Fishing Information

In discussing the trip with Lake Ida's Captain Butch Moser, I found out that his grandson David would be accompanying him on his Carolina Skiff as mate, co-captain, and apprentice guide. I was to find out shortly that David is an incredibly polite, efficient and friendly young man. Further, the day would prove the benefits of his actions covering baiting, rigging, and chumming while Butch was up on the bow working the electric motor.

The Fishing Day Begins

Although we seldom encounter issues putting food in our mouth, in the underwater world, fish will often miss or short strike baits with regularity. It's a fact of life in fishing.

By Tom Keer

The big one is in the boat. It’s met all legal size regulations and is in the net. In a short while you’ll head off the water and be on your way home, and you and your family are already planning on how you’re going to prepare your fresh fish. Here are a few tips for keeping your fish fresh so that it’ll taste great.

Justin Hoffman talks about finesse fishing – when to do it, how to do it and what to use.

Put up your hand if you enjoy fishing in the wind? Hmm, not much of a response there. This comes as no surprise, as for the most part, anglers the world over absolutely hate fishing in the wind. What other condition accounts for out-of-control drifts, crashing waves, bird-nest lines and energy sapping chaos? 

Spring is not far away. There will soon be flowers in the yard, I’ll be sneezing, and there will be a “bird’s nest” in my baitcaster reels. As Bill Dance says in his latest Bass Pro Shops commercial, “Don’t do that.” Here are a few tips for preventing a tangle:

Landing nets can mean the difference between a grip-and-grin pho

Master wordsmith Spencer Turner said it best, when he said:

The lake you choose will have a direct impact on your success at night. It can also be a factor in your safety. Pick a lake that you are comfortable with and one that you have fished in the past.

We've all had days on the water when the fish refuse to bite no matter what technique or bait we toss their way. Scratching our heads only brings greater discomfort, and we resign ourselves to believe that it must just be a bad day on the water.

Situations such as these can be reversed — a feat made possible by the art of patterning fish. But before you can pattern, you must first learn to record, and that can easily be achieved by creating a fishing log.  

How Does a Log Help?