Author: Scott R

Summer is quickly approaching, and bass fisherman everywhere are getting their gear ready in their garages, dreaming about finding the fish of a lifetime, or just finding a honey hole that no one else has found. Often times, bass fishing is done on huge impoundments with bass boats, you know, those 19 foot long monsters that have 100hp motors, and enough electronics to find every bass within 300 feet of the boat. But, the most experienced fisherman know that to find a bass fishing goldmine, you need to find some out of the way places-usually. The way to do...

Sometimes just catching fish is the primary objective of the day, and landing a hog is not so important. One of the best ways to tie into a huge number of largemouth bass during the summer is to fish at dawn with some ultra light crankbaits and grubs. Smaller fish don’t hunt at night (because they’ll get eaten), and they don’t hunt during the day in the hot summer sun. Average-sized fish hunt about twenty minutes before day break and 30 minutes after. They like to catch any bait fish with poor vision off guard as the light changes....

First of night fishing – Don’t use live bait. You will have the worst night of your life (unless you have located fish first that will feed on bait). At night, you want to use crankbaits with rattles. Not huge crankbaits, but about 3-5 inches with a medium sized bill. People hear about night fishing for bass, but they aren’t sure if it will be productive in their particular lake, river, or pond. Chances are it will be more than “productive”; it will more likely than not be the best fishing of your life, if you follow some simple laws...