Hooks are an important part of your angling arsenal. This guide breaks down the common terms used to describe fish hooks, and what they mean. This is important information to know so you can make…
As a change of pace, my friend Tom Ference and I fished a medium-sized creek over the Fourth of July weekend. Not only did we avoid the holiday congestion of nearby lakes, we enjoyed quality fishing…
The original 3-inch DOA Shrimp is the gold standard in the saltwater fishing realm. It's perfect balance and quarter-ounce weight give it the slow to neutral falling action that imitates a shrimp.…
Keeping your worm weight pegged and in place can often be a struggle. Screw-in style weights often tear the nose of your plastic bait after a few fish, whereas toothpicks can often cause issues with…
Fishing Pro Woo Daves likes Bass Pro Shops fishing tackle and NITRO bass boats.
Over the years, bass fishing has become a more technical game and each year seems to have even more innovative…
One of the real joys of fishing occurs when warm spring weather draws fish of all species into skinny water. Anglers don polarized sunglasses and scan the shallows for emerging signs of life. The “…
Here is everything you need to make your own Jika Rig!
Use a soft plastic like Bass Pro Shops River Bug.
Use a hook like the Bass Pro Shops XPS Wide SuperLock fishing hooks.
Use a bass-casting…
Last week while shooting a video for 1Source on the subject of jigging tactics for crappie in weeds, a theme arose in terms of bait details. The best plastics that I used for the day were a 2.5-inch…
Spoons have been a proven method for catching summer smallmouth.
Most anglers own a collection of jigging spoons, but for many, they are relegated to the third or fourth drawer of the tackle box —…
During the summer months, I rely on soft swimbaits to take river smallmouth bass, particularly when there is a hint of color to the water.
Soft swimbaits come in two basic styles. The most common…
Up your odds with an assortment of weights for rounded jig heads.
A ball head jig combined with live-bait or rigged with a plastic grub, minnow or worm is a basic presentation — but it's far from…
Fishing stained water comes with its own set of rules. Adapting to the conditions, by knowing what plastic body shapes, sounds, and colors work best, will help put more fish in the boat.
Plastic…
