Don’t Fish In the Trees : The Fishing Wire: One of the best pro’s in the business Todd Faircloth breaks down how we are wasting our time fishing the trees. Most often the fish are related to the area because of contours and depth or time of year, the trees just happen to be cover for them. Check out what Todd has to offer you for your next adventure to that tree riddled lake and endless list of targets.

Early Morning Optimism

Headed out to Clinton Lake before dawn—overcast skies, boat rigged up, everything looked good. Picked up Greg, sailed through the drive, and hit the water ready to fish.

Chaos at the Ramp

• First hiccup: Trolling motor was dead at the ramp.
• Back up the hill, tools out in the Arnie’s Boats parking lot, finally got her spinning after some frustration.
• But trailer brakes? Totally shot, and discovered to be metric lines when repairs began.

If you’ve ever tried fixing brakes with the wrong flare tools, you know the pain…

Underspin. Here’s a better look. Turns out I was ahead of the curve on this one.

Casey Ashley won the Bassmaster Classic on a very similar bait.

Boat Towing Gas Savers: It’s important to keep the rig rolling down the road.  Small things I do that can help keep a couple dollars in my pocket.

You hear it all the time to check your tire pressure.  

But make Sure and Check the SPARE on both the tow and boat!!

Missed a Big One: Hit a local yocal today and found quite a few Big bucks running the bank.   Had about 20 min to fish, so I had to make the best of it.

Targeting spawning flats

Started with a custom painted Pop-r and had a nice 8 lber blow up on it.  Being my first cast of the day I choked and yanked it out of his mouth !  ARGH!!  Missed a Big One!