Freshwater Fishing
Drag chains to tame March weather
By preparing for the wind, such as using logging chains for drags, crappie anglers can reduce the effects of high winds and fish areas others can’t. […]
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Bass Fishing
Keep seing-head jigs down, keep them slow
The action of a swing-head jig might be footloose and fancy free, but tackle considerations are firmly rooted in a disciplined approach to effective presentations. […]
Fishing
Gator Trax Strike Series
Gator Trax Boats have been the mainstay in mud boats for more than 15 years, and several years ago, it began offering boats powered by standard outboards. With the Strike Series, they have applied their knowledge of hulls and construction to produce aluminum bass boats that begin with the best ideas and improve on them. […]
Fishing
Ranger RT198p
Feature after fishing feature, inspired from their famous fiberglass lines, make the new Ranger RT198p a hard-core fisherman’s dream boat. It gets your attention with good looks and wins you over an excellent combination of features, storage, fishing space and attention to detail. There is performance, too, as the RT198p’s pad hull is rated for up to 150 horsepower. […]
Fishing
Tracker Pro Team 195TXW
The Tracker Pro Team 195 TXW is the largest, most-powerful, all-welded, modified Vee aluminum boat Tracker Marine has ever built. And no space was wasted, either. It’s packed that start at the bow with a huge bow casting deck and continue to the box beam, all-aluminum transom. […]
Fishing
Xpress XBay 21 and 23
Fifty years ago, Xpress Boats changed the horizon of aluminum boat building by being the first to weld an aluminum boat. Later, it pioneered construction based on using longitudinal rib construction rather than cross ribs and injecting expandable foam to create a unibody platform that exceeded Coast Guard Standards and provided enhanced performance while dramatically reducing hull noise and increasing the overall safety of their boats. […]
Fishing
Excel F4 Center Console
The F4 and F86 Center Console shallow-water boats harken back to the beginnings of the Excel Boat Co. With deep roots in duck hunting flooded Arkansas timber, Excel began with a need for tough durable boats and has grown to be a premier manufacturer of affordable models targeting the unique needs of outdoor recreational enthusiasts. […]
Fishing
Pro-Drive X Series with stick-steering
Pro-Drive is a small company attuned to the wants and desires of its customers, building boats and motors to be used as a unit. Pro-Drive designers and builders all use shallow-water boats and drives when hunting and fishing, are open to suggestions and have the experience to make ideas work. […]
Bass Fishing
Stick to bass-fishing fundamentals on colder waters
So what about the coldest area of the state up in the northeast corner and the slow-to-warm clear waters of Pickwick Lake and Bay Springs Lake (Tenn-Tom Waterway)? […]
Bass Fishing
Winter keys for small-lake bass
Lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits and standard crankbaits are all part of Dan Smith’s February small-lake arsenal. […]
Crappie/Bream
Homemade crappie rig box
Bobby Murray loves a hot crappie bite, and he likes to be ready to maximize every opportunity he gets. Suffice it to say, he has plenty of tackle bags to carry all the hardware and baits he needs, but Murray has developed a simple but effective system for keeping key items at close reach. […]
Crappie/Bream
Tackle tips for crappie fishing
Notwithstanding his penchant for simplicity, Jerry Thompson has given much thought to certain aspects of his terminal tackle and rigging. […]