Go deep for smallmouth, shallow for largemouth at Cherokee Lake
Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains foothills awaits an opportunity like none other in the state of Tennessee. You can enjoy prime springtime smallmouth and largemouth fishing. There is the...
Fish Watts Bar for springtime largemouth and smallmouth
Anglers visiting Watts Bar Lake can enjoy a bonus catch of smallmouth and largemouth during spring. What makes the trip worthwhile is you can target one or both when they...
Learning from the young guns
There’s a perception out there that I’m the ol’ cagey veteran who can teach these young Elite anglers a thing or two about tournament angling and bass fishing. That’s true....
Kayak cranking tips with Combs
Keith Combs is one of the best crankbait fishermen of all-time. In recent years, he has also welcomed a new challenge of fishing from a kayak. From boat control to...
How to choose a crankbait
Most bass anglers fish with crankbaits, and we all know there’s something like a hundred, or more, different makes and styles of crankbaits. Picking the right one is no easy...
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Herren and flat-sided crankbaits
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Matt Herren breaks down a few reasons and things he likes about fishing a flat side crankbait in cold water conditions.
Position your boat, then cast
Boat positioning is something you don’t hear much about these days, but it’s critically important for three reasons. First, you need to catch a bass. Second, you need to get...
Soft plastic tubes still charting year-round hits
The Garland brothers introduced the first tube to bass fishing in 1982, and for about the next 15 years it was used mostly as a finesse lure tied to spinning...
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Lester’s cold-water crankbaits
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Brandon Lester walks through three stages of winter crankbait fishing and the colors he selects during each period.
The magic of wintertime fishing
I grew up in the Midwest fishing lakes that are incredible the week before the ice goes on. In fact, last December we were catching 70 bass a day shortly...
