Friday, September 22, 2017

Fishing for Early Fall Bass with Chatterbaits

The days are getting shorter…

Air and water temps are getting cooler…



Baitfish are schooling and migrating between available types of cover and the bass have put the feed-bag on prepping for winter…

What a great time to tie on a chatterbait and catch some of the biggest bass of the season!

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Stephen Browning explains why a chatterbait is one of his favorite baits when chasing early fall bass in this short video…



Time to tie one a chatterbait on for your next fall bass fishing trip?

I’ll have one rigged when I go out for sure 😈

Thursday, September 21, 2017

KVD On Catching Late Fall Largemouths

What does Elite Bass Pro Kevin VanDam do to catch late fall bass in the north country?



A few points come to mind…

  • Focus on small natural lakes with lots of good weed-lines
  • Look for irregular weed-line features like inside bends
  • Use small baits with slower fall rates and compact profiles mimicking baitfish and crawdads

but just don’t take our word for it, watch the following short video where KVD explains the details!



I am not sure about you but I love fishing in the fall and am sure these tips will come in handy when I do!

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Should You Use A Shaky Head in Stained Water?

Check out what Bassmaster Elite Pro, Mike Iaconelli has to say about using a Berkley Havoc Bottom Hopper and shaky head combo in dirty water situations...


Pretty good advice don't you think?

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Getting the Texas Rig Right

Many new bass anglers struggle with the myriad of different methods for rigging and using soft plastics baits, especially the Texas Rig...

The following image provides an overview of setting up the Texas Rig...


How to Texas rig a plastic
Source: Fix.com Blog

Here are a set of images from an article on Fix.com covering all the ins and outs of using Texas rigged plastic baits...


Source: Fix.com Blog 

 If you want more detailed information, click the link about to access the original article!

Friday, September 8, 2017

Lipless Crankbaits for Fall Bass

Fall bass fishing usually means finding how bass are relating to baitfish.


Since bait is often schooled in the fall, a lipless crank can be a great tool to connect with bass keying on shad, herring or alewives as Terry Bolton describes in this video…


Keeping those rattle-traps, red-eye shads or whatever your personal lipless crank choice is ready for fall action maybe just what the "doctor ordered"...

Agreed?