Summer time bass fishing is a bit of a roller coaster. Sometimes, you are putting more bass in the boat than you know what to do with, and other times you can’t catch a thing and you’re baking in the sun on top of it all.

This holds especially true for those of us with really unpredictable summer weather patters.

For instance, on my home lake, Lake Lanier, we have recently had record breaking temperatures of over 100 degrees, followed by moderate to high winds and thunderstorms.

Locating and catching bass can be frustrating, but this spinnerbait technique will help you do just that. [Read more…]

We’ve discussed some of the factors in night fishing up to this point. Now let’s get down to where the rubber meets the road and get specific in terms of strategies and lure selection so that the uninitiated can jump in with both feet and start catching some fish!

I always make it a point to get to the water at least an hour before sunset. The time will differ depending on how large the body is as well as how familiar I am with it. If I’ve been there several times and have a good lay of the land, or lake in this case, I don’t need as much time to figure out where I’m going to start.

Conversely, if I haven’t fished a given location very often, I will take more time to assess where to start.  [Read more…]

The Kid did a great job of laying out how bass see after dark. This adaptation to their eyesight, in conjunction with other specialized sensory systems, afford them the ability to hunt very efficiently after the sun goes down. Using a little of that information will help you get started with your night fishing.

We have had several questions from readers who have yet to take the plunge, not literally of course, into night time bass fishing. I have to tell you, from experience, that fishing in the dark can be some of the most fun an angler can have whether they are on the deck of a boat or on the shore of a pond. [Read more…]

Understanding the biology of the eye of the fish is very often not even talked about, yet is very important to being able to catch a lot of bass.

Bass are often called sight predators—so it only makes sense for us to gain at least an elementary understanding of the way they do this. That’s what we will be looking at in depth today.

Don’t worry, this won’t be a biology class, but it will give you a basic understanding of the biology of the eye of the fish, so that you can more effectively catch them. [Read more…]

Many, La.- Glen Freeman took home a FLW trophy on Toledo Bend over the weekend.

Now, let’s take a look at the winning tackle that helped him best the nearest competitor by over 9 pounds. It is important to note that it came down to a lot more than simply tackle and bait on this one.

The constantly shifting winds meant that Glen had to also revise his strategy and fishing spots on the fly as well. [Read more…]