Although it’s best known for producing good catches of rainbow and brown trout, Lake Jocassee in the South Carolina mountains is also a well-kept secret honey-hole for big black bass, boasting state records for three of the four main species in South Carolina. […]
I do a lot of deer hunting in December, and there’s plenty to do around Christmas, but I always make time for a couple of days in the bass boat, because it’s the one month when I can catch several different species of fish, the way I like to fish, without having to run all over the lake. […]
“Hey, can I borrow one of those?”
Accomplished Helena, Ark. bass angler Derward Mauldin has heard that question many times before in his boat when he’s fishing with a Delta Lures buzzbait during tournament action in Arkansas, Mississippi or Louisiana. […]
Free-lining is a very natural presentation of live bait, with baits allowed to free swim behind the boat, often with enough line out to allow the bait to decide the chosen depth. Rigs can be as simple as a line with a hook on the end. Boat speed should be adequate to maintain a tight line back to the bait. […]
Fall is a lot of things to a lot of different outdoorsmen, but for landlocked linesider fans, November’s cooling waters mean that hungry striped bass, aka rockfish, and their test-tube cousins, hybrid bass, will be moving into shallower water in search of prey. […]
The weather is really starting to cool down in November, and the baitfish are really starting to move. The middle of the month is really when you see them getting into creeks and ditches. […]
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, along with N.C. B.A.S.S. and the Lake Thom-A-Lex Lake Authority, recently opened an educational fishing trail on Lake Thom-A-Lex to help anglers learn how to catch largemouth bass and other sport fish during different times of the year. […]
That two different professional anglers can fish a new 12-inch worm completely differently — with both catching solid numbers of quality bass — is a testament to the new Mag 12 Buzz Worm from Mister Twister. […]
Deer and dying shad factor heavily into the bass fishing on South Carolina’s Lake Monticello this month, according to pro angler Andy Wicker of Pomaria, S.C. […]
Guide Gus Gustafson said spotted bass are a hot ticket on North Carolina’s Lake Norman as the water cools off this month. […]
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