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Tue, 04/23/2013 - 08:39
It is worm time of year and no bait offers so many different presentations as does fishing a worm; you can fish it so many different ways that you never get board. In fact I believe that a lot of today’s new baits were born out of the many different ways a worm has been fished over time.
If you go back to some of the original worm fisherman, they slow rolled the bait over grass for years and years. They would tell you if you think your fishing it slow go slower, hence the development of the...
Wed, 11/14/2012 - 10:37
This blog installment was penned by Fishhound content director Jon Storm.
I've covered pro bass fishing for the better part of the last 15 years, and I can't remember another time when so many top-ranked pros went back to school and actually transformed their strengths. I'm not talking about finesse-fishing here, where guys will occasionally pick up a shakey-head to fill a limit.
Instead, I'm talking about a set of guys at the very top echelon of the sport who decided they needed to move off...
Wed, 11/07/2012 - 09:26
Editor's note: This blog installment was penned by Fishhound pro and Lake Guntersville guide Capt. Mike Gerry.
As we move into winter, the one thing that seems to be common on all lakes is the constant change of water levels. You go out there one day and the water's up 2 feet, and then the next it's down 3 feet. The key is: What do you as a fisherman to adjust your fishing technique to the change in water levels?
The first thing you must understand is what happens to the fish as the level of...
Tue, 11/06/2012 - 08:26
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Skeet Reese and his family have decided to do an auction to help raise funds for those affected by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast.
Reese will be holding an auction on his personal website, SkeetReeseInc.com beginning sometime this week and lasting through Nov. 16. The auction will include several items of significant value from his career and personal gear, and he'll match the money raised.
"We were sitting here watching the news over the weekend and it hit me how...
Fri, 11/02/2012 - 07:06
By Jon Storm
Each year, Yamaha uses its world-class testing facility on the banks of the Tennessee River to introduce its latest new products. This year, the rollout included the new four-cylinder F200, which the company unveiled earlier this week.
Yamaha's targeting midsize boats with this new F200, which at 489 pounds is the lightest 200-hp four-stroke on the market. It's 119 pounds lighter than Yamaha's V6 F200 and just 19 pounds heavier than its popular 200 HPDI 2-stroke mode – unless you add the HPDI's...
Thu, 11/01/2012 - 10:38
What's wrong with just taking a kid fishing?
Nothing.
And Shane Wilson from Fishing's Future encourages everyone to do it, every chance they get.
But unless it's a kid who's going to go back into a home where there's another adult who fishes, the chance that it'll happen again are slim.
Enter Family Fishing Camps. These on-the-water schools get a whole family fishing together, and it's a model that works.
It's not just that there's a new generation of kids who aren't connected to the outdoors...
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 12:27
By Jon Storm
Although personal watercraft are pretty much offensive to fishermen (Don't you love it when that jet-ski buzzes your weedline?) this brand-new high-speed amphibious vehicle might be the bridge between personal watercraft and anglers. Just think about taking this through the woods, then directly into the middle of the small lake or marsh you've never been able to access. Know an unreachable spot in a long -orgotten oxbow? Maybe the Gibbs Quadski can get you there.
Cost: $40,000Available: Next...
Mon, 10/22/2012 - 07:51
Editor's note: This blog installment was penned by Fishhound pro and Lake Guntersville guide Capt. Mike Gerry.
When it comes to catching bass, there's probably no condition on the lake that causes more heartburn than the presence of winds from 15 mph on up – especially if it blows up or down the length of the lake. It just devastates and tears down most everybody's confidence.
The key to catching fish in such conditions is to remember that bass generally stack up together in the wind, and this...
Thu, 10/18/2012 - 13:30
Here's an awesome photo from Fishhound friends Joe and Josh over at the Haulin Bass CT blog. These guys live, eat and breathe fishing in and around Connecticut and write about it whenever they can. They give up a lot of usable, current fishing info. They're Fishhound members too!
Here's what Josh said about this freak fish and its too-big dinner they encountered a few weeks ago.
Joe and I started our day at a "pike lake" in Central CT. With the weedkill chemicals leaving a milky green haze in...
Fri, 10/12/2012 - 06:46
Editor's note: This blog installment was penned by Fishhound pro and Lake Guntersville guide Capt. Mike Gerry.
After another year of tough fall fishing, I have to ask: What's going on? The fall bite has slowed so drastically on Lake Guntersville for the second year now that something is certainly happening
After thinking on it, my conclusion comes down to a series of disturbing events – events that make me wonder how we can reverse the change that's caused the slow fishing.
My conclusions all...