My first serious bass rod, was a Phenix 55M2 with an Abu Garcia 4600 round reel, ala Don Iovino, doodle worm fishing. I have fished Shimano most of my adult/post-college could afford boats and serious tackle life. The last couple years, as I’ve been eyeing the Pacific Ocean,…
Deep Swimbait Fishing
Keep it simple. I am intrigued by swimming worms and swimming fluke baits, as they relate to swimbait fishing. Swimming a fluke style bait is sorta kinda glide bait fishing to some extent. There’s a randomness and glide of swimming fluke baits that makes them special. Think about how…
It’s officially June 1st. I think it’s safe to assume there are fishes on the ledges out on the TN River. I’m no ledge fishing expert, but here is what I know: You have to have multiple tools in your toolkit, once you locate a school of fish. The fish…
Ledge Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti. This 5″ Bay Smelt Big Hammer on a 1 oz head got tore up. This is the baseline, the 5″ Hammer. Go bigger from here is my advice. I’ve been sitting on this footage, unsure of how or when exactly to release it, and…
The Sebile Spin Shad: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEfBWBdJXHA] The Sebile Spin Shad is worthy of sharing. I took some film of this bait to supplement the FLW Outdoors article that Pete Robbins published called “Heavy Metal Jigging” available for you at the digital Bass Fishing eMagazine…
Thanking Sean Ostruszka and Matt Pace (illustrator) for the recently published article in the Nov/Dec 2012 Edition of the FLW Bass Fishing Magazine. Below is a reproduction of the 4 page piece highlighting some insights into using swimbaits to catch fish in cold(er) weather. I am thrilled to be part…