Alaska: Number 1 in Bass Fishing Searches: Google Search Trends showed a big surge in bass fishing related search terms back in 2004 for Alaska. The graph spikes at 100. Instinct tells me this was more for a search for Rock Bass or Striped Bass versus largemouth or smallmouth bass. Either way interesting information for you to enjoy. Alaska: Number 1 in Bass Fishing Searches Catching giant striped bass or giant trout on a fly line would be a blast if you ask me.

Early Fall Bass Fishing – Perry Lake Game Plan This weekend’s tournament takes place about 20 miles north of Topeka, Kansas, on Perry Lake. It’s only my second time on this lake—the first was last weekend when I spent about four hours scouting. Right now, Perry is 4 feet above normal pool due to downstream flooding. Conditions & Strategy The water has been high for a while, and there are no plans to release it soon.

Fish Finders Don’t Lie Fish Finders Don’t Lie: Brent Ehrler’s Winning Tactics - In-Fisherman: After reading the piece about Brent Ehrler’s win at Table Rock Lake, I wanted to share this video about trusting your electronics. The quality and sensitivity of of today’s sonar is outstanding. Truly, we need to trust what it’s telling us. Anglers often purchase a high dollar device only to end up using it as a depth gauge.

Buddy Tournament Fishing is it for You? The past few years I’ve been fishing buddy tournaments. I went into fishing these buddy tournaments with apprehension. Would they be good ‘ole boys with a case of Bud in one hand and Zebco in the other or would they be guys as competitive as me? Let me tell you, I was happy to find out these guys are ultra-competitive. They’ll put a whoopin’ on you in a heartbeat and not think twice about it.

Top 10 Bass Fishing Mistakes: I thought I would take a minute and talk about some of the mistakes that novice fisherman make. We all start out on the same level for the most part, Jonathan Van Dam, might be an exception to that rule, but for the most part we all suck. So to make that sucking go away a little faster I’ve put together a Top 10 list of what I’ve learned the hard way.

I am always learning how to fish. Always. It never fails: anytime I think I am starting to figure out how to bass fish, the bass tell me different. I’m sure we all go through it in one way or another. Is it that we are off our game? Or are the bass learning the rules of the game? Always learning how to bass fish Learning Learning is something that anglers should be doing all the time.

Bluffed Again:How I fish bluff walls for bass: With all of the advances in electronics these days it’s easy to get lazy, and use the map in your Lowrance Elite-12 or the Hummingbird in your dash. Don’t get me wrong, these are invaluable pieces of technology that help anglers find the fish, especially with the newer side and down imaging technologies. River Channel When the lake that you are fishing goes for miles and miles, with a lot of the same structure or cover, you have to look for something special.

Lake Ozark - http://mostateparks.com/park/lake-ozarks-stateouri It’s shallower than other Ozark lakes, which makes learning how to fish here a real challenge for a novice angler. But persistence pays off—patience can fill your livewell with big largemouth bass. My Tournament Day on Lake Ozark Lake Ozark holds spotted bass and smallmouth bass, but the bulk of keepers will be largemouth. Quick Background on the Water The launch area is a river. When the hydroelectric current was flowing, a 109 lb MotorGuide was needed to fish it.