How-To

How-To

Boyd Duckett: The fall Trap

Cast, crank, repeat. Compared to the Rat-L-Trap, few lures on the market produce more consistently with as little effort or expertise.

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Boyd Duckett: Don’t think too much!

Duckett says that as novice anglers begin to acquire more knowledge about the sport, they tend to complicate things. That's where most weekend anglers get into trouble.

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Bradley Hallman: Crashing a crankbait

"Most people think that if you throw a deep diving crankbait in shallow water, it's going to get hung up, but it doesn't," says the Oklahoma pro.

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Bradley Hallman: Brushpile Primer

Brushpiles can also be a deadly technique after the dog days have passed and bass begin to cruise the shallows — if you know where to put them and how to fish them.

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Bill Lowen: Go big or go home

Bill Lowen was raised fishing the stingy Ohio River, where a limit is a rarity for many anglers, and a really heavy limit is a once-a-decade event.

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Bill Lowen: Skinny water boat set-up

Wouldn't he be better off in a johnboat, a kayak or a canoe? After all, the self-proclaimed "river rat" loves to venture as far up a tributary as he can.

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Brian Snowden: Deep wood bass

On his home waters of Table Rock Lake, Snowden has become a master at cashing checks by coaxing bass from deep water treetops.

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