Trimming jigs
If you’ve ever seen The Nutcracker with a full orchestra, you know that the dancers and musicians get way more attention than the lighting crew; unless the latter screws up...
Jerkbaits for every season
In my six years on the Bassmaster Elite Series, many of my best finishes have come on hard jerkbaits. They’ve occurred on a pretty wide variety of fisheries – everywhere...
When to use a snell knot
Winter jig wisdom
Your nose and ears tingle, steam marks your every breath and frost — if not ice — glistens the deck. This is wintertime fishing and one of your best choices...
Trained for transition fishing
Change is good, they say, but that’s more than mere motivational mutterings; for a bass angler, transition areas often hold the juice. We’ll look at four to five examples of...
Don’t get stumped by stumps
Tree falls or meets the axe and what was once a tower of wood and leaves now stands as a subtle monument to a past life. But, enough with the...
How to catch more fish
Cheer for the swim team
Move over Michael Phelps, there’s another swimming stud that we simply cannot do without. Sorry Ryan Lochte, not your day. We’re talking those medium swimbaits in the 4 1/2- to...
