How-To
Advanced worm fishing
In this article, you can read how the plastic worm is one of the earliest artificial bass baits developed, and serious anglers learn early how to fish it. Anglers Wendlandt, Martens and Daves have developed their own rules for using plastic worms.
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Brauer’s tournament tactics for big bass
The common practice is to catch the five bass permitted daily, regardless of size, then start looking for larger fish. Brauer, by contrast, targets larger bass from the moment the first practice day begins.
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Advanced sonar tactics
The heart of Robbins' advanced sonar fishing method is a transducer mounted to the outboard with a homemade bracket.
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Smallmouth in murky water
Veteran smallmouth guides answer Don Wirth's questions about locating these fish.
How to hunt bass in the open
It's sort of like Christopher Columbus in the 1490s trying to convince a skeptical crew that the world was not flat. That analogy comes to mind when discussing open water bass on Northern lakes with dyed-in-the-wool bank burners and bottom bumpers.
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Three approaches to bed fishing
In this article, you can read how skilled bed fishermen use their ability to an advantage with the big money usually ending up in their pockets.
Carolina rigging for river bronzebacks
Anglers often suffer from the "why didn't I think of that?" curse. Good fishermen ignore killer tactics for no other reason than forgetting to implement common sense.
Understanding river bass
Just about the time a fisherman figures out the best pattern for flowing water, a capricious river changes its flow and throws everything out of whack.
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Shad fetish
Spring through fall, Echols tunes in to shad movements to stay in touch with feeding bass. He targets high spots next to creek and river channels. Here bass feed on suspended shad that roam over sloping bottoms and ledges.
