Blading a Swim Bait

Necessity is the mother of invention, and the need to catch more or bigger fish has been giving birth to lure innovations for decades. It's the reason we have baits that come in colors like chartreuse and Electric Chicken (no, I did not make that up), and swim baits the size of personal watercraft.

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All-Around Catfish Rig

It never fails that in the heat of the summer, our thoughts turn to catfish. Even though the second most popular game fish in the state readily bites year-round, we seem to forget about whiskerfish until the kids are out of school and the mercury is hovering around the century mark.

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Rod-Free Cats

Sometimes fishing gets entirely too complicated. When you run out of room in your boat for all your rods, reels, tackle, electronics, rain gear, GPS, and the occasional fishing partner, then you know it's time to take a step back and get back to the basics of fishing.

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Shallow-Water Spooning

Spoons are an underutilized tool in the bass angler's bag. I have a few rusting away in my tackle box, but generally drag them out only to cast for schooling white bass or the occasional redfish while fishing in saltwater. On a rare occasion, I use one for vertically fishing after deep-water winter bass, but where a spoon really shines is in the spring around shallow-water grass beds.

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