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Swimbaits, like this one from LiveTarget, are luring more anglers and fish due to their lifelike appearance and swimming motion.

Make your lures match the hatch

Many manufactures have lured a lot of fishermen to the sales counter with paint jobs and swimming action, but none has done it better in recent years than LiveTarget lures. […]

Sample the buffet line

Phillip Gentry

While many bass anglers don’t distinguish between threadfin shad and blueback herring when they refer to the “shad spawn,” knowing the differences between baitfish species could pay off at weigh-in time. Here’s a run-down of what prey species are likely to be sharing water with bass this month: […]

Establish a new mineral station close to areas where does are dropping fawns so they can get plenty of the minerals they need during lactation.

Stay dynamic with new mineral supplements

Jeff Burleson

Spring is a perfect time to rejuvenate mineral supplement sites, because does are lactating, feeding newborn fawns, and bucks are growing their latest set of battle gear. […]

Spinnerbaits are great lures to fool redfish in the stained waters of coastal rivers.

Good vibrations are important for catching Carolina redfish

Dusty Wilson

Spinnerbaits and spoons have long been staples in a bass fisherman’s tackle box, and they are leaned on heavily in the Mississippi Delta for bass and redfish. Their flash and vibration make them an unmistakable target in low-visibility water and a great search bait. […]

Redfish love crawdads and the brackish water that the tasty crustaceans inhabit.

Cape Fear River is prime territory for brackish water reds

Dusty Wilson

North Carolina anglers looking to capitalize on a redfish’s compulsion for crawfish should look first to areas where the tasty crustaceans live. Although Louisiana may turn mudbugs out by the bushel, many Tarheel State rivers have their fair share. […]

Guide Rob Beglin of Pawley’s Island targets redfish in the Waccamaw River just upstream from Georgetown, S.C., where a brackish environment puts crawfish in the predator/prey equation.

For brackish reds, whack ‘em in South Carolina’s Waccamaw River

Dusty Wilson

Upstream from Georgetown, S.C., the Waccamaw River is home to territory that resembles a largemouth bass hot spot more than a redfish hangout. And that’s fine with guide Rob Beglin of Pawley’s Island, because pulls a page from the Cajun playbook and fish for reds the way freshwater anglers target largemouths. […]