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Why Water Temperature Plays a Role in Your Fishing Success

Temperature change, and how fish react to the mercury climbing or dipping, is important knowledge for fishermen. Knowing how fish react to their environment and throughout the various seasons can help hone your approach and improve your catch rates.

Catch Just About Any Fish With Shad Lures on Jigheads (video)

If you’re looking for a versatile fishing lure, one of the best artificials you can turn to is a soft-plastic shad lure rigged on a jig head. You could probably catch just about any fish that swims with this simple, inexpensive lure.

A Lure with Broad-based Effectiveness

Keep Your Cool: The Angler’s Guide to Beating the Heat

It’s the hottest time of the year—the time when the sweat runs out of your eyelids and earlobes. That’s not lint between your toes, it’s jungle rot. Don’t amputate just yet, though—you’ll need that foot to run your trolling motor. On some fisheries this is the absolute best time to be on the water.