoir smallmouth anglers are a weird lot. We dangle tiny little hair jigs under bobbers in air so cold ice forms in the guides of our rods. We think the best late fall fishing days feature leaden, low skies, light rain and highs in the 40s.

With Halloween ...

No, I am not talking about having a few stiff drinks while bobber fishing!
I am introducing you to a great technique to use the wind to help you get those super spooky shallow weed line... or shy rock pile walleyes.

I use a Bait Rigs Walleye Willospoon and ...

We are extremely close to fall fishing where we will make a drastic change in presentation; we will move from slow moving baits to power fishing with speed and reaction! Nothing works better and is more fun than moving a spinner bait over the grass that is eroding away from ...