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Winter Tactics for Spotted Bass By: Jim “Jimbo” Mathley – Jimbo’s Lake Lanier Spotted Bass Guide Service Many anglers make the common mistake of underestimating the viability of winter fishing. While the outside elements are not always favorable, the months of December, January, and February on Lake Lanier can offer anglers some of the [...]
Ron Howe shows off a lake Oroville winter Spotted Bass caught on the Ima Flit 120. As the chill of fall and winter arrive bass begin to slow down and suspend. When this happens its time to get Flit. Ima’s Flit jerkbait is perfect for leiry wintertime bass. This bait has a eratic [...]
Bill Lowen’s Fall Lure Selection This time of year allows Bill Lowen to enjoy the contemplative side of bass fishing – while mercilessly crushing freakish numbers of shad-hungry largemouth. “In the fall, a lot of guys are thinking about hunting more than fishing, so the lake is usually pretty peaceful,” he says. “Plus, the bass [...]
The Sacramento River is an important river of Northern and Central California in the United States. The state’s largest river by discharge, it rises in the Klamath Mountains and flows south for over 400 miles (640 km) before reaching Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay, and thence the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento drains an [...]
Summer Ledge Fishing With Elite Series Pros Ledges are open water reservoir structures targeted by Bassmaster Elite Series pros, particularly during the summer tournaments. These offshore structures often hold large numbers of lunker bass that can be caught with a variety of lures and presentations. Use these pro tips when probing ledges on your home [...]
Design -3 Hooks: Made with three hooks. This design helps increase catch ratio when fish are in a reactive mood and not willing to aggressively feed. Most commonly an asset in colder water early and late in the year and in post frontal situations. -High Pitch (small bb’s): Most Commonly resembling to baitfish in the Herring [...]
Get the right Bass Tackle for Spring Time Bass Fishing! The pros have selected their favorite spring time bass baits to help you make the right lure choice. Chris Lane’s Two-Step Approach For Prespawn Bass Chris Lane has never appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” and he likely never will. Oh, he’s agile enough, perhaps, [...]
Drop-Shotting Spawning Bass With Hank Parker New techniques come along every year, but most of them turn out to be fads, and we wind up discarding them for tried-and-true traditional methods. I’m here to tell you that drop-shotting is here to stay. Anglers are still learning the many advantages of this deadly finesse technique [...]
Fishing the Jig in the cold of winter by Dan Wells. Jigs will catch fish 12 months out of the year however the cold water period is when a jig can really shine! When the water temps are at their lowest during the winter many bass only eat once every few days and [...]
BPS Bass in the Grass Tips on Fishing Aquatic Vegetation (Kevin Van Dam)
