Bass anglers across North America have theories as to why soft plastic round balls with spikes are catching so many bass this year. Some say these “urchins” work because they look like zooplankton that grown bass remember eating when they were tiny little fry. Some...
Somewhere in my brain are two convictions related to bass fishing in Michigan. First, bass season is supposed to start on June 1, not midnight the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend. Second, a Fred Arbogast Jitterbug is the best topwater bait ever invented for catching...
You know, “Christmas gift ideas” is always a popular December topic, especially for writers who primarily cover open water fishing. Fact is, a guy like me, who mostly writes about kayaks and bass fishing, has little else to write about this time of year. Before we get...
PART I So here’s the deal: bass don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of all of the edible critters in their environment, so you don’t need to worry that much about matching the hatch. Any bass angler who has ever caught a fish on a spinnerbait or a purple plastic worm...
The 1/8-ounce Micro ShadZ jig head with the 2-inch StingerZ soft plastic body hadn’t been in the water for two minutes behind my buddy Ron’s slowly moving pontoon boat when I felt the first “tap.” “So, Ron, we got a dollar on the first fish?” I asked casually. Ron...
