Drop-Shot

The cold water is your friend when hunting for big largemouth bass. Winter largemouth bass fishing, cold Water means big fish.

What’s on that graph? We have all said that one.

What’s on that graph? Fishing graphs are absolutely amazing pieces of hardware. Think about the abuse these things take. You would never leave an Ipad sitting outside in the temperature extremes you do with your fish finder. Much less strap it to the extreme environment of a boat going down the lake at 70 + mph. Takes a licken….

A Secret Smile: Live worms a hidden secret?

A Secret Smile: Spent a week in the lovely state of Missouri on one of my favorites, Table Rock Lake.

This lake has been a gentle giant and full of bounty for our yearly family reunion.  This year was no different.

Within minutes of launching my boat at the Shell Knob Bridge I had begun the onslaught.  Only took 30 minutes and I had 20 fish in my boat using a live worms drop-shotted around the pylons. Tried getting it down to 25 foot but usually only made it 12ft or so before I had a 14-18" spotted bass well hooked.

Early Fall Bass Fishing – Perry Lake Game Plan

This weekend’s tournament takes place about 20 miles north of Topeka, Kansas, on Perry Lake. It’s only my second time on this lake—the first was last weekend when I spent about four hours scouting. Right now, Perry is 4 feet above normal pool due to downstream flooding.

Conditions & Strategy

The water has been high for a while, and there are no plans to release it soon. Rumor has it the lake turned over a few weeks ago, which could mean fish are settling into a normal fall pattern.

Fish Finders Don’t Lie

Fish Finders Don’t Lie: Brent Ehrler’s Winning Tactics - In-Fisherman: After reading the piece about Brent Ehrler’s win at Table Rock Lake, I wanted to share this video about trusting your electronics.  

The quality and sensitivity of of today’s sonar is outstanding.  

Truly, we need to trust what it’s telling us.  Anglers often purchase a high dollar device only to end up using it as a depth gauge.  Summer is a good time to find bass, especially spotted bass, grouped up like this on a ledge or deep point - just like you see on the screen below.