Pocket : Football Season is Here

Pocket : Football Season is Here: "Change is in the air. Days are starting to get shorter and these are accompanied by cooler nights. Leaves have taken on different colors and have started to fall from the trees; there is a change happening all around us, but one of the biggest changes to come at this time of the year is football season. No I'm not talking about the NFL or College football, this is the time of the season when bass start to head back to the shallows to put on the feed bag and get ready for the upcoming winter."

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Pocket : Late-summer and Fall Fishing off Michigan's Mount Bohemia

Pocket : Late-summer and Fall Fishing off Michigan's Mount Bohemia: "Boaters, paddlers, and fishermen on Lac La Belle enjoy a magnificent water-level view as Mt. Bohemia puts on its stunning annual fall foliage fashion show before the snow flies and the ski hill opens. Image by Jim Junttila.

As the hardwoods up the slope to Michigan’s Mount Bohemia catch fire turning red and gold, fishermen know that spray of color signals the start of some of the best fishing of the season."

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Pocket : Why Women Fish

Pocket : Why Women Fish: "It isn’t to get a suntan or read a book—women fish for as many unique reasons as there are sizes and shapes of women. Barb Carey of WI Women Fish has met hundreds of them and learned something very important in the process."

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Pocket : The Tube Drop: Tube Fishing Tips

Pocket : The Tube Drop: Tube Fishing Tips: "Locating deeper fish can be simple!  Catching them on the other hand is a completely different story, especially if we’re talking smallmouth.  Smallmouth bass tend to be finicky, more so than largemouth, and a lot of factors come into play, such as; whether, current, wind and even the moon.  If you find yourself locating deep fish, upwards of 40 – 50ft, have figured out how they are relating to the structure; whether it be on breaks, on or beside rock piles or small isolated patches of grass you will be limited to a few techniques to catch them."

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Pocket : Five Fall Fishing Tips for Reservoir Bass

Pocket : Five Fall Fishing Tips for Reservoir Bass: "Fall arrives with both the air and water temperatures starting to cool. Not only do we get the benefit of more comfortable conditions but so will all fish species in bass reservoirs across the land!
Changing environments cause bass to alter their behavior as well. Knowing how these changes impact your favorite reservoir’s bass locations and actions can definitely help improve your bass fishing success."

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Pocket : How to Fish for Summer Topwater Trout

Pocket : How to Fish for Summer Topwater Trout: "They could very well be one of the most underrated of Florida’s sport fish. Lacking the sturdiness of a snook or redfish, speckled trout are known for their soft bodies and paper thin mouths. But once these fish reach about 24 inches, they earn the nickname “gator trout” for an undeniable ferocity most clearly displayed in their treatment of topwater plugs."

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Pocket : Flippin' Matted Grass for Late Summer Lunkers

Pocket : Flippin' Matted Grass for Late Summer Lunkers: "Heading into late summer, hot temperatures and limited rain normally produce dropping water levels in many lakes. Meanwhile, abundant sunshine and clearer water produce the most prolific weedbeds in our lakes at the same time. The combination of lowered water levels and exploding weed growth results in huge fields of matted grassbeds. This placid looking flotilla of hydrilla, milfoil, and other submerged vegetation belies the labyrinth of tunnels beneath the surface where bass are actively feeding on bluegill and shad. From late summer through fall, flipping matted grass can make for outstanding shallow water fishing for big bass, even on the hottest and sunniest days of the year."

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Pocket : The Majesty of Water

Pocket : The Majesty of Water: "Submerge yourself into the depths of a discussion of the world's most important compound...H Two Oh. Oh, sure, oil is a big deal...but water is bigger. When oil goes away we have a transportation nightmare. If water goes away, we die. Ah, but not to worry too much. When oil is used, it's gone. Water has been recycled for eons. Our job is to expedite that recycle thing.
Permit this indulgence, please, as we delve into some of the philosophical, spiritual, emotional, and physical aspects of this magical substance."

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Pocket : The Devil’s Horse – A Propbait Served Southern Style – Part II

Pocket : The Devil’s Horse – A Propbait Served Southern Style – Part II: "In terms of modifications to his Devil’s Horse topwaters, Barry Weaver does very little. He adds an oval split-ring to the nose of the bait, because the knot will not slip into the groove, as is often the case with round split-rings."

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Pocket : Sabine Surrender — Sabine River bass fishing tactics

Pocket : Sabine Surrender — Sabine River bass fishing tactics: "In the corner of his eye, Lake Charles’ Ken Chaumont spied what he was looking for. On a weedy point on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River across from Orange, Texxas, balls of “rain shad,” as he called them, were erupting from the water.

“Ohhhh, we are going to get into them now,” said the 58-year-old angler and veteran lure designer with Egret Baits."

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