When the dog days of summer set in, and relief from summer’s swelter is hard to come by, boating bass with consistency can take on a whole new degree of difficulty. Bass stagger at varying depths, the midday bite tends to slow significantly, and many anglers find themselves covering substantial amounts of water in search …
Bass Fishing Tips
As fishermen, our gear is essential. We all have particular items that, if given a choice, we will not fish without. This way of thinking tends to be universal among anglers, and we all cling to those pieces of equipment that make us more efficient when on the water. Even the nation’s top bass anglers …
Every year, anglers are forced to shift gears with the changing of seasons as bass come off bed and transition into the post-spawn period. In the weeks directly following the spawn, fishing can be tough, as bass often move to deeper water, and tend to not feed as actively as during other portions of the …
How to Catch More Bass on a Spinnerbait in Muddy Water Premier Angler correspondent and member of the Marshall University Fishing Team Chase Sansom shares his tips and techniques on how to catch big bass in muddy water. In the video below (which was filmed on East Lynn Lake in West Virginia), Chase shares his …
Bass fishing is a game of matching wits and tactical prowess against the innate survival senses of one of the nation’s most prolific game fish. Some days an angler feels as if they can do no wrong, boating one bass after another. However, many days are spent pondering how best to pull lock-jawed fish from …
When I was eight or nine years old, my dad and I filled our boat’s live well with saugeye. As a strange and curious child, I wanted to grab one of the fish. Fortunately, my dad informed me of a hard lesson that one of those fish could have taught me in a much worse …