Spring Rains Muddy Up The Bass Spawn.
Joe Garrett hoisted the largemouth bass high making sure I saw there was no bloody tail. “I don’t care what anybody says,” he stated emphatically, “they haven’t started spawning yet!”
Several sources reported spawning fish the last few weeks and Garrett repeatedly stated it was not so. This was the third bass of the morning and […]
SUMMER DRAW DOWNS DRIVE BASS DEEP
I felt the 11‑inch plastic worm crawl over every rock with the agonizingly slow sweeping retrieves coached by my guide. After tedious fishless hours methodically plowing over, through and around rocky bottoms and submerged snags there was a violent reaction to a hookset. The rod pulsed sharply downward as a heavy fish fought […]
[more...]SPRING BASS FISHING IS A SIGHT GAME ON CLEAR LAKES.
Joe pitched a sluggo at a spawning bed. A large shadow cautiously swam out to investigate, then slowly retreated. Joe, virtually imperceptibly, twitched his lure while verbally coaxing the lunker to take another look at it as well. Suddenly, it darted out and engulfed it. After Joe’s patented jarring hookset, the battle […]
[more...]PH LEVELS DECIDE WHICH 10% OF WATER TO FISH.
Ken Cook, fish biologist, used knowledge of PH levels to win the 1991 BASS MASTER CLASSIC on Chesapeake Bay. He reportedly spends most tournament practice days determining what PH levels exist at the pending tournament site. When a bass tournament officially starts, Cook usually knew where to find the action. Penny Berryman paralleled much the […]
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