“For some reason, Long Creek fishes like a pond, and the bass scatter out all across the grass and bury up in it during the hot part of the day,” angler Eric Seale said. “Early in the day I’ll use a chugger-style topwater lure that spits and sputters in a walk-the-dog pattern over the grass beds. […]
Tommy Sutton wanted to throw a crankbait on Jeff Davis Lake, but knew better and settled for soft plastics. […]
Shortly after launching his Triton on Long Creek Reservoir, local tournament angler Eric Seale stopped and worked a shallow, moss-covered shoreline with a chugger-style bait. […]
Meridian is steeped in history as a railroad town. From the diversity of railroad-related commerce to the Singing Brakeman Jimmy Rogers, the Queen City is the hub of Lauderdale County. […]
Anticipation of the reopening of Jeff Davis Lake can best be measured by when fishermen started arriving to get in line for Wednesday’s 6 a.m. start. […]
Having Lake Jake Davis reopen after three years of renovation is like welcoming back an old friend, one who comes bearing bountiful gifts. […]
Lake Okhissa near Bude is my pick for catching bass during May. Okhissa is a relatively new 1,000-acre lake that’s producing big bass in May, since the bass are coming off the spawn and are feeding heavily and aggressively. […]
Little icons littered the bottom gray line of the depthfinder, an indication that a lot of fish were suspended just off the top of a hump adjacent to the creek channel of the 250-acre lake. […]
Ron Garavelli and I had 10 crappie from two hours on our first fishing spot at Barnett Reservoir Tuesday (April 16), a mix of dark black males and fat female chunks. […]
T. J. Stallings has come up with his “theory of white” after fishing in the Alabama River. The water is very dark in an area where the Coosa River ends and the Alabama River begins, and Stallings catches spotted bass and crappie on solid-white lures.
Jimmy McGuire pitched a couple of jigs out just off the dam and let them sink a few feet before jigging them slightly. McGuire whipped his rod back and set the hook a split second after a crappie struck his offering.
After a short battle he landed not one, but two crappie on one cast. […]
T.J. Stallings is an experienced angler who also happens to combine his love of fishing with his job. Stallings is with Roadrunner Lures, and specializes in marketing and designing product and packaging. […]
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