Saltwater bass fishing is really similar to freshwater bass fishing. I’m getting better at using weedless swimbaits, hardbaits, and lead head/big swim jigs to probe the depths. I have spinnerbaits and jerkbaits in my game. You rarely fish super shallow, for any period of time, but if…
This may be completely “duh” to some people, but I am still acquiring my arsenal of glide baits and learning how to properly fish them in all sorts of places. The Deps Slide Swimmer 175 is a killer medium sized swimbait that is…
The Bettencourt Baits Dying Trout. Fusing a deadstick, stall, and slow grind approach. I have a thing with stalling and deadsticking. It’s a universal truth of catching fish on bigbaits. It’s a part of my approach to picking baits, and choosing my style of retrieve. Context. The…
It’s getting really hot, really muggy, and the grass is getting way thick. I always look for the cleanest/blackest water I can find with the most beautiful hydrilla, and usually the fish are there. I found a few instances where I could fish the XL Nezumaa around isolated clumps of…
What is the difference between the four rates of fall available in the 8″ Rainbow Trout Huddleston Deluxe swimbait? How do you tell a ROF 12 vs a ROF 16, especially if there is no marking on the tail? How do you tell the ROF 5 vs. ROF 0…
The Bettencourt Baits Dying Bluegill. Start, stop, kill, or swim. Interesting spin on flat sided presentations, and cool little swimbait. Nathan Bettencourt has been quietly providing swimbait fishermen a unique offering of baits. Each bait he makes has incredible realism and attention to detail. He makes hardbaits and…