Mel Troha from Painesville, Ohio, posed a question about spinnerbaits. He wanted to know why they’re becoming less popular. They’re becoming less popular on some waters, Mel, and for...
I’m asked from time to time about worm fishing. It’s an exciting topic and one I really like to talk about because worms are one of the most versatile, if not the most versatile, bait...
Sometimes a guy gets exactly what he asks for. I did just that last week when I asked for fishing questions. We have enough to last for months. I’ll do my best to answer most, if not all, of...
First off, I want to thank everyone for the quality of the comments that were posted after my last column about sharing water. I asked everyone not to use names and not to call people names in...
I’m not so sure what this column is about other than to tell you that I had an incident with another angler on Kentucky Lake that’s gotten under my skin. I’m asking for some...
Last week I said we’d talk about problems with heavyweight jigs. That wasn’t right. The problem is not with heavyweight jigs. It’s with heavyweight slip sinkers, and it’s...
Swim jigs are designed to swim — move horizontally — through the water. They can do that most efficiently if the line tie is on or close to the nose of the jig. The very best have a...
We ended last week’s discussion with some of my thoughts on the newer wobble-head jig designs. I said I’m not a fan of the split ring design. The reason is that if you attach a split...
Over the next two or three weeks we’re going to talk about jig design and selecting the right design for the job at hand. Jigs aren’t all that expensive in the grand scheme of things,...
This week I’m going to tell you a story about one of the really fine young professional anglers fishing B.A.S.S. It’s a story from his early years, several years before he qualified for...
My rig’s pointed west with the happy thought that there might be gold out there. I’ve only been to California three times, but during those trips I absolutely fell in love with the...
A few days before the Guntersville tournament I mentioned the heavy recreational pressure on the lake to a writer. He asked me for my candid opinion of recreational anglers and what, if any, effect...
Well, I learned one thing last week for sure: They don’t jump in the boat. Finishing 96th on the second or third best bass lake in the country will give you a real good perspective on that....
Greg Hackney just put his third keeper in the boat - a good, solid 2.5-pounder, but not the kind of fish anglers are thinking they'll need to win this week.
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Now’s the time when we’re all starting to think about a topwater bite, and that’s appropriate. The water’s getting warm, the fish are moving shallow and they’re hungry...