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Throwing a hollow body frog in sparse grass is a missed opportunity. If you want to trigger violent reaction strikes over submerged weeds, you need the sputtering legs of a soft plastic toad.
You see a fallen tree and call it structure. You see a ledge and call it cover. You're wrong on both counts, and that's why you're not catching big fish consistently.
You see a fallen tree and call it structure. You see a ledge and call it cover. You're wrong on both counts, and that's why you're not catching big fish consistently.
Everyone teaches you to tie a 12-inch leader for a drop shot. Here's why that rigid rule is causing you to fish completely under or over the bass.
You've got the latest Japanese imports and the most expensive electronics, but you're still coming home with dinks. It's time to stop buying luck and start building a system.
You've got the latest Japanese imports and the most expensive electronics, but you're still coming home with dinks. It's time to stop buying luck and start building a system.
The buzzbait is arguably the most violent topwater lure in bass fishing, but if you wait until it hits the water to engage your reel, you are completely defeating its purpose.
Nose-hooking a Drop Shot creates the perfect, seductive swimming action. But if you try to fish a nose-hooked worm in heavy cover, you are going to spend your entire day re-tying.
That small tuft of feathers on the back hook of your topwater bait isn't just for decoration. It is a critical piece of engineering that controls the action and triggers strikes on the pause.
Missing strikes on a hollow body frog is the most frustrating thing in bass fishing. The problem isn't always the fish missing the bait; it's the factory hook design.
If your suspending jerkbait slowly rises toward the surface during a pause, you are ruining the exact presentation that triggers cold-water bass to bite.
A lipless crankbait is one of the best cold-water bass lures ever invented. But if you are simply casting it out and reeling it straight back in, you are missing 90% of the bites.
You feel a heavy 'thump' on your spinnerbait, but when you swing, you come back with nothing. If you aren't running a trailer hook, you are letting half the fish in the lake go free.
You use an O-ring on your Wacky Rig to save your expensive stick baits from tearing. But that single piece of rubber is secretly destroying your hookup ratio.
If you are still using cheap lead sinkers for your Texas rigs and jigs, you are actively choosing to fish blindfolded. It's time to upgrade to tungsten.
Live sonar technology is incredible, but if you spend your entire day staring at a screen instead of reading the water, you are losing the fundamental skills that actually catch fish.
When you buy a massive 6-inch soft plastic swimbait, your instinct is to pair it with the largest, heaviest hook you can find. Here is why that approach kills the action and costs you fish.
Everyone thinks a buzzbait is just a loud spinnerbait. If you're chunking it out and cranking it back in open water, you're doing it wrong. Here's how the pros actually use it to trigger explosive topwater strikes.
Throwing a deep diving crankbait into open water and just reeling it back is taking your lure for a walk. The real violence happens the split second your crankbait smashes into a rock or stump.
If your boat is surrounded by a massive mat of floating vegetation, don't drive away. The biggest bass in the lake are living underneath it, and you need to break through the roof.
The classic skirted buzzbait is a great lure, but if you want to cast further, skip under docks, and catch bigger fish, it's time to modify your bait with a plastic toad.
If you are using the exact same 12-inch leader on your Drop Shot everywhere you go, you are making a massive tactical error. Leader length is not a guess; it is dictated by the bottom.
A suspending jerkbait is the deadliest lure in existence when the water temperature plummets. But if you aren't pausing long enough, you are completely wasting your time.
Everyone slaps a craw trailer on a flipping jig, but if you want to trigger reaction strikes in cold or highly pressured water, you need to rethink your plastic.
It looks like a broken piece of plastic glued to a mushroom jig head. But when the bite gets unbelievably tough, the Ned Rig will catch fish when nothing else in your boat can.
The Shaky Head is a legendary finesse bait, but if you are hopping it and dragging it aggressively across the bottom, you are destroying the exact action that makes it so deadly.
If your jig lands in the water with a loud 'PLOP,' you just ruined the spot. The difference between catching a 2-pounder and an 8-pounder is entirely in how your bait enters the water.
If you just grab whatever spinnerbait looks good in the package, you are leaving fish on the table. The blades on a spinnerbait are precision tools. Choose the wrong shape, and you kill the bite.
If you are retrieving your squarebill crankbait through open water without hitting anything, you are wasting your time. The magic is in the collision.
Should you peg your sinker on a Texas Rig? If you ask 10 bass fishermen, you'll get 10 different answers. But the truth is based entirely on the cover you are fishing, not personal preference.
You bought a Zara Spook, cast it out, and reeled it in while twitching your rod, but it just skips straight back to the boat. The secret to the 'walk the dog' action isn't the pull; it's the slack.
The lipless crankbait is the ultimate early spring search tool, but it is notorious for lost fish. Here is why they are spitting the hook, and how a simple rod change will fix it.
The drop shot is the most reliable finesse rig in existence, but if you are constantly shaking your rod tip or tying your hook wrong, you are doing it a disservice.
A topwater frog explosion is the most exciting bite in bass fishing. But if you swing the moment you see the splash, you will miss 90% of your fish. Here is the golden rule of frog fishing.
It isn't sexy, and it isn't new, but the "Ball and Chain" is responsible for catching more deep-water bass than almost any other setup in history. Here is how to fish it right.
A Chatterbait is only as good as the trailer you put on the back of it. If you use the wrong plastic in the wrong situation, you will kill the bait's action entirely.
A Chatterbait is only as good as the trailer you put on the back of it. If you use the wrong plastic in the wrong situation, you will kill the bait's action entirely.
When a massive rainstorm turns the lake into chocolate milk, weekend warriors stay home. Tournament pros smile. Here is why muddy water is the greatest equalizer in bass fishing.
When a massive rainstorm turns the lake into chocolate milk, weekend warriors stay home. Tournament pros smile. Here is why muddy water is the greatest equalizer in bass fishing.
If the lake smells like rotten eggs, the water looks like pea soup, and the fish have completely disappeared, you aren't doing anything wrong. You are caught in the Fall Turnover.
When the bass have seen every wacky rig, dropshot, and Ned rig in the lake, it's time to show them something completely different. Enter the Neko Rig.
To peg or not to peg? That is the eternal question of the Texas rig. If you choose wrong, you will either hang up constantly or miss fish on the hookset.
Fluorocarbon line is virtually invisible and highly sensitive, but it requires completely different handling than monofilament or braid. If you are breaking off on the hookset, you are making one of these three mistakes.
It looks completely ridiculous. Hooking a stickbait directly in the middle makes no logical sense until you drop it in the water and watch bass lose their minds.
If you are losing fish on a flipping jig halfway back to the boat, you are probably making the most common mistake in bass fishing: The 'Reel Set'.
If you are fishing a jerkbait with the exact same rhythm all day, you are missing the point of the lure. The magic isn't in the twitch; it's in the unpredictable pause.
If you are fishing a spinnerbait without a trailer hook, you are voluntarily giving up at least 30% of your catch. Here is the dirty truth about short strikes.
Fluorocarbon is invisible, sensitive, and incredibly fragile if you don't know how to tie it. Here is the hardcore truth about why you are breaking off on the hookset.
If your squarebill crankbait isn't hitting anything, you aren't fishing it right. Here is why slamming your lure into solid objects is the key to catching giant bass.
It is the simplest rig in the world, yet so many anglers ruin it by getting impatient. Here is the true philosophy behind fishing the Wacky Rig.
If you tie on a brand new crankbait straight out of the box and it runs to the left, you're missing fish. Stop reeling in defective lures and learn how to tune them in 10 seconds.
A stock buzzbait catches fish, but a modified buzzbait catches monsters. Learn how to tune your topwater prop bait to produce the loudest, most obnoxious squeak possible.
When fishing pressure is high and cold fronts roll in, a heavy flipping jig looks like a threat, not food. Here's why downsizing to a finesse jig will save your day.
Technology is great, but staring at a glowing screen all day is making anglers lazy. Here is how to read the water and catch bass the old-fashioned way.
When the summer sun beats down and bass bury themselves under inches of thick hydrilla, finesse won't save you. It's time to bring out the heavy artillery.
Docks hold the biggest, most pressured bass on the lake. If you can't skip a jig under a dock without backlashing, you're leaving money on the table.
Still pegging cheap lead weights to your Texas rigs? You might as well be fishing with earplugs in. Here is why tungsten is the only way to truly read the bottom.
A swim jig is deadly in shallow cover, but it is not a weedless spinnerbait. Learn the nuanced retrieve that triggers lethargic bass when other moving baits fail.
Throwing any random craw on the back of your flipping jig is costing you fish. Understand how water temperature dictates your trailer selection.
After the spawn, bass are exhausted, moody, and refuse to chase moving baits. Here is how to trigger strikes when the fish are in a funk.
Most anglers buy a swim jig, hop it on the bottom twice, get no bites, and throw it back in the box. Here is how to actually fish the 4x4 of the bass world.
Walking the dog is an art form, but most anglers turn it into a frantic sprint. Learn how to slow down and create the ultimate topwater glide that draws giant bass from the depths.
Throwing a crankbait into the abyss of open water is a waste of time. Learn why crashing your bait into rocks and wood is the ultimate trigger for giant bass.