Bass Fishing

Hook a holiday jig fish

I make my living bass fishing, but I love to fish for other species during my offseason, and December is probably my favorite month to fish in the offseason. […]

Bass Fishing

Going back to reel basics

More than 25 years ago, when I started to get the reputation for catching a few fish on crankbaits, one of the tools I carried with me wherever I fished was a Lew’s BB1N baitcasting reel. […]

Bass Fishing

November = swimbaits

I won a BASS tournament last year fishing a swimbait on a Buckeye leadhead jig, but I was fishing it deep, six to 10 feet, working it like a crankbait or slow-rolling a spinnerbait. […]

Bass Fishing

Lake of the Month: Belews Lake

At 3,863 surface acres, Belews Lake isn’t large enough to be considered one of North Carolina’s major reservoirs, but it’s by no means just a little pond out in the country north of Winston-Salem near the “four corners” junction of Stokes, Forsyth, Guilford and Rockingham counties. […]

Bass Fishing

October back to ‘normal’

A lot has sure changed in a couple of months. From getting no rain, the lakes being low and figuring that we’d have shallow bass the rest of the year, we’re back to having plenty of rain and looking at a normal October and fall pattern. […]