The FLW Tour’s Finest

Michael Bennett frog fished his way to a $1 million win in the Forrest Wood Cup with the same Snag Proof frog that won Fred Roumbanis a Bassmaster Elite victory on the same body of water earlier in the season. And while Fred was happy to share his frogs and his favorite spots, Bennett found his own unique pattern comprised of docks, shade, and grass to twitch his way to the biggest win of his life. He’ll talk about the tackle, the technique, and mindset that made him this year’s million-dollar man on the FLW Tour.

But first we hear from the FLW Tour Rookie of the Year, Scott Canterbury. Scott lays out his long road to the FLW Tour and talks about how important winning ROY is for him. He also shares the fundamentals of his success as he explains the value of fishing your strengths, growing your confidence, and catching limits.

After Scott, we get the straight story on deep crankbait fishing from FLW Tour Angler of the Year David Dudley. Dudley credits the technique for his tour win this season and for moving him up the leaderboard in several other events. In this interview, he busts some myths about cranking in his own pull-no-punches style that perfectly mirrors his cast-far and crank-fast style of fishing.

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Catching Suspended Fish

By Boyd Duckett

In recent years on the BASS Elite Series Tour, we’ve been to places like California and south Texas where throwing big, bulky swimbaits is the norm. Sure, big fish are caught that way, but those baits don’t help me when I go back home to Alabama or some other tour stop. Plus, they take up a lot of room in the boat and they are expensive!

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Fishing The Grass

By Jay Yelas

After the warmth of summer, there’s no doubt that your favorite fishing hole has some vegetation built up in it. In summer, when the water warms, the different aquatic vegetations are able to bloom. And if you are a bass angler, there’s nothing that makes you happier than grass in a fishery.

Grass is important to a fishery for a multitude of reasons. First, young fish (called fry) are able to retreat into the dense aquatic vegetation and escape predation. These fry could be young bass or any other species, but because they are able to get some refuge in the grass, there is more likely to be a better survival rate - meaning more bass or bass forage in the future. Secondly, when there is grass in a fishery, these aquatic plants will provide forage for baitfish like minnows. If there’s a healthy minnow population present, the bass benefit, as well.

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Jerkbait Fishing for Fall

By Scott Suggs

There are many ways to target bass during the late summer and the fall transition. Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time acquainting myself with the Berkley Gulp! 5-inch Jerk Shad. While this bait isn’t the newest bait on the market, I’ve been trying to work it into my repertoire. During this season I was able to figure out some great ways to catch bass in the spring and summer with the Gulp! Jerk Shad. Now that fall is around the corner, I’ve come up with two more applications.

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Fishing Shallow

By Skeet Reese

One of the many great things about fishing is that presents endless possibilities. Pretty much everyone takes to the water with a single goal in mind: to catch fish. Some people use artificial lures, other use bait; but within these two types of fishing lie a multitude of options for getting more fish in the boat.

This time of year, a lot of the bass are in shallow water for a couple of different reasons. First, they are chasing shad, which are spawning in the backs of coves. Second, since the nights are cooler, the surface temperature of the water is also cooling down. So, when the sun does rise, the first water to be warmed the most is the shallow water. There’s a lot of ways to fish the these shallow bass this time of year, but one that is sometimes overlooked is a finesse approach.

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CastAway Rods Featured Listener Tip

Topwater Tube

I don’t tell many people about this one because it’s a for-sure bass catcher.

Take a Gitzit 7″ Tube and put a cork bobber in it, with a Tru Turn 5/0 hook. This makes for a deadly topwater bait.

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