Keep Bass Alive in the Heat
August 7, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Hayley Lynch
Bass tournaments are an exciting and popular activity on Kentucky’s lakes. However, tournaments held during the heat of summer place a great deal of stress on fish.
“We don’t promote summertime tournaments because of the potential for increases in mortality of fish,” said Gerry Buynak, assistant director of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ fisheries division. “We recommend that tournaments not be held when water temperatures are over 80 degrees.”
Cashing In Away From The Bank
July 29, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Skeet Reese
To watch the average bass tournament, often the outcome is so often decided on who finds the best stretch of bank. But what happens when the shallow bite isn’t there? Where do you go when the fish have closed the bank?
These days, I see lots of anglers - good anglers - who are seemingly chained to the bank. There’s a whole lot of water that these anglers never touch, water that holds plenty of big bass. The secret to catching these big bass isn’t really a secret at all. All it takes to go deep for big large and smallmouth bass is plenty of practice with electronics, knowing when to abandon the bank and knowing where to focus your efforts.
Fishing Heats Up
July 29, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Bob Jensen
Fishing can be like the weather in mid-summer: Both can be very hot. To take part in this potentially fast action, you’ll need to do things a little differently than you would at other times of the year. Following are some of those things.
Generally, in the summer when the fish want to bite it works well to use faster moving baits and fish through areas quickly. If the fish are going to bite, they’ll let you know right away.
Swimbaits Work in the South
July 29, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Tom Branch, Jr.
Lake Sidney Lanier has an abundance of big spotted bass that have discovered the benefits of eating lots of blue back herrings and some swimbaits that resemble a blue back herring. For a big bass, she can do quite well eating just a dozen blue back herring per month. Using this knowledge, a serious bass hunter can take advantage of the fishes eating habits. You can catch large numbers of fish, but the ones you do hook will be in the 3+ pound range. So let’s crank up that Nitro 901CDX and listen to that Mercury 200HP Optimax sing as we cross the lake headed to our first spot.
