Summer Hot Spots by joey monteleone | Apr 15, 2017 | Big Rig, FishingWhile summer seems way off on the horizon it will be here before you know it. Along with summer comes soaring surface water temperatures. Faced with warm water, often times the bass location mystery begins. Where did they go? Just a few months ago we could almost...
Putting It All Together for Cold Water Bass by Jim Ware | Apr 8, 2017 | Big Rig, FishingMy dad always said, “good things are earned with hard work.” He’s not a fisherman but his words were a perfect description of how this week played out. I knew that this time last year the bass on a particular lake were on fire so I loaded my Big Rig and...
Kayak Bass Fishing Beginner? Hand em’ a Spinner. by joey monteleone | Mar 9, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingWhen faced with the problem of taking someone fishing that was new to the sport of bass fishing I tried to decide what would be the best bait to position them for success. Whether I was just taking a casual trip or guiding it seemed to be the easiest way to guarantee...
My favorite little fishing hole. by Carter Petersen | Mar 6, 2017 | Fishing, SkipperLake Wyona in south central Wisconsin is one of my favorite fishing holes, plus it is really close to home. The last cast of the day brought in this nice small mouth bass. They are so much to catch. Another great day to be on the water.
My First Kayak Fishing Tournament! by Sam Hanggi | Mar 1, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, River Bassin Tournament, Tournaments, Wrap UpsIt was the summer of 2014 when I fished my fist kayak fishing tournament. I was thirteen years old and fairly new to the sport, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. A few weeks prior to the tournament I had found the River Bassin tournament trail online which...
Spring….Battling Rain, Wind and Bass by joey monteleone | Feb 24, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingSpring…Battling Wind, Rain and Bass The 2017 calendar reads March 20th, the March equinox and spring officially begins. Prepare to push off the kayak into the wind, rain and more. Weather or Not – Rare are the days when the weather in the early months of the...
Northern California late winter Bassn’ by William Pfingst | Feb 22, 2017 | Fishing2017 started off slow like most January’s but this year it was painfull, with only being able to get several trips under my belt for striped bass and bass, in between the huge amounts of rain northern California has got to start the year off. I was...
Good Intentions by Drew Ross | Feb 20, 2017 | FishingMy intent was only to fish for a few hours one afternoon. There was really no way of knowing the impact that one afternoon would have on me. Two weeks later all I can say is, “I had good intentions.” It was a last-minute decision to go. One of those fishing trips...
Fool Me Once by Johnathan Alijets | Feb 19, 2017 | FishingIt’s rare you ever get to meet a fish twice but that’s exactly what happened this week. We’ll call her Olive, not because of her color but her beady eyes and slender build. We first met Olive on Sunday. It was a warm February day in Austin,...
Video: Smalltown Smallmouth by Eric Atkins | Feb 15, 2017 | Coosa HD, Fishing, VideoFellow JK teammate Evan Howard, Dobyns Rods Pro Corey Galloway, and I hit the road in May of 2016 to fish for big smallmouth with big swimbaits and small flies. The fishing has been better at this location, but we all three ended up sticking solid smallmouth on the...
The Old Days and the New Ways by joey monteleone | Feb 12, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Internationalisation, Lure reviews, Rigging, United StatesMany years ago it was normal to idolize the local phenomenal fisherman. You know that guy that always caught his limit, hung out at the boat dock with a stringer of fish and never failed to catch his limit. His every word was the “gospel” to aspiring anglers. Being...
9.5 Pound Largemouth! by Sam Hanggi | Feb 7, 2017 | FishingWinter is always a slow time of year for bass fishing, but if you use the weather to your advantage its very possible you can reel in some of the biggest bass you’ll catch all year. Winter fishing hardly ever produces large numbers of bass, but with the right...
