Fishing Tips

It’s been a long summer, and the Shack Nasties are getting to you. Cooler nights where you leave your bedroom windows open, dew on the grass in the morning, hardwood leaves beginning to change color, and maybe a few spurts of precipitation, all …

When crappies move off structure and suspend in open water, few techniques offer the control and precision of the drop shot. Originally designed for finesse bass fishing, drop shotting for crappie lets you present a bait directly in their face, hold …

As dark breaks into dawn, a huge cloud bank moving in from the west obliterates a sodden grey sky. The forecast is grim for my first trip of the year with Brian Hall and Evan Morse from Cleveland, but the wind is from the south, keeping the shoreline …

When most anglers think of crappie fishing, they think of catching panfish on small jigs. Jigging for crappie can be one of the most efficient and effective ways to catch crappie all 12 months of the year. While the techniques and approaches can vary …

Lake Tohopekaliga — better known as Lake Toho — sits at the heart of Central Florida’s trophy bass country. At roughly 22,700 acres, this lake is famous for producing giant largemouths, with multiple double-digit fish caught each ye …

Spanning over 730 square miles, Lake Okeechobee—known simply as “The Big O”—is the largest freshwater lake in Florida and one of the most famous bass fisheries in the world. With endless expanses of hydrilla, lily pads, and re …

While Lake Okeechobee is famous for giant largemouth bass, it’s equally legendary for crappie — known locally as “speckled perch” or simply “specks.” Anglers from across the country travel to the Big O each winter …

Lake Okeechobee — “The Big O” — isn’t just another bass lake. It’s a living, breathing ecosystem the size of a small inland sea, with endless shallow grass flats, winding trails through cattails, and enough hidden …

Tennessee sits at the heart of the TVA river system—big current, big shad, and big bass. From grass-choked Chickamauga to the ledges of Kentucky Lake and the clear, highland jewels like Dale Hollow and Center Hill, the Volunteer State offers ye …

Florida is a bass angler’s paradise — from world-famous largemouth bass lakes like Okeechobee and Toho to the tropical canals holding exotic peacock bass in South Florida. With warm water year-round, diverse habitats, superior genetics, a …

Texas isn’t just big—it fishes big. Between East Texas grass lakes, Hill Country highland reservoirs, and the canyon-clear border waters of Amistad and Falcon, the Lone Star State offers year‑round opportunities for numbers and true giant …

The fall season can produce some of the absolutely best crappie fishing of the whole year. While spring might be what most people believe is prime time crappie fishing, the fall actually finds bigger groups of fish, very well-fed fish because of the …