Sometimes less is more. I don’t know who first said that but it might have been a bass angler getting ready for fall. You see, all you really need from now through November is some shallow water...

Somewhere around the first part of July I make a major change in the way I fish rivers. Up until then I concentrate my efforts in the creeks and backwater areas. However, once the water warms up...

Sam Rayburn was an absolute slugfest. If you weren’t catching them, you were falling behind fast. Fortunately for my team, Josh Bertrand, Edwin Evers and Jeff Kriet all made the semi-final round on...

It’s hard to overstate how important Polarized sunglasses are for bass fishing success, especially when sight fishing for spawners. You simply can’t go wrong investing in the best quality polarized...

Jacob Wheeler is two for two in the Elites, still batting .1000, but don’t think he believes bass fishing’s top circuit is easy.“No, I know better than that,” Wheeler said a day after winning his...

My 2016 Fantasy Fishing season was anything but a fantasy. I made a conscious decision to primarily pick based on history. There were a couple times where I went with my gut, but for whatever...

You bet there are, so long as you keep a working definition of shallow in mind.Let’s start at the beginning. I have a hard time believing that a bass — largemouth, smallmouth or spot — swims miles...

Yes. It’s a rare day when I’m out bass fishing and I don’t have a balsa crankbait of some kind tied on and ready at hand. Here’s why.Balsa is much more buoyant than plastic. This gives it a unique...

In the last column we talked about how to handle hot weather and hot water. That might have been written a little early because the weather’s been even hotter after that column was published, and...