Fishing
NoCutz Dancing Rig
The Dancing Rig by NoCutz was originally designed for crappie fishing, but flounder and sheepshead fishermen have also fallen in love with it.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Key spawning depth at Toledo Bend changes from north to south
Toledo Bend is such an expansive body of water that somebody somewhere will be able to figure out a shallow-water bite.[…]
Fishing
Pelican ProGear Coolers
Pelican ProGear Coolers boast the best in class ice retention and come with Pelican’s unconditional lifetime guarantee.[…]
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Company Move — Catching crappie as simple as moving to find fish
Moving is a hassle.
Whether it’s cushioning the china in newspaper, bearing the weight of heavy boxes or figuring out what to do with the furniture, nobody likes to move.[…]
Bass Fishing
Flip that Switch – How to coax bass to bite on tough fishing days
You know they’re there, but the bass just have a bad attitude and they’re refusing to cooperate. Persistence is certainly an admirable trait, but repetitive casts are only one tactic for getting the job done.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Control your boat’s drift with a logging chain
As avid white perch anglers, John Godwin and Jay Stone consider Lake Grenada in Mississippi as one of their top fishing destinations.[…]
Bass Fishing
Best fishing lines for finicky bass
An important complement to lure selection and alteration is line choice. Downsizing line for clear water and spooky fish is a standard consideration, as is the low-vis benefits of fluorocarbon.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
White perch don’t mind heavy jigheads
White perch fishing is all about fishing light. Light tackle, light line and light jigheads. However, whereas many anglers choose to fish with 1/16- and 1/8-ounce jigheads, Jay Stone bucks conventional wisdom and tie on ¼-ounce heads.[…]
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The Odd Couple — How a pair of polar opposites catch speckled trout all year long
The big, fair-skinned, bluff man looked at me level in the eyes as he spoke.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Get quick results after company move with spider rigs
Jay Stone loves to feel the thump of a white perch hitting a bait at the end of a single jig pole, but he loves something else even more.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Balloon Fisher King will make fishing balloon rigs easier
Balloon Fisher King is a new entry into the tackle world that will make balloon fishing simpler, easier and more efficient than it has ever been.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish deep in the mornings, shallow in the afternoons for Cocodrie trout
Trout have been sparsely distributed throughout the marshes, bayous and lakes of South Louisiana for the past few weeks. Madison Bay and Lake Bordeaux out of Chauvin haven’t been exceptions to this transitionary period.
According to Capt. Scott Walker, cooler water temperatures have caused the fish to stay in deeper water early in the mornings before moving toward shallower flats and oyster reefs in the afternoon.[…]
Fishing
Is there an electric outboard in your future?
We fishermen have seen all-electric boats come and go, but most of these vessels have been small, slow and had limited carrying capacity that make them best suited to ponds or protected lakes.
Electric outboard motors with from five to 10 horsepower are available from several makers, and electric primary propulsion outboard motor systems for open utility and pontoon boats have long been available from manufacturers like Minn Kota and Torqeedo.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2013 Bassmaster Classic title goes to Mississippi’s Cliff Pace
Mississippi’s Cliff Pace claimed the title of Bassmaster Classic champion today, even though he came one fish short of his five-fish limit.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Mississippi’s Pace claims sole possession of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic lead on the second day
A consistent Cliff Pace of Petal, Miss., not only kept his first-day lead in the Bassmaster Classic presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, he pulled away from the pack by 7 pounds in the second day of competition for $500,000 and the biggest trophy of pro bass fishing.
Pace shook off the angler who tied him for the lead Friday, Michael Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, N.J.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Iaconelli, Pace tie for Bassmaster Classic lead after first day of competition
Cliff Pace of Petal, Miss., and 2003 Bassmaster Classic champ Michael Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, N.J., tied for the first-day lead at the 2013 edition of the world championship of bass fishing on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees.
They both brought 21 pounds, 8 ounces to the scales at Tulsa’s BOK Center on Friday, the first of three days of competition for the $500,000 top prize of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.[…]