Bass

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Spring is here for the southern half of the United States, bringing with it a variety of opportunities to catch hungry, healthy bass. You should notice this time of the year that most of the fish you catch will have huge protruding bellies. The reason is that the water is warming, and the bass are aggressively feeding to get ready for the spawn that will soon follow. 

The shaky head rig is often thought of as a light-line, finesse approach to bass fishing. Although this is true, the shaky head rig can also be a heavy-line, power-fishing technique.

The shaky head is a tried-and-tr

Submitted by Plano

Plano, IL  – Life is full of last-minute decisions. Like when your buddy calls live from the lake and says the bite’s on. Be here. Now!

Your dilemma is not whether or not you’ll meet him at the dock, but rather what tackle you’ll take. What… to… take…

Tackle totes are scattered throughout your boat’s storage compartments. It would be cumbersome and overkill to gather them all. Besides, you only need a few choice baits to show your buddy who is boss.

The main part of my seminar season is over, and it’s time to go fishing!

Catching bass during the prespawn period is often a hit-or-miss proposition. One day they're there, the next they're not. Bass enter a period of stress and instability as winter changes to spring, and their behavior may change markedly from day to day, frustrating many anglers.

It's mid-March. There's snow on the ground as well as the mention of more in the weather forecast in the northeast. Winter seems reluctant to give way to spring here in western Pennsylvania. But it always does, and when it happens it often provides some of the year's best fishing for big smallmouth bass, especially on free flowing rivers like the middle portion of the Allegheny.

White bass are one of our most popular gamefish and the most exciting time to fish for them is during their annual spring spawning run up streams and rivers across America.

I like it when my guide fishes with me on a booked trip. That's particularly true when I'm the only client, as was the case on a recent outing.