Sunday, November 9, 2014

Three New Ways To Use Old Soft Plastic Rigs | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Three New Ways To Use Old Soft Plastic Rigs | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "If you call yourself a bass fisherman, you likely know the three basic soft-plastic rigs, the two named after states and the one that’s wacky. What you may be unaware of, however, is that you’re not using them to their full potential. Here are three ways to use those rigs to catch fish and impress your friends."



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The Float-N-Fly In Depth | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

The Float-N-Fly In Depth | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "I fully expect to be taunted by several of my fellow anglers by writing about a bobber and crappie jig technique that just so happens to involve a 10ft fairy wand in any serious bass fishing publication. But I can guarantee you one thing: if your lakes meet all the requirements and conditions for this technique, and you put this tactic to work for you, I can pretty much GUARANTEE you success and not to mention a lot of winter time memories."



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Line Size Does Matter | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Line Size Does Matter | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "t was about an hour before time leave for weigh-in and I had one little dink in the livewell. I'd been casting this crankbait o long I was sure I would be sore when Tuesday got here. We had pre-fished the day before the tournament and had talked. A friend "owed" me some information due to the fact that I had shared my pattern with him at the last lake we had fished."



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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: "
Gary Klein
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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10 Things That Make Your Day A Lot Easier | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

10 Things That Make Your Day A Lot Easier | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Nothing spoils a day on the water like equipment hassles. If you are a tournament angler a problem like tangled line or a crankbait stuck in the carpet can cost you valuable time. Even if you are simply fishing for fun those kinds of issues can put you in a bad mood and affect your fishing. But cheer up! There are tons of inexpensive gadgets to help make an angler’s life easier. Here are some of my favorites."



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Smallmouth Bass Fishing Tips & Articles - Learning How To Fish

Smallmouth Bass Fishing Tips & Articles - Learning How To Fish: "If your fishing Smallmouth Bass find cool clear water with a abundance of crayfish, and when you hook a Smallmouth be prepared for spectacular leaps and determined dives unrivaled among freshwater fish. Smallmouth Bass before the early 1900’s where found primarily in the Great Lakes and Eastern, Central States river systems. But over time they where introduced in Western and Northern States through stocking programs in natural lakes and rivers along with the highly successful introduction in Southern Canadian Shield clear, rocky, cool lakes and rivers. The world record is 10 pounds 14 ounces caught in Tennessee on Dale Hollow Reservoir in 1969."



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Denny Brauer's Jig Tips | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Denny Brauer's Jig Tips | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "While weather and water conditions constantly change during the Wal-Mart FLW Tour season, Denny Brauer's approach to catching bass rarely wavers. Whether the skies are sunny or cloudy or the water is clear or muddy, one thing is certain. Brauer will have a jig tied to at least one of his rods."



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Working Deep Cranks | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Working Deep Cranks | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "If you are going to fish deeper water for bass, folks often will think of using a weighted soft plastic like a worm, lizard or jig. However the same major advantage that a crankbait has in working shallow-water bass applies to deeper water areas. This of course is the ability to cover greater areas of water in a given period of time. The speed of covering given types of cover, and depths allow you the critical advantage of working through variables which enable you to establish a reproducible pattern."



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Gnarly Crankbaiting | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Gnarly Crankbaiting | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "It looks like a nightmare for a treble hook - twisted stumps, stickups, deadfalls and water so shallow that a diving lip is sure to dig a furrow. It brings new meaning to the expression "knock on wood" because you'll need all the luck you can muster just to avoid getting snagged."



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Trapping A Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Trapping A Bass | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "In our ongoing quest to find new and improved ways to catch more bass, sometimes the answer is right before our very eyes. So often the most effective means of boating more fish is so simple, we overlook it. Chances are it is right in front of you, but you don't see it. It's like not being able to see the forest through the trees, so to speak"



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Crashing Crankbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Crashing Crankbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Nine out of ten times, when an angler hears the word "crankbait", the immediate picture that comes to mind is a large-lipped, deep-diver in a clear, obstruction-free, open-lake water. Not so. If by the end of this article, I manage to convince you that this is not the only application to use such crankbaits, then I have done my job. What we're discussing here just ain't your daddy's crankbaits, anymore!"



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Rat-L-Trap Colors | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Rat-L-Trap Colors | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Well, we all asked for it and the lure companies gave it to us. I'm talking about all the different colors lures come in today. How many of us have called lure companies and said. "If you would just add a little green on the back, this lure would kill em." We are all guilty.
   The truth is that we do need a good selection of colors and, they are fun in the tackle shop. However, with a few tips you can keep it fairly simple."



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Don't Give 'Em No Lip! | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Don't Give 'Em No Lip! | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "When I first became introduced to the lipless crankbait I was primarily in the "farm pond" phase of my fishing career. When I could get off after school or during the summer, my trusty (?) 1947 four-cylinder Willis would hit the county roads of Lamar and Red River county finding as many folks as possible who would let a kid cast in their farm pond. "



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Find 'Em and Catch 'Em On Crankbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Find 'Em and Catch 'Em On Crankbaits | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "You can catch fish on a crankbait just by throwing it out and cranking it back in. It’s so easy a child could do it. In fact, a lot of anglers consider crankbaits idiot baits. It is true that a simple retrieve will catch, but if your goal is to catch a lot of bass on a crankbait it pays to learn a few tricks."



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Make Your Baitcaster Fly! | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Make Your Baitcaster Fly! | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "The following is a series of observations based on my experiences with reel maintenance, tuning and upgrading. I do not do this professionally. I work on my own reels because I enjoy it. I started to do so a long time ago. I had to. When I got my first “real” reel, the deal was, I had to maintain it myself. If I wanted any more good equipment I had to demonstrate that I was capable of taking care of what I had."



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Trappin Bass In The Jungle - Part III | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Trappin Bass In The Jungle - Part III | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "n part three… Mike Siefert, an expert Arkansas guide on Lake Millwood, teaches us about colors and patterns, discusses sizes, casting, scent usage, split-rings and speed-clips, line, rods, reels, and rod position. He shows us how to adjust to changing water levels, light conditions, and when to change up.  Discussed are the unique challenges of working with pros, when to hire a guide, how success is in the details, and the power of confidence."



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Trapping Bass In The Jungle - Part II | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Trapping Bass In The Jungle - Part II | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Mike Siefert, an expert Arkansas guide, was sharing in PART I where big fish hung out on Lake Millwood, and how stealth and technique specifics were important in fishing “the jungle” - an intimidating minefield of stumps and broken trees, surrounded by endless acres of aquatic hydrilla, coontail, pond weed, lily pads, and alligator weeds"



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Trappin Bass In The Jungle - Part I | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC

Trappin Bass In The Jungle - Part I | The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide® LLC: "Inches below the surface of the stained water, is an intimidating minefield of stumps and decaying timber.  Endless acres of aquatic shallows are choked by hydrilla, coontail, pond weed, deertounge grass, lily pads, and alligator weeds.  The locals call it “The Jungle”.  
   Even if a visiting angler was warned by the native residents to stick to the river channels when up on plane, and been wisely cautioned to crawl through the menacing jungle to preserve their bass boat’s gelcoat from submerged wood"



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Topwater fishing tips | FishElbows

Topwater fishing tips | FishElbows:



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Pike Fishing Tips and Techniques – North East Rivers of the US – HD 2014 | FishElbows

Pike Fishing Tips and Techniques – North East Rivers of the US – HD 2014 | FishElbows: "Pike Fishing Tips and Techniques to use in the North East Rivers of the United States. Here are some tips and tricks that you can use to help you land the Northern Pike that you have been looking for. Pike fishing techniques can be the difference between a good fishing or a great day. With practice and using the tips and techniques on this video you will be one step closer to catching the big ones."



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10 Ice Fishing Tips | eBay

10 Ice Fishing Tips | eBay: "Ice fishing is a fun and exciting past time during the long winter months.   Almost any lake with a safe covering of ice should have hungry fish waiting below.  Ice at least four inches deep is considered safe for fishing.  Having the right equipment is essential to your success and enjoyment on the lake.  "



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