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July-August

  Night Fishing on Dale Hollow

   Spring time walleye fishing gets the blood pumping a little faster and the thought of getting out the spinning rods, light lines, and jigs makes walleye fanatics get a little jumpy. Who doesn’t love vertical jigging for the opener? Find the shallow water breaklines and start jigging. It just seems to help flush away the cabin fever from our veins. Read More

Ray Scott's Fishing Lake

   The May 2010 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine named Ray Scott’s private bass lake in Pintlala, AL the top bass water in the U.S. in a short list of five bass destinations worldwide. It was preceded only by Japanese Lake Biwa where a November 2009 catch by a Japanese angler tied the standing American world record of 22-4. Read More

   Crappie rigging success: Ron Barker

   Just like any other type of fishing there is a time and place to use a particular type of rig that is going to maximize your crappie catching. This is not to say that one type is better than another but one rig may be better at providing the presentation needed when you are slow trolling, long lining, fishing brush, grass, open water, etc. I use three or four rigs throughout the year and change as needed to get the best presentation to entice the bite. Wind and weather as well as where you find the fish are located may require a change of style while on the water. Read More

May-June

 Shallow Water Grouper: David A.Brown

   The premise is simple: Grouper’s excellent food value has made it a perennial favorite among anglers. However, the politics of proximity tend to exclude those lacking the means for reaching deep offshore waters where keeper grouper typically abide – "typically" being the operative word. Read More

Advanced Deep Cranking: John Crews

   We all want to win. How do you win? You fish baits that win tournaments. There is no better bait to win a summertime bass tournament on most impoundments than a deep diving crankbait. These large hard plastic baits with treble hooks use resistance against a large bill to dive to depths of 10 to over 20 feet. Look at the history of professional bass tournaments over the past 20 years. The fact is that they win a lot of tournaments. Read More

March-April

Loving The Spawn: John Crews Bass Elite Pro

    Bass make love during the spawn. Bass anglers should love the spawn yet many anglers are not feeling the love during that special time. This should be a time of year to take pictures of trophy bass during beautiful spring days when the dogwoods are blooming and the sun is finally beaming. Lunkers come to the bank during this magical mating season and informed anglers can be there to make memories. Read More

Meal time for King fish: David A Brown

   If kingfish carried Blackberries or iPhones, their calendars would have just one entry for each day – "Eat." No doubt, these streamlined predators with migratory instincts basically swim from one meal to the next. That said, anglers who make food readily available will bring many kings to the boat. Read More

Ask Bill Dance: Bill Dance

   It’s common to hear really experienced fisherman use the term D.O., or dissolved oxygen. But what does it mean? From a fisherman’s viewpoint, D.O. stands for the amount of dissolved oxygen in water. And it supports everything that lives there—from fish to vegetation to algae.So where does all this important D.O. come from? Read More

New Fishing Paradise: Ray Scott  BASS Founder

   In the fishing world, the proof is in the creel.  So when Ray Scott assures the trip of a lifetime to guests coming to his new Trophy Bass Retreat,  it’s nice to have the creel numbers to back up his promise. That’s what he got with his first early bird group of anglers this past November. Although his Bass Retreat does not officially open until 2010 he honored a request from a friend in Washington DC, Federal Judge Bill Roberts and three other anglers to test the bass waters as well as his facilities, reconfigured to comfortably accommodate up to 8 anglers. Read More