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January 1, 2023
Ice Fishing Safety

Stay Safe on the Ice

Ice fishing can be a fun and rewarding activity, but it's important to prioritize safety at all times. Before heading out onto the ice, it's crucial to check the thickness and stability of the ice. In general, ice should be at least 4 inches thick to support the weight of a person, but this can vary depending on the conditions and the type of water.

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January 1, 2023
Ice Fishing Safety

Stay Safe on the Ice

Ice fishing can be a fun and rewarding activity, but it's important to prioritize safety at all times. Before heading out onto the ice, it's crucial to check the thickness and stability of the ice. In general, ice should be at least 4 inches thick to support the weight of a person, but this can vary depending on the conditions and the type of water.
February 8, 2011

Things You Should Do in the Winter

Northerners, there’s nothing worse than watching the winter weather come rolling through, freezing up the lakes and preventing you from doing what you love, bass fishing. But rather than curse the weather or wish we were moving down south, why not take some time to prepare for next year.
October 29, 2018
Winterize Your Motor

How To Winterize Your Outboard [VIDEO]

If you are like me, ready to embark on hunting season now that it feels more like hunting season, you need to remember to take care of your boats and watercraft before it gets much colder.
March 18, 2002
Winter Bass Fishing

Bass Fishing in the Winter

Fishing for bass during the late fall and winter months can be a daunting task.  During the regular season there is identifiable structure to fish. Vegetation in bloom and shaded areas offered by the sun will produce fish during the heat of the day. Winter, however, does not give you any of those visible signs.

TACTICS & TECHNIQUES

January 13, 2002
Fishing Docks In A Cove

Full Contact Fishing

Full contact fishing you ask? Could this be a new form of “extreme fishing requiring pads and a crash helmet? In a word, no.  However, for many it may be a style of fishing that is very unfamiliar, and in some cases may even seem foolish. The basis of full contact fishing lies in the fact that instead of fishing in and around cover and structure…you fish on it.

February 20, 2011
Bass Fishing Guides Can Help

Bass Fishing Guides Can Help

Have you ever been a guided bass fishing trip? If you haven’t, you might be missing out on some of the best fishing around the country. While the rest of us are holding down the typical 9 to 5 job, these guys are on the water almost every day… they have to… because it’s their job. Now before you head out and book a trip, take some time and do your research.

January 13, 2002
Bass Fishing Slump

Slump

One of the biggest lures of bass fishing is the competitive nature of the sport. At any level, it's competing against the fish on an afternoon out, your buddy on a Saturday morning or in the structured setting of a professional tournament, it is competition in a pure form. This fact causes us to occasionally encounter the malady that every competitor, in every sport has to face "The Slump."

FISHING TACKLE

June 4, 2002
Tube Jig Bass Fishing

To Tube, or Not to Tube

When most anglers hear the words tube jig, they think of some clear, rocky, smallmouth infested lake. Yes this is the perfect bait for those conditions, but a tube jig can be used in any type of cover and conditions, to catch some pretty hefty largemouth bass.

December 19, 2002
Fippin' Tube Baits

Tubing On The Big Water

We bass angler’s are always looking for new weapons in our ever growing arsenal of tackle. If it is new or different and catches fish, we want one, or two or three…. The tube jig is just such a bait. Although on the market for several years now, tube baits have undergone some changes and are making a big comeback.

FISHING EQUIPMENT

October 7, 2011
Humminbird Side Imaging Tips

Side Imaging Tips Tutorial

Basic settings for performance - Humminbird 1198 - 1197 - 998 - 997SI and 797SI 

First the Side Imaging does not even compare to the 2D versions of the Lowrance units or even any other units. On the 997SI and the 797 SI units, there are few things you need to look at. With SI units we are looking to the side and these settings are totally different, but here is what we are going to look at on these units.

October 18, 2002

Boat Ramp Etiquette

Memorial Day weekend came and went, as it always does but for my family, things were a bit different this year. Usually, we spend what most folks refer to as the beginning of summer, with my father at his place on beautiful Lake Quachita just out of Hot Springs, Arkansas.

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