Bass Fishing
Rapala’s Shadow Rap Shad
Rapala, one of the most-recognizable and respected brands in the artificial lure manufacturing business, introduced a jerkbait at the 2015 Bassmaster Classic. […]
August 2016
Fishing
Electric propulsion update
Today’s electric propulsion systems can replace everything from kayak paddles to outboard motors, and fishermen are finding them more proficient than ever. […]
Columns
Have your sights set on a buck before the season even starts
If your goal is to bag a trophy buck, you will first need to know if a worthy buck is actually using your property. […]
Field Notes
3 tips to mop up on mangroves
Every summer, when July and August roll around and Tommy Vidrine can tear himself away from catching hammer speckled trout at Grand Isle, he heads offshore in pursuit of another hard-fighting fish. […]
Bass Fishing
Get up extra early to beat the heat
Former Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite has a few ideas on how to beat the heat for summer bass — and most of them begin after dark. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t wash your fishing spot
Ken Sherman always points his boat into the current, moving forward slow and easy to ensure he doesn’t prop-wash where he’s fishing. […]
Bass Fishing
Busting lily pad bass at Ross Barnett
Nothing’s more exciting than watching a big bass blow up on a topwater lure — whether I catch the bass or not. […]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 tips for more jig bass
Bass anglers have proved over the past decade or so that jigs will produce bass bites even in the heat of summer. Here are his tips to catch more fish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Gearing up for gar fishing
For terminal tackle, I used my favorite redfish gear — a 7-foot medium-heavy graphite spinning rod, 10-pound braid on a spinning reel and about 2 feet of 15-pound fluorocarbon leader tied to the braid with a micro swivel. […]
Freshwater Fishing
All teeth — Gar-fishing warning
Gar fishing comes with a warning: The snouts of these prehistoric-looking fish are lined — inside and on the edges — with hypodermic needle-like teeth. So care must be exercised at all times to keep space between human body parts and gar mouths.
Freshwater Fishing
Trash, but not garbage
Serious gar fishermen will find a source for the excess fish they kill during a day’s time — and not just dump them in a trash bin at the launch ramp. […]
Bass Fishing
Delivery methods for bass-fishing laydowns
One of the most-common angling misnomers is the general lumping of flipping and pitching into one homogenous image. […]