Bass Fishing
Rapala’s Shadow Rap Shad
Rapala, one of the most-recognizable and respected brands in the artificial lure manufacturing business, introduced a jerkbait at the 2015 Bassmaster Classic. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Get up extra early to beat the heat
Former Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite has a few ideas on how to beat the heat for summer bass — and most of them begin after dark. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t wash your fishing spot
Ken Sherman always points his boat into the current, moving forward slow and easy to ensure he doesn’t prop-wash where he’s fishing. […]
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Busting lily pad bass at Ross Barnett
Nothing’s more exciting than watching a big bass blow up on a topwater lure — whether I catch the bass or not. […]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 tips for more jig bass
Bass anglers have proved over the past decade or so that jigs will produce bass bites even in the heat of summer. Here are his tips to catch more fish. […]
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Pitch with the other hand
If you pitch jigs using your dominant hand, you’re putting yourself at a huge disadvantage, accomplished tournament angler Ken Sherman said. […]
Bass Fishing
Road Runner guy
T.J. Stallings is an avid angler who mixes his fishing passion with his job as P.R. Director/lure designer at TTI Blakemore, which, more than coincidentally, makes the Road Runner lures that Stallings loves for creek trips. […]
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Find bass near shoals and mouths
Another creek bass expert, Brent Baucum, has specific areas that he always targets.
“I usually catch my biggest fish up to 100 yards below the shoals,” he said. “But, as far as numbers, I catch more right above the shoals or in the outside creek bends. They are usually deeper and hold some better fish in the small creeks.” […]
Bass Fishing
Top ambush spots for creek bass
Shoals: Many shallow water streams, creeks and rivers are filled with rocky bottoms and many of these have rocky shoals or small rapid areas that are perfect ambush spots for bass. […]
Bass Fishing
Delivery methods for bass-fishing laydowns
One of the most-common angling misnomers is the general lumping of flipping and pitching into one homogenous image. […]
Bass Fishing
Shimano Zodias bass rods
Shimano has expanded its Zodias (ZDS) bass rod line-up with three new models that are constructed for specific lure and situation use and feature Shimano’s unique CI4+ reel seat. The 7-foot ZDS 170M-G and 7-foot-6 inch ZDS 176M-G crankbait rods have longer reargrips for long-casting leverage, and include glass composite Hi-Power X blanks to give the rods the needed softer action when using crankbaits. […]
Bass Fishing
Cool runnings — Fishing tips for catching bass in streams and creeks
Jack Davis cast a spinnerbait in the bend of a creek, started his retrieve and promptly hooked up with a fish.
A ferocious spotted bass almost tore the rod from his hands. Davis held on, wearing the fish down, and landed and admired it before casting out again. […]