Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
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…]
Many, LA- The FLW tour blew into Louisiana over the weekend, and it was exactly that wind that made all the difference.
Glen Freeman, a resident of Converse, Louisiana, made all the right adjustments to stay on top of the fish, despite the fact that the wind was making finding them a tough task. The weather did not cooperate or stay consistent day to day.
On day one, calm conditions greeted the anglers, only to give way to a storm in the mid-morning time frame. Day 2 ushered in clearer skies, but also winds that churned up the water and produced waves—some as high as six feet. On the final day, all hope of predicting Mother Nature went out the window, as winds shifted and changed seemingly out of nowhere. [Read more…]
Today we are bringing you a video tip on a very simple method for rigging soft plastic jerkbaits.
In the video, Pops will demonstrate where to hook the bait, and how to align it for proper hook setting and greater hook up ratios. [Read more…]
Fishing square billed crankbaits can be productive most of the year due to the fact that there will almost always be some fish in any given system that stay shallow. A new offering from River2Sea is the Ish Monroe designed Biggie Series.
There are currently four different versions of this bait available which are the Biggie-Smalls in Stealth Runner (a slow floater) and Bumpin’ Rattle (a fast floater) as well as the Biggie-Poppa in the same configurations. For our review today, we obtained the Biggie-Poppa, Stealth Runner, which is 2 5/8 inches in length, weighs 5/8 of an ounce, comes equipped with size 2 trebles fore and aft and is their silent version. [Read more…]
Have you ever wished for a simple piece of terminal tackle to fill a specific need that does one thing and one thing only but does it very well? I know that we have. In particular, I’ve always wanted something that protects my knot, allows soft plastic jerkbaits along with other weightless plastics to slide through weeds easier without getting a bunch balled up on the front of the bait and, just for hoots and giggles, extends the life of those baits a little longer while avoiding any negative affect on the action of the bait.
Yeah, I know I said one thing, but I meant to say, one item that accomplishes all these things. Is there any such product? [Read more…]
That special time of year is on us again!
It’s that time when you go out to the lake or river and find that more than just fish are biting! If you want to know how to minimize this annoyance, then you want to know about the best insect repellent options available to you.
And that is exactly what we have for you here, a list of the items that will help you stay bite free—or at least as close to it as possible! [Read more…]
The topwater bite is starting to pick up around here especially in low light conditions. One of our favorite ways to catch bass is with walk-the-dog type lures. If you look back in the archives you will find a review that we did on the Reaction Innovations Barely Legal Vixen.
I don’t know the whole story as far as why that bait seemed to disappear but the Paycheck Baits Repo Man is the re-incarnation of that plug in its larger version. [Read more…]
Green Bay, Wisconsin– The wait officially came to an end today.
At 2pm, EST, Bassmaster revealed the location of the Mystery Lake for the upcoming event to be held June 28-July 1.
Lake Michigan will get the nod, and the Elite pros will descend on Green Bay. [Read more…]
We get some really good questions here at MVF from our readers so today, we’re going to answer another that is a compilation of recent e-mails. To paraphrase, “Now that the spawn is over, I’m having a hard time getting bites. Are there any techniques that I can use for these conditions?” [Read more…]
National Harbor, MD–
For those who haven’t heard yet, Scott pulled off a wire to wire victory which is itself unusual. More odd than that however is the fact that he did this by fishing basically the same areas all four days. He didn’t have a few “secret” spots that he saved to fish just the last day or two.
On the contrary, he fished areas that had a virtual armada of other boats around him the entire tournament. In an interview, he said that the key was realizing that all the pressure on the fish from other anglers around him pushed the fish into spots that weren’t getting hammered. [Read more…]