Anglers yearn for hot lures, high-tech electronics, sleek boats and the coordinates for the local honey holes, but the truth is they alone are not the real secrets to fishing success. Many people hit ...

No one has officially banned forward-facing sonar (FFS) yet. Sure, some tournament circuits have limited its use, but in your own day-to-day fishing you’re free to do what you want. Even though we saw ...

One of the most recognizable aquatic structures to hold largemouth bass is undoubtedly the lily pad. Offering up shade and a cooler water environment, defined and hidden ambush points for picking off ...

If you saw the late-May 2024 MLF Heavy Hitters event on the Kissimmee Chain, you might think a frog is the only way to catch them in Florida. Local professional guides disagree. Yes, the tournament ...

What Is Bass Fishing Slop? Slop can take on a variety of forms, but in layman's terms, it is vegetative matter found floating on the surface. In some instances it can be chopped up cabbage or grasses ...

The spring is one of the best times to target bass across the country. Though there are certainly pockets of exciting fishing elsewhere on the calendar, the spring is when bass push shallow and become ...

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Nothing thrills like a topwater bite, and whether you’re fishing during the early morning feed or prospecting a midday shade pocket, the right topwater bait often tempts the biggest fish. The question ...

The outboard motor stopped, and our boat glided silently to a halt in the velvet-black shadows. The glass-smooth lake smelled like most central-Florida lakes at night — pungent with the odors of fish ...

How do you catch 19 pounds of largemouth bass on a single cast? Just ask Grady Codd of Fort Worth, Texas, who was fishing Mexico’s famed Lake El Salto last December. Using an Alabama rig, Codd reeled ...