Category: Articles
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Rough Fishery Profiles: Pee Dee River, South Carolina
By David Graham As a South Carolina native I have spent untold hours stomping through every manner of marsh-laden, mosquito infested, heavily forested terrain possible, all in search of the ‘perfect spot’. Every angler recognizes my point – that ‘perfect spot’, which, given the right time and opportunity, would yield the moment that is an…
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Rainy Lake Adventures at Camp Narrows Lodge
By Andrew Ragas Ranked in the top 100 of North America’s best bass fishing lakes, this popular drive-to destination along the United States/Canadian border offers bass anglers a complex trophy fishery, and multi-species anglers a kingdom of big fish.
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Perch Patterning Bass
By Andrew Ragas During the cooldown of early fall, bass anglers mistakenly follow smallmouths prematurely into their deep wintering holes. Little do they know that in September and October a unique shallow water movement often associated with weedlines and cabbage beds takes place. Pursue fall smallmouth action where young-of-the-year yellow perch are schooling.
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The Perfect Bass Rod
By Brad Wiegmann Finding the right bass fishing rod can be challenging. An angler has to decide on blank action, power, rod components, reel seat , rod grip and price. It can be overwhelming, but how far would you go to find the perfect bass fishing rod?
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The Late Night Show, with Smallmouth Bass
By Andrew Ragas During the dog days of summer on many north country lakes, big smallmouth bass become creatures of the night. When nighttime calls, and most anglers are asleep, the fish go nocturnal and feed.
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Musky Forage Specificity and Lure Choice
By Adam M. Glickman Often, I have wondered just how forage specific muskies actually get. Muskies, like any predator, are certainly opportunistic, but it would be foolish for the angler looking to maximize results not to attempt to tune in to specific forage tendencies that arise throughout the year.
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Lighten Up For Summer Smallmouth
By Andrew Ragas With pristine waters come difficult decisions to entice big smallmouth bass. Finesse presentations aren’t required on every clear water fishery, but they greatly help with catching more fish and are a can’t-miss tactic.
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A Practical Guide to Drop Shotting
By Robert Conley & Robert Fuchs Long thought of as a finesse technique but often misunderstood, it’s a multi species – go to – super hero. Over the years this simple rig has produced countless fish, often in the trophy range and has established a solid pole position in our arsenal. Tried, tested and succeeded…
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Eye Surgery: Staying On Top This Summer
By JP Bushey Apply an ice-jigger’s mentality and put specialized jigs right in the thick of things all summer. Large, deep structures on big water call for vertical fishing with surgical precision.
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Grass Carp Breakthroughs
By David Graham All too often I think there is an overemphasis on predatory species by anglers. Admittedly, I reserve personal preference towards predators, however, I believe that an angler’s pursuit should encompass all feeding types to include omnivorous and even herbivorous species. Interestingly enough, many of our nations largest freshwater inhabitants sustain a diet…