Bass
James Fitzgerald’s bass
After a cold snap the temp climbed to 59F with no rain. Using a football jig with natural fan-tail trailer, the patient and slow retrieve with long pauses produced this tank. –Fitzgerald-Bass-NC
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Bass
Fitzgerald Master Angler Winter Tip
Christmas Day 2023 at Woodlake in Vass, NC; Caught a few trophy contenders using a brown/blue Jackhammer 3/4 football job using a red pumpkinseed paddle tail trailer. This pattern is seems to be the trick […]
Bass
Fitzgerald’s Master Angler Tips
My successful fall tip: a floating-flexible 6″ white (pale) worm with 1 spike weight, on a narrow gap hook; it’s tendency to float with be in an uncoordinated, slow fall to the bottom, pulled down […]
Bass
Fitzgerald’s North Carolina Trophy Bass
This trophy bass was caught at sunset using a slow, meticulous topwater retrieve.
Bass
Vass, NC Trophy Bass
This 11 lb behemoth exploded onto my topwater buzz bait, the last cast of the evening. […]
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Fitzgerald Master Angler
James Fitzgerald of Vass, NC caught this behemoth 14.2 lb bass, flipping frogs around logs and tree stumps. […]
Kayak
James Fitzgerald’s Vass, NC, Trophy Bass
Warm water temperature and low oxygen levels present a challenge to the bass angler. […]
Kayak
James Fitzgerald North Carolina Trophy Bass
Ponds and lakes in North Carolina’s Piedmont Region produce large trophy bass. […]
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James Fitzgerald Expert Angler, Vass NC
Topwater action tilts the scale as Piedmont Region water temperatures reach >60F. […]
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James Fitzgerald, Master Angler’s State Trophy Bass
Fitzgerald crushed the digital fish scale at 11.6 lbs with this massive largemouth bass. […]