Bass Fishing
Bass-Sized Baits, Slab-Sized Crappie
Forget those jigs and minnows this month. You can catch crappie with the stuff in your bass tackle box in the last few weeks of winter almost as well as with traditional baits and lures. […]
Articles by John E. Phillips
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Bassmaster Classic in their words
Many said the 2010 Bassmaster Classic would be extremely difficult because of cold, muddy water in Lay Lake but Kevin VanDam made it seem easy. However, many other anglers fought through the conditions to catch fish.
Here is they had to say about the tournament: […]
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Kriet slips past VanDam for Bassmaster Classic lead
Oklahoma pro Jeff Kriet edged past Kevin VanDam by only 2 ounces to take the lead of the Bassmaster Classic going into the final day of competition. […]
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Bassmaster Classic lead goes to VanDam
Despite more than a week of icy conditions, Kevin VanDam was able to unlock Lay Lake’s bass fishery to put 19 1/2 pounds on the scales to take the first-day lead of the 2010 Bassmaster Classic. […]
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Bassmaster Classic’s Lay Lake no match for VanDam
The icy water of Lay Lake was no match for Kevin VanDam, who nabbed the first-day lead of the Bassmaster Classic with a huge 19-pound, 8-ounce stringer. […]
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Cold, muddy Lay Lake will test Bassmaster Classic field
The world’s best professional anglers will be tested when the 2010 Bassmaster Classic begins tomorrow, with Alabama’s Lay Lake remaining cold and muddy. […]
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2010 Bassmaster Classic could make anglers ‘heros or zeros’
Fishing promises to be difficult when competition in the 2010 Bassmaster Classic kicks off tomorrow, so the 51-angler field has their work cut out for them. […]
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Size Doesn’t Matter
Hunters who shoot accurately can take deer — yes, even big bucks — with small-caliber rifles. […]
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Secrets of Slabs
Stokes McClellan said anglers still can take large numbers of big crappie during January and February, especially if they know how to find the fish, while most other anglers only will sit next to their fires, dreaming about pulling crappie after crappie in to their boats. […]
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Squirrel Talk
“Listen, I can hear two gray squirrels and one fox squirrel barking,” I said, whispering to my son after making a young-squirrel-in-distress call. […]