Sometimes they don’t bite
Some of you are probably laughing. You’re thinking that I’ve stated the obvious. Maybe I have, but I get a lot of guys who come in off the water and ask me why they couldn’t catch them.
Working with the media, part 2
Anytime I work a promotion, whether it's large or small, I'm approached by young people wanting to know more on how to become a professional angler. And that's good.
Making launch easier
If you launch a boat as many times as I do over the course of a year, you either get pretty good at it or you waste a lot of time and experience a lot of frustration.
The more things change …
At the end of the 2013 Elite Series, we see a shift from the largemouth fisheries that we had earlier in the year to a couple of predominantly smallmouth fisheries — the St. Lawrence River in New York and Lake St. Clair in Michigan.
3 keys to weeknight river bassin’
“There’s little time during a three-hour tournament to go looking for fish,” Scott Rook says. “You have to have a good idea of what the fish are doing and fish as efficiently as you can.”
The smallmouth game of hi-lo
Born into current, riverine brown bass are aggressive strikers, powerful fighters and explosive acrobats. Every angler wants in on that action. But to be a successful river fisherman, you must learn to adapt.
Look to the creeks
It seems like every week we talk about the weather. I don’t always like to do that but this year that seems to be the most appropriate topic, at least if you want to catch more smallies.
What does B.A.S.S. stand for and how did it get its name?
I knew I wanted it to have the acronym B.A.S.S., but I wasn't sure what the letters should stand for. We tried different things, but none of them stuck.
Fishing vs. catching
Sometimes it's nice to just go "catching." Finding a small lake or pond that has a lot of fish will allow you to worry less about finding fish and you can concentrate more on just catching them.
