Baits get hot in the fishing world overnight. It happens all of the time. Someone catches a giant bass on this, or someone wins a tournament on that. It is so common that we don’t even think about the progression of how the lure came to be, or what characteristics make it different from [...]
Crankbait
A Good Year on the Susquehanna Flats
A Good Year on the Susquehanna Flats This year the warm winter with no snowmelt up north allowed me to start guiding on the Susquehanna Flats in late March. The water temperature was 58.2 degrees on March 30th and 59.5 degrees on May 3rd, the last day of the catch and release season. It turned [...]
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11-Year-Old Lands 12-Plus-Pound Walleye in Lake Erie
Dylan Schmitt had an Easter weekend to remember. Dylan, 11, was fishing with his father, Chris, out of Port Clinton, Ohio for an Easter weekend walleye excursion. The Metamora, Ind. natives had an epic weekend, catching 35 to 40 walleye a day while trolling crankbaits. Most of the fish were more than 7 pounds, and [...]
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Vicious Pro Kevin Short Talks Squarebill Crankbaits and more!
Mike Pehanich’s Small Waters Fishing interviews Vicious Fishing and Bassmaster Elite Series pro Kevin Short to analyze his rod, reel and line preferences for fishing squarebill crankbaits.
what artificial lures can I use to entice patrolling peacock bass to bite?
the peacock bass swim back and forth in twos and threes in an area near a culvert where largemouth hide and tilapia bed. They shy when I toss in spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, plastic worms, and crankbaits.
Spring Bass and Lipless Crankbaits – General Fishing – Texas Fishing
Strike King Pro Mark Menendez has springtime fishing on his mind and during the pre-spawn period, a lipless crankbait can be one of the most effective lures anglers have in their box. Do you have yours?
Percy Priest 2/23/12
Thursday Feb 23 I had the pleasure of fishing with Bill Hawk from Texas and his son-in law Justin from Franklin TN. Bill is a former BASS Pro and current Saltwater Pro for redfish and speckled trout. Justin is a songwriter and artist here in Nashville with some projects coming out soon. We had some [...]
Percy Priest 2/22/12
Wednesday Feb 22 Had a great trip today with Peter and Ross, in town from Minnesota. We started out the day waiting for the hail, lightening and rain to pass. Once that did we shifted gears and got down to fishing. Immediately we started to catch fish our biggest one of the day was our [...]
Percy Priest 2/17/12
Friday Feb 17 Today I had a trip with Russ Morris, his son Russell and his friend Turner. We had a high pressure system come in with a bluebird sky and no wind and pretty warm temps. Water temp was 47 down around Elm Hill and were 55 in Spring Creek area. We had a [...]
Record Spotted Bass Landed in North Carolina
There have been records set using the Alabama rig recently, but it was when Terry Trivette took off the controversial rig and tied on a Rapala crankbait that his record fish hit.According to Wired2Fish.com, Trivette landed the 6.97-pound North Carolina record spotted bass while competing in the Troll-Eze Bass Club tournament on Lake Norman on [...]
