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Top Tackle: Breaking down the Coike craze
In this Top Tackle video, Bryan New discusses the Coike craze that has taken over as the dominant bait when using forward facing sonar.
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Bluegill beds are big bass magnets
We’re into that season across the South when bluegills are spawning and big bass are munching. While the shad spawn is a viable pattern at times, I prefer to fish...
How to choose lures for late spring flipping and pitching
Early in my career, if I got on a flipping or pitching bite this time of year, I chose from two lures: A green pumpkin jig or a black and...
Getting out of a slump
There’s a point in every angler’s career where things just don’t go right. You’re around fish but not catching them. You’re making good decisions but not getting bites. You lose...
Rasmussen’s guide to finding bass quickly in unfamiliar waters
The question of how top pros find bass so well on waters they’re not familiar with may be the most often asked question by fans in the history of the...
Swim buddies: Trailer selection is one of the keys to dialing in a swim jig presentation
One of the most fascinating parts of bass fishing is the process of refining a presentation down to the absolute finest details. Take swim jigs and their trailers. It seems like...
Get ’em on the gizzards
“Look, they’re blowing up on shad!” Wow. Pretty exciting, right? But when you hear that exclamation, what do you envision? From tournaments to fun fishing, such exhilarating moments typically refer...
Prespawn cold fronts — the fallback plan
Party pooper, killjoy, Debbie Downer — late season cold fronts deserve such disdainful monikers because they’ll put the kibosh on the prespawn action. Bummer, for sure, but chin up; the...
Shapeshifting dock patterns at Lake Martin
Lake Martin has a ton of spotted bass and fewer largemouth, but the largemouth run bigger. When I fished the recent Bassmaster Elite Series tournament there, I relied on forward-facing...
