Friday, June 29, 2012

Tough Summer Fishing | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Tough Summer Fishing | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "There is no such a thing as a standard summer pattern, because no two lakes are alike. In the last year or so you have seen articles on why it is so hard to catch bass, not just in the summer, but all year long. Some claim that the bass are just gone from the lakes and others talk about how bass are smart enough to know the difference between an artificial lure and live bait. I'm no biologist, but like the other anglers and writers, I have my own ideas about why it seems tougher to catch bass now than in the past."

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Keep Them In The Crosshairs | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Keep Them In The Crosshairs | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Often times we lose focus.  We think color, we think size profile, we keep thinking like a bass, of which we are not.  We always need to remain the hunter, not the hunted.  Do not think like the prey, we need to remain the hunter of both the bass and its prey, but to think like neither."

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Bass Fishing Using a Search and Destroy Method | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Bass Fishing Using a Search and Destroy Method | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Ok, so perhaps Destroy is too strong of a word, but when on the lake you need to attack the water in order to maximize your time fishing. There are always limits to the amount of time you have on the water, and even if that time is unlimited, the best fishing times are often compacted into very specific and short periods of the day. To that end, a key strategy that helps you catch more fish and stay on task is by utilizing different baits to cover the maximum amount of water and then slowing down in high potential areas."

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Tying a Uni knot | Bassmaster

Tying a Uni knot | Bassmaster: "One of the strongest knots an angler can use is the Uni slip knot, more commonly referred to as a Uni knot. I use a Uni slip knot the majority of the time when connecting a lure to my line. It works great on any type or size of line."

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

State Record-breaking Virginia White Perch Is a Potential World Record

State Record-breaking Virginia White Perch Is a Potential World Record: "When you hear of a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 2 ounces, your first thought may not be of the records it could be breaking. But not only is a 3 pounds, 2 ounces white perch a new Virginia state record, it’s pending certification by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) as a new world record."

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Huge Lake Trout Caught by 84 Year Old at Montana's Flathead Lake Fishing Day

Huge Lake Trout Caught by 84 Year Old at Montana's Flathead Lake Fishing Day: "Donna Commers has fished much of her life, but hasn’t been able to go in recent years.  Yesterday she had the luck of her life.  Comers, 84, a resident at Lakeview Care Center in Bigfork, landed a 37-inch, 15 pound lake trout at the Fishing Without Barriers Day on Flathead Lake."

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Video: Catching Smallmouth Bass on Tube Jigs

Video: Catching Smallmouth Bass on Tube Jigs: "Watch as “Reel” Good Fishin’ Buddies Marc Granger and Chris Hoelscher land some smallmouth bass with unsavory attitudes on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair. Marc and Chris show the versatility of the tube jig and its ability to fool “slab” smallies!"

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Fishing the Alabama Rig | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Fishing the Alabama Rig | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "What type of fishing rod, reel, and line should you be using to cast one of these new-fangled contraptions called an “Alabama” Rig (also known as The Deadly 5, Bait Chaser Rig, The Swarm, Umbrella Rig?)  For starters, you’re going to need heavier types of outfits, as your fishing rods and reels must be able to handle heavy weighted lures."

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How To Recover A Deeply Discharged Marine Battery | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

How To Recover A Deeply Discharged Marine Battery | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "What are some options to recover a deep-cycle marine battery that is difficult to recharge?  Learn the tricks in this video!"

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Bananas for B.A.S.S. in La Crosse | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Bananas for B.A.S.S. in La Crosse | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Seldom since Ray Scott organized the first one at Beaver Lake, Arkansas 45 years ago, has B.A.S.S. held a tournament in Wisconsin."

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

New device/app could turn your smartphone into a fishfinder

New device/app could turn your smartphone into a fishfinder: "Your smartphone and/or tablet can do just about everything else, why can’t they help you catch fish? Well, if the Deeper fishfinder ends up being commercially produced, they will be able to. The floating device would be paired with the user’s Android or iOS device, and would let them know if fish were in the area."

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Monday, June 18, 2012

New York DEC Announces First State Record Fish for 2012

New York DEC Announces First State Record Fish for 2012: "For the seventh time in eight years, the record for catching the largest brook trout in New York state was recently broken, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. William Altman caught a 5 lb. 14 oz. brook trout from the West Canada Wilderness Area in Hamilton County on May 5."

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Worm Fishing | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Worm Fishing | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "One of the most important tools every bass angler should have is a working knowledge of the basics of fishing plastic worms. Throughout bass fishing history, some of the greatest wins have been because of the plastic worm. Those of you who are new to sport need to know about worm fishing and some of us who have been involved for years sometimes need to look back at the basics to find our game again."

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Aquatic Plants— Love/Hate Relationships | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Aquatic Plants— Love/Hate Relationships | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Early on in my fisheries career, I was convinced aquatic plants in a pond were bad. After all, I was trained as an aquaculturist, taught to grow as many fish as possible in a given body of water. And, for a fish hatchery that raises one species of fish in a pond, that's still the norm. No aquatic plants."

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Bass Attacks Fisherman and Gets Caught

Bass Attacks Fisherman and Gets Caught: "Don’t put your hands in that water, or the bass will bite you,” Barry Smith of American Sport Fish Hatchery, in Montgomery, Alabama, would tell his employees, when the men came around a tank full of genetically-engineered Tiger Bass."

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Shallow Bassin' | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Shallow Bassin' | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "When I was a youngster I got to hear a Cajun fishing guide on Caddo Lake explain his philosophy of bass fishing. Simply put if the water was over the depth of his push pole, it was too deep. The lake is, in many parts, a typical bayou. Cypress islands dot the surface and narrow feeder channels wind through the forests into the main Cypress Bayou channel."

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Shimano's bass product line | Bassmaster

Shimano's bass product line | Bassmaster:

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20 Questions with Mike Iaconelli | Bassmaster

20 Questions with Mike Iaconelli | Bassmaster: "B.A.S.S.
Mike Iaconelli has truly done it all in the world of professional bass fishing. He's a former Bassmaster Classic champion, a Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year, a B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship winner, he's won over $1 million in prize money and weighed in over 100 pounds in a tournament. The only he hadn't done was face our 20 Questions ... until now."

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End Frustrating Spinning Reel Tangles | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

End Frustrating Spinning Reel Tangles | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "He's qualified for 29 Bassmaster Classics. He's won two Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year titles. He's also watched a lot of amateur spinning reel users come unspooled. "People fail to pay attention at the end of the cast," says legendary angler Gary Klein. For him, avoiding dreaded spinning reel tangles is a matter of habit -- the habit of manually flipping the bail closed."

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Top Water Smallmouth Bass Fishing

Top Water Smallmouth Bass Fishing: "If you have never experienced the thrill of top water smallmouth bass fishing, then you haven’t lived. Just don’t take up this style of fishing if you are recovering from a heart attack or have high cholesterol, lol!"

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Wisconsin Record for Carp by Alternative Method Broken by Teenager

Wisconsin Record for Carp by Alternative Method Broken by Teenager: "Where do you think three normal 18 and 19 year olds would be on a Friday night? Bowfishing probably wasn’t your first answer, but it produced a memorable reward for Zack Seitz, 18, of Campbellsport, Wisconsin and his two friends."

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Topwater Know-How | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Topwater Know-How | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "I don’t think I’ve ever met a fisherman who didn’t get excited when he talked about topwater fishing.  There’s no greater angling thrill than having a bass explode on your surface lure. "

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Friday, June 8, 2012

All Year Jerkbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

All Year Jerkbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "I'm not going to lie to you. One of my favorite ways to catch bass is using a jerkbait. Because I am a true power fisherman, this technique allows me to cover maximum amounts of water, and allows me to generate that reaction strike that I'm always trying to generate. In fact, my first major win as a pro, the 1999 B.A.S.S. Top 150 on Lake Champlain, came in part to help from a jerkbait. So lets discuss the when, what, and where of jerkbaiting."

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Carolina Rigs - Going Deep | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Carolina Rigs - Going Deep | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "The Carolina rig has been around since the early days of tournament bass fishing, but it didn't always hold the high-priority status it enjoys today."

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

George Perry's world record largemouth bass | Bassmaster

George Perry's world record largemouth bass | Bassmaster: "In football, "the catch" was Dwight Clark's snag of Joe Montana's pass to win the 1982 NFC Championship Game. In baseball, "the catch" was Willie Mays' grab of Vic Wertz's long drive to centerfield in the 1954 World Series."

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How deep can you go for bass? | Bassmaster

How deep can you go for bass? | Bassmaster: "With the recent exposure of the long lining technique and the rapid approach of summer, bass anglers everywhere are interested in getting their crankbaits deeper — down to where the bass are living and feeding much of the time as temperatures start to climb."

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

New Michigan State Record Catfish Caught, Breaks Record Set in 1943

New Michigan State Record Catfish Caught, Breaks Record Set in 1943: "The Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed the catch of a new state record flathead catfish."

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

After The Catch | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

After The Catch | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "When the path down Sportsmanship Lane lead anglers into the noble age of catch and release fishing, we took pride in the fact that it was an admirable commitment to put back what we could have taken away from the resource. And life was good until the reality of delayed mortality appeared like a dark cloud."

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Friday, June 1, 2012

New Lake Trout Record Set in Pennsylvania

New Lake Trout Record Set in Pennsylvania: "The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has certified a lake trout caught by Todd Young of Nazareth, Pa., as the new state record for that species."

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Survival fishing techniques bank lines

Survival fishing techniques bank lines: "Bank lines are a form of fishing similar to trot lines. For those that do not know about trot lines, they are a way to fish without being present watching the pole. Below is a diagram of what a bank line usually looks like."

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