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Hot summer weather doesn’t have to slow down your bass fishing. When it gets hot, try these four tactics to incite strikes from stubborn largemouth even when the temperature soars and the air feels so muggy and thick you could cut it with a knife.
What are the essentials for a successful tournament bass angler to possess? Is it an extensive collection of fishing lures? The best boat and motor combination? The finest rod and reels money can buy? Perhaps some or all of those depending on who you ask.
by Pros4- 1Source's Dave Landahl
It's getting hot outside. Many bass anglers are taking vacations to chase their favorite finned critters, but often have a hard time yanking quality fish out of their favorite ponds.
Fortunately for us, Bass Pro Shops angler and FLW Tour champion Scott Martin had a few moments to spare to break down a simple approach to catching largemouth bass throughout the heat of the summer months.
As a fishing guide on Kentucky Lake, I get a lot of anglers who travel here specifically to fish the area around Paris, Tennessee where its known to be a fantastic ledge fishing factory.
Ish Monroe is known as being one of the best shallow water anglers on the Bassmaster Elite tour. His attention to detail gives him a mental edge over his competitors but so does his penchant for fishing quiet. “Every time you move in that boat you make noise,” Monroe said.
Organize Your Boat
By Pros4- 1Source's Dave Landahl.
After making a run at the BASSfest title, Abu Garcia pro Brandon Card is feeling his oats. So much so that he is braving the most feared inquisition in all of pro fishing...Three Questions from Pros4- 1Source!!!
Fishing the bass spawn is one of the best times to catch hawg bass, but even then they can be finicky. We trolled the best of the internet to find half a dozen top recommendations for boating big bucket mouths even when nothing else is working. Don’t head to your favorite bass lake in the spring without these baits on board.
Every once in a while there’s a new kid on the block that changes the rules a little. With the emergency of the swinging football head, four-time Bassmaster Classic winner Kevin VanDam has found the rig to be an important part of his fishing arsenal.
Where it Shines
This system excels whenever he’s faced with a flat or a large area to cover that has a hard bottom containing sand, gravel, or rocks when the fish are more scattered and KVD needs to efficiently cover the bottom.
Kevin VanDam (KVD) is to bass fishing as America is to apple pie and baseball. So for the upcoming summer months, who better to chat about fishing for bass in natural lakes during the toasty time of the year than KVD? Um... nobody.
KVD Breaks Down His Approach Simply. It's All About the Weeds.
Oh yeah, it's time to get your bassy little buddies all fired up and ready to play this summer. Nothing like rippin' lips and getting your fishing rod bent to intensify the summer heat.
