Hidden Fishing Tips

Crappie are a smaller, panfish that feeds mostly on small bait fish and minnows. So when you are looking to select your crappie lures, you’ll want to go with a smaller bait, and a smaller hook. If you use to large of a rig and hook, you’ll likely lose most of your fish, or they [...]

When it comes to some of the schooling fish, such as white bass, hybrids, walleye, and stripers, spoon lures can be a very deadly lure to bringing in the fish. I remember times out on the lake where we find some birds working the top of the water, and we came in and started fishing [...]

Buzzbaits are artificial lures that are based on spinnerbaits. The main difference in these lures is that the buzzbait has a large, two winged aluminum blade usually accompanied by an aluminum rivet to create a kind of “screeching” noise to attract fish. When the lure is retrieved, the blade turns in the water like a [...]

If you have been bass fishing very long, you’ll understand that every good bass fisherman keeps spinnerbaits in his tackle box. But what are the different types, and when is the best time to use them? Well, I’ll answer that question in just a minute.
But I remember when I was growing up, that we would [...]

Ever wondered just what is meant by “fishing plugs”? These lures are the ones that closely resemble a crayfish or bait fish, are made of wood or plastic, and come in many different types and styles. There are two basic classifications of fishing plugs, and those are topwater plugs and subsurface plugs. Both can be [...]