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Summer Bass Fishing Tips
There are certain presentations that I believe ignite the bite like this; a heavy jigging spoon in the 1 oz. range dropped over schools of fish is one bait that accomplishes this. Active bass are generally located where the most shallow water meets the deepest water, and this is always a way to fire up a school that is hunting food.
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Planer Fishing: Reach Suspending Fish
When you are running larger fishing planers at speed, so much resistance is created that you need a much heavier outfit just to handle the pressure. You could run this in-line, but your tackle will take a lot of heat.
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Homosassa Inshore Fishing Report June 21: Capt. William Toney
For catching something good to eat and abundant on the nearshore rocks and hard bottom go for grey grunts. The term "grits and grunts" means invite me over!
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Homosassa Inshore Fishing Report June 15: Capt. William Toney
Full moons and new moons have a big influence on the intensity of how much or how less the Gulfs waters will move.
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Homosassa Inshore Fishing Report: Capt. William Toney
As we push into our summer high tides especially around the full and new moons incoming tides can help redfish and snook get out of reach to anglers.
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Understanding the Shad Spawn to Catch More Bass
The biggest change and most positive change I see every year is what it means from a bait perspective. The past month or so prior to this period the bass were lethargic. I generally fish slow baits like football jigs, worms, creature bait type looks keeping contact with the bottom and taunting bass with plastics. All of a sudden you can put those baits back in your tackle box and make your move to aggressive baits.
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Edge Fishing Largemouth Bass
Regardless of age, fishing experience or time on the water, you can be a successful bass fisherman by just locating edges and looking for bass. Sometimes the type of edge makes a difference. Become a master of edge fishing for bass. With just a little knowledge you can easily understand the different edges and where the bass hide when you observe them along the edge of a drop.
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Fishing and the Rona
In all seriousness, fishing is one of the premier social distancing endeavors. Nobody wants another angler standing right next to them. If you are casting, you need room to maneuver. When doing battle with a nice fish, you need deck space or shoreline to move around. The lynch pin is being with your fishing mates. The camaraderie we share is the juice.
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The Changing Habits of Bedding Bass
The basics of bedding bass have changed considerably, we use to be able to bet on the fact that the bass would bed in many of the same locations year after year; today that is not necessarily true. Bass seem to have a memory of locations that drive them to different areas of the lake, as they might have been caught in areas before.
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Big Florida Bass with Nick Kefalides
If it is your desire to catch the trophy bass of a lifetime or to develop a better understanding of the Central Florida lake system, Nick Kefalides, of Warrior 2 Bass guide service, is the bass fishing guide you need to fishing with. You will walk away from your time on the water with him a much smarter bass fisherman and with a new friend.
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Fishing Videos Subscription from In The Spread
Just because someone has been fishing for a long time does not mean they can be considered among the best. It all comes down to fishing intellect. Our focus is on working with people that are experts at targeting given species, not just folks that have been doing it for a long time. Young, old, man or woman, we only work with those that stand out.
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Use Your Electronics for Winter Bass Fishing
Scanning the bottom can be the most important aspect of a winter fisherman, you can eliminate time, narrow down depth to within a foot of the strike zone and see where the fishing is holding in respect to the current on your lake.
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Wahoo Fishing - Questions of Movement
The question remains, do wahoo migrate throughout the Atlantic? Is there a size bias to fish that migrate or when they show up? It makes sense that the bigger the wahoo the more it needs to eat and thus more of a likelihood that the fish would follow bait schools moving around the Atlantic basin.
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Cold Water Bass Fishing | Mike Gerry | In The Spread
Put it in the strike zone shake it, raise it, pop it and get your bait in front of those stingy winter bass and you will catch more fish. Be consistent and when you get that first bite in an area, don’t give up on that area until you prove to yourself there is no more bites.
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Winter Bass Fishing Water Level Changes with Capt. Mike Gerry
Rising water is generally muddy from the rain making it necessary to fish reds or purples or bright chartreuse to make sure your bait is seen during this muddy time period. One thing that rising water presents to the fisherman is areas of clear water near the bank.
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How to Catch Baits for Muskie Fishing
If I'm targeting muskies, I'm not that interested in large numbers of minnows, shad, etc. I'm looking for a few (Half dozen) large creek minnows, suckers, shiners, or shad. Small creeks and streams usually have the big bait I'm looking for.
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Cold Water Muskie Fishing with Dwayne Hickey
Remember, even though you may ponder how the heck a muskie would even want to eat your lure in nearly freezing water temps, keep in mind they must feed! Fish adapt well to cold water. So, it becomes a mind game that us anglers must overcome. Here are some musky fishing tips that will help the odds when it comes to hooking up with cold water giants.
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Booking Guides Made Easy with Captain Experiences
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Big Tackle for Musky Fishing
If you have good strong line, strong leaders, sharp hooks and can tie a good knot, you have all the nuts and bolts for a battle you can win! Let's face it. When it comes to musky fishing, there is no margin for error!
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Bass Fishing the Winter Transition with Capt. Mike Gerry
There is no doubt that this time of year feeding is rare, but bass always react to quick jerks or baits being dropped off edges from shallow to deep water. Rattle baits have been successful reaction baits as the weather changes for many years.