Category: Fishing Tips/Techniques
How to Catch Erie’s Spring Smallies
By Corky Cramer You’ve likely heard chatter about smallmouth bass growth rates in Lake Erie’s eastern basin and the big numbers of oversized bronzebacks caught-and-released by anglers each spring. Most of it’s true – it’s something you need to experience, and that fabulous springtime smallmouth bite is about to start. Here’s how locals take advantage […]
MegaStrike’s Uhrig: Diving With Bass
by Bobby Uhrig, MegaStrike I’ve been a serious bass fishermen longer than I can remember. Fished everywhere I could, tried every lure I could, read and watched everything I could. But at some point that wasn’t enough for me. I had this feeling that if I could learn more about what bass do in their […]
A-Rig Definitely Had An Impact
by Jay Kumar [You may have seen this article on Bassmaster.com too.] What was the impact of the hottest rig in bass fishing in 2012 – the umbrella rig, aka the Alabama Rig? The answer depends on how you look at it. First of all, the umbrella rig single-handedly blew up – in a good […]
KVD Hook, Weight Secrets
by Jay Kumar Quick story: When me and another guy created the BassFan World Rankings back in 2000-01, it was for one purpose: To prove to the world that tournament bass fishing isn’t just luck and shouldn’t just be measured by an event won here or there. And when the rankings debuted in August 2001 […]
Kevin Short’s Secret Wood Baits
If you’re reading this, you consider yourself a bass angler and probably are a fan of pro bass fishing. So I have to ask: Why don’t you own a WEC E1 crankbait? Do you know anyone who does? Why not? Because it’s not like Bassmaster Elite Series pro Kevin Short has been keeping it a […]
Tim Horton: Late Fall Cranking
“It’s a great time to be out cranking,” says Elite Series pro Tim Horton says about the late fall. “The key to catching bass in November and December is finding out where the bass are located. I like to begin searching in a main tributary that feeds the lake,” he said. “I go halfway back […]
The Scoop on Pete’s Quiet Killer Crankbait
by Jay Kumar You’ve probably heard his name, but if you’re not real familiar with NJ’s Pete Gluszek here’s a quick bio: a former tour pro who recently qualified for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic and the Elite Series through the Northern Opens, who’s been an Elite angler and fished in the Classic before. Pete also […]
Rook Went Old-School at the Big O
Scott Rook finished 7th at the Elite Series event on Okeechobee, and one reason for that was he went old-school. He was fishing a flat – the details of which are in BassGold – along with a lot of other competitors. One thing he was doing differently was slowly swimming a Zoom Lizard on a […]
Why Carolina-Rig the St. Johns? Current
In the course of gathering patterns for places 1-10 for the first two Elite Series events, on the St. Johns River and Okeechobee, we talked to pro Terry Scroggins. One question we asked was a general one: Why do Carolina rigs show up so much in pattern info for the St. Johns? We asked the […]
