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Common smallmouth misconceptions
Largemouth and smallmouth bass came of age at different times in the tradition of fishing study and pursuit. That’s really just a long way of saying that we knew a...
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Which tide is best?
The basic rule of thumb for fishing tidal rivers is that the bass bite best during the last few hours of an outgoing tide, when the water is low. While...
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Dialing in frogging with Ish Monroe
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ish Monroe is one of the best-known frog sticks fishing today. His lineage runs deep: He’s an angler child of the California Delta, and he was...
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Catch bigger bass with bigger baits
As many of his bed fishing colleagues try to find the best way to jam a 5/0 hook into a 3-inch craw-fish, Ish Monroe sometimes has the opposite problem —...
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Finesse rigging alternatives
A few decades back, it was possible to go out on tour and experience success with a “Tennessee Tacklebox,” a brown paper grocery sack with a handful of flipping jigs,...
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Dialing in the bluegill spawn
Pros are pros because they can dial in a pattern better than 99.5 percent of other anglers. They know when it’s happening, when it’s not and how to milk it...
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Small mats can produce big bass
Elite Series pro Brandon Card of Tennessee expanded my bass fishing horizons on the summer day I fished with him at Wisconsin’s Pewaukee Lake. Pewaukee has copious submerged grassbeds that...
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Dealing with rising and falling water
The last time California had epic amounts of rain, Jared Lintner made door-to-door house calls around Clear Lake. It wasn’t part of his milk delivery route, but rather part of...
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How to fish in the postspawn
Search far and wide, and you won’t likely find a more versatile fisherman than Luke Clausen. The 2006 Bassmaster Classic champion was reared in the Pacific Northwest and came of...
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Silent vs. rattling crankbaits
The emerging popularity of silent crankbaits should come as no surprise to those of us who recall the 1960s, when you couldn’t find a rattling bait on tackle shelves. That...
