Bass Before and After Turnover

Stratification and turnover: Two relatively common words that most serious anglers have heard or spoken everal times during their fishing careers. The two terms are related, and when applied correctly they can help to both locate an angler’s…

5 Tools for Finding Trout

Fishing for trout during the heat of a typical summer day has always been a challenge. Most bites come during the few hours following sunrise or just before the last bit of light fades to darkness at the end of the day. The action can be…

Color Matters

Walk into the soft plastics section of a well-stocked tackle shop and the importance of knowing what you want quickly becomes apparent. There are hundreds of color choices available, with baits ranging from single solid hues to those with multi-tone…

Go-To Bass Lures

When my bi-weekly compilation of fishing reports arrived in the mail on Thursday, it looked like the post-front doldrums that Rich and I experienced on our last trip to a favorite lake were over. Second-hand accounts of fast action throughout the…

To Rip or to Twitch?

Winters seem to get longer and colder as the years go by. The perception is probably a manifestation of my age rather than the truth. Regardless, the few fishing trips I make during this time of year are not in what I consider perfect angling…

Top 10 Casting Spoons for Trout

Trout anglers frequenting still waters are intimately familiar with the concepts of stratification and turnover. The two processes, common on most of the West’s deeper lakes and reservoirs, have a strong influence on where fish will be. And they dictate…

Bass in the Grass

Anglers living east of the Rockies, when hearing the words West Coast bassing, tend to picture deep clear reservoirs devoid of what they consider ideal habitat for their favorite quarry. No brushy flats. No stump fields. No flooded timber. And no…

When It’s Wetter Than Wet

If there is one thing that the central and southern portions of the western United States is known for, it’s a persistent lack of water. What precipitation does come each year falls over a relatively short time span, generally between…

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