Yes, they happen: bad tournament practices. They actually happen more often than not. Many bad practices can be attributed to wicked weather conditions with high winds, nasty storms, torrential downpours, and high water being the usual suspects. Some bad practices are due to equipment issues that cost valuable time to
April is in the air, and so is the pollen. If you have the sniffles and your local lakes are covered in yellow slicks, bass are on the banks. This is the time of year bass move up shallower, scatter out, and split up their agendas. During this month, bass
April is here – the month that brings spring in full swing across the country. When bass anglers see redbuds, dogwoods, and cherry trees in bloom, they know what that means: the time is right for bass to move up and spawn. While increasing water temperatures are a good thing, Bassmaster
As most bass anglers know, satellite imagery is a highly effective fish-finding tool. Using Google Earth to scroll back through historical images during periods of low water or super-clear water can certainly reveal hidden gems of contours and cover. The Problem with Outdated Satellite Imagery While Google Earth is great
March has arrived, and everything is on the rise. The number of daylight minutes per day is rising. The water temperature is rising. Water levels in many flood-control lakes are rising. This all leads to the aggressiveness of bass also rising. The main thing to keep in mind during March
How Bassmaster Pros Use the Deep Dive App If you have ever wondered how professional bass anglers use the Deep Dive app in competition, now you can watch the action unfold with the Deep Dive on Tour video series on YouTube. Follow along with pros Kyle Patrick, Chris Zaldain, and
Chris Zaldain caught what he calls “big-little fish” to claim a 6th-place finish at the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake Martin in mid-February. While “big-little fish” sounds like an oxymoron, it’s actually an interesting mindset for dealing with lakes that are known for having a big population of
If you have fished tournaments for any length of time, you might be able to relate to this scenario. During practice, you find your best fish in a main creek arm, far up the lake. The area is a long way from the official ramp, but it contains bigger fish
February, finally! The wait is over. The length of daylight is currently increasing at a rate of about 2 minutes per day. That may not sound like much, but over the course of the month, the net gain is about an hour more of daylight. And the fish know it.
February is here, which means it’s officially trap time. Call it a rattle trap, a Rat-L-Trap, a lipless crankbait, a lipless rattler, or simply a trap – these noisemakers are proven fish catchers from the early pre-spawn through the spawn, across a variety of fisheries. March used to be considered
It’s the end of January, and water temperatures across the country are bottoming out for the year. From now through April, daylight hours will increase, and inevitably, water temperatures have nowhere to go but up. Warming water is at a premium during this time of year. Finding specific zones
The Deep Dive app’s list of pro features, which helps anglers of all levels catch more fish on popular public lakes, has now grown to twelve different possible channels of information. All twelve channels are not available for every lake included on Deep Dive, but some lakes will have