As we move into more of a fall bite the bass start to vacate the deeper ledges, they follow the creeks and hang out in the flats, where the creeks meet at the tightest points. The key is locating the large groups of bait fish along the isolated flats. Not all the flats are created ...

With the increase amounts of money showing up in tournaments, and the increased pressure to win even the smallest of tournaments the local tournament trials in Florida are concerned with a practice called “Baiting of Brush Piles.” A practice that fisherman is using to attract ...

We moved to September but the weather was more like August, hot muggy and sunny skies combined to slow the bite some this past week! Although early in the day we were very successful, the heat of the day was a little tougher. The fish moved under the thicker grass and were a ...

The past two years the FLW has allowed the use of the famed Alabama Rig, with a monstrous win on Guntersville the first year Paul Elias dazzled all comers weighing in giant sacks of fish using this bait. Since the onset we have seen the Alabama rig change and not all of it was ...

Fishing this past week has been a tail of many changes; one day good, one morning tough, another afternoon great! Constant change daily and from morning to evening! The good news is when it was good, it was really good, well the bad; you get it! The most consistent bite was ...

I believe we are finally seeing the “dog days” of summer; yes it’s late for a typical summer but upon us none-the-less! There are certain keys to fishing the dog days of summer, understanding the key elements and how they affect what the fish are doing seem to be key!
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I believe this past week slowed the bite more than we have seen since the mid of winter; we started to be affected by some strong intense sun especially mid to late morning and the full moon lit the night time sky up like a big light bulb. Combine the two and we started to see ...

With all the technology available to us as fisherman today, the question arises; what is really on the bottom and how should I fish it? This answer for me has changed tremendously; when you’re scanning the bottom and adjust your eyes to see clearly on your Lowrance Structure ...

If you like October weather in August, then you enjoyed a great week on the water! Not only did the weather make it enjoyable but the bass are moving and chasing like it is late September! Some presentations that I always use in the fall are already working, the Spro frog bite, ...

This past week I started checking on the patterns that have been successful for me in the past as we approach fall; none has been more fun or more productive for numbers than crank bait fishing! I spent a few hours working grass lines and found that the numbers bite is already ...

The biggest obstacle to catching fish this past week, was getting run off the lake by lightning, the time we were on the water was extremely productive. If you wanted to catch numbers that was easy by working Spro Fat Papa crank baits, or if you wanted size that was all about ...