Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
Us fishermen are notorious for our “fish stories.”
It doesn’t matter if you are mainly involved in fly fishing or bass fishing, spinning a good yarn is a skill that comes with time, practice, and imagination.
There is a subtle art to telling a good fish story, and you are about to learn an introduction into that art.
This is Fish Stories 101, and when you are done reading, you will have a few tools that will help you tell a great story to your friends and family. [Read more…]
Lake Lanier In One Of It's Drier Moments
I’ve spent the last few days talking to a few friends in different parts of the country. A few of them mentioned how low the water levels of their favorite local lakes were at the moment.
As I have Lake Lanier in my back yard, I can certainly sympathize—it’s down over 5 feet right now, and has been in worse shape over the past few years. [Read more…]
Okeechobee, FLA.- They almost had to bring a truck scale to the stage to weigh in the monster bags that were coming in from the Elite Series pros on Okeechobee this weekend.
Ish Monroe bested the field with a grand total of 108 pounds, 5 ounces—twice coming to the scales with a bag weighing over 30 pounds. [Read more…]
There are more and more lines to choose from these days. With so many options becoming very popular, it is becoming more and more common for an angler not to use monofilament fishing line any more whatsoever.
With a wide variety of braid and fluorocarbon lines available, and angler has more to choose from these days when it comes to serious bass fishing line. So why on earth would you want to use boring old monofilament line?
Well, I will give you three good reasons, especially if you like crankbaits… [Read more…]
It was a big weekend for former Classic winner Alton Jones, as he punched his ticket for next year’s Classic by taking home a big win in Florida.
It was a sweet piece of redemption for Jones, having come so close to winning this exact tournament last year. That memory had to be in the back of his mind as he had to fend off so many anglers making a hard charge at his lead on the final day.
While I am sure Alton was sweating a good bit, in the end, he was able to keep the lead by more than a pound and take home a trophy.
Jones had the opportunity to play to one of his strengths in this tournament—sight fishing.
They key to his victory was getting around good fish wanting to spawn, and trying to get that bite. He keyed on larger fish, as opposed to concentrations of fish, in the Lake George area of the river system.
His primary lure for the tournament was a 6-inch Junebug Colored Yum Dinger, which he said brought in all of his fish above 4 pounds.
Other anglers were not able to land as many large fish as Alton because it seemed the field was keying in on concentrations of fish as opposed to the bigger bass. Alton had the right strategy, worked it well, and took home a great win.
After a very exciting classic, and a fantastic tournament in Florida, the Elite Series is really starting to heat up and looks to be extremely exciting this year.
This will be a short post.
So short in fact, it could probably be a tweet (follow us on Twitter @ManVersusFish), but I felt a little more space was needed to make sense of it.
You see, there are thousands of great fishing tips out there that work under different conditions. You might need cold weather tips, you may be looking for some fly casting information, or you might be looking for lure combinations to use when the water is stained and the sun is hot.
You will no doubt find some great tips for all of those conditions.
But I only know one simple tip that will work across all conditions, for all species of fish, in all locations… [Read more…]
Yeah, that title should sound a little crazy!
How can one bait claim to be the greatest, most amazing, catches-fish-like-no-other bait ever created in history?
What is this magical piece of fishing engineering? The Alabama Rig? Some kind of crazy gimmick lure pedaled on late night TV? Can something this amazing even be legal?
All of these questions will be answered and more, just keep reading… [Read more…]
All too often, we fisherman have a habit of getting after the latest trend in bass fishing. We figure out all of the techniques and tricks the pros are using on the trail these days and copy them.
We debate for hours on the validity of things like the Alabama rig.
Yet, we overlook the trailblazers of the past like Bill Dance, Lefty Kreh, or Hank Parker. Today we are going to give tribute to another one of those pioneers—Mr. Tom Mann. [Read more…]
The super bowl of bass fishing is officially in the books for 2012—and we have a new champion who claims his first ever Classic.
Chris Lane, of Guntersville, Alabama, bested a crowd of seasoned veterans, and the Red River with a total bag of 51 pounds, 6 ounces. [Read more…]
You’re probably already familiar with the Bass Pro reel trade in, which is coming up very soon.
What you may not know, is that for the first time ever, Bass Pro is also doing the same thing with rods. The dates are different than the reel trade in, which may have caused a little confusion—but we will help you clear that up right now! [Read more…]