Topics: Don Wirth
A Day on the Lake Bernie Schultz Spring Spawn
Ever wonder how a BASS pro would fare on your home lake that little body of water down the road where you and your buddies fish for bass? That's the premise behind Bassmaster's reality series, "A Day on the Lake." Here, we put the leading competitors on the pro BASS tour on small "mystery" lakes, then give them seven hours to figure out a viable pattern while we log everything they do to locate and catch bass.
A day on the lake with Charlie Ingram
The veteran Tennessee bass pro accepts bassmaster's challenge to find bass on an unfamiliar lake.
A day on the lake with Larry Nixon: prespawn
BASS tournaments are major events held on huge bodies of water. Pro anglers spend days determining fish catching patterns before the actual competition, and the tournament itself may span the better part of a week.
A day on the lake with Paul Elias: postspawn
In this article, you can read how a BASS pro would fare on your home lake, knowing nothing at all about the lake.
A day on the lake with Shaw Grigsby: spawn
BASS tournaments take place on huge bodies of water over several days of competition. But did you ever wonder how a BASS pro would fare on your home lake that little body of water down the road where you and your buddies fish for bass? That's the premise behind Bassmaster's "Day On The Lake With A Pro" series. Here, we put the top names in competitive bass fishing on small lakes they've never seen before, then give them seven hours to figure out a viable pattern, logging everything they do to locate and catch bass.
Angler catches 9-pound smallmouth
David Lane caught a record breaking smallmouth on Center Hill Lake in Tennessee.
Fish structure correctly
Joe Thomas gives us tips on locating structure and how to fish it properly.
Fishing cover correctly
There are days when bass roam far from their home base in a brushpile or weedbed, but more often, you've got to hit or penetrate the cover with your baits to catch fish.
Fishing line
Most lines used in bass fishing are nylon monofilaments, although recently manufacturers introduced braided, gel-spun polyethylene a superstrong, superthin fishing line. Monofilament and "multifilament" lines have very different properties.
advertisement
