Springtime Wrecking Blade
If I had to pick one bait that not many people throw that is a huge weapon in the spring, it would be the chartreuse/white…
Early Spring at Crow Butte
Clark, October 20, 1805 … A cool morning wind S. W. we concluded to delay untill after brackfast which we were obliged to make on…
New Toys
By mid-morning we were watching the latest snowfall. She got up off the couch and told me she was going out to a fabric store.…
Going Braid – Q&A
What if I don’t have any issues with using either fluorocarbon or mono, why do I need to switch? You don’t. Some anglers do just…
Going Braid
About ten years ago, frustrated with how fluorocarbon lines were performing, I decided to just try and use braided line on all my baitcasters. Here’s…
Evolution of a Bass Fisherman
I may not be a great bass fisherman but I have become a bass fisherman. It’s funny how many of us have people we look…
Top Lessons Learned…Or Re-Learned
There is Much Left to Discover I have been fishing one particular area of the Columbia River for over 20 years. Thought I knew it…
Settling In
I retired some three years ago. Although most of the readership hasn’t quite reached that epic part of life, here are some thoughts: It takes…
Spawning Smallmouth – Lessons Learned
Below is a video summary of a why smalllmouth fishing on beds is not as easy as many make it out to be. There are…
Over Reacting
Prespawn and spawning bass enter a phase will they will NOT chase down a horizontal presentation. What was the “ticket” a week earlier, is suddenly…
The Day Before
Sometimes you aren't able to practice or "prefish" at all. Sometimes you can practice the day before a tournament. Without looking at how misguided ei…
Prespawn Staging(s)
Traditionally we are taught to think of the winter to spawn transition like this: Winter Prespawn (staging) Spawn But like so much of bass fishing lo…
Classic Lessons
If you are a bass fisherman, then this should be one of the most important weeks of the year. It’s the Bassmaster Classic week. Competition…
The Road to Becoming a Great Angler
A while back, I was involved in a discussion with a group of anglers. The discussion ended up going a dozen different directions but the…