Having the Right Gear to Fish Topwater Frogs

Targeting bass that are buried underneath matted vegetation with a topwater frog could possibly be one of the most exciting and adrenaline filled ways to target and catch bass.  The technique of fishing topwater frogs for bass at times is a straight forward one, cast your frog out atop of the vegetation, bring it back […]

Start to the Tournament Season with a Top-Ten Finish!

It is hard to believe that the first tournament of the year for me came on June 15th!  With the restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 situation, bass tournaments in Minnesota were on hold.  Fortunately, we are good to go now and we are going to be going wide open for the rest of […]

Early Season Topwater Tactics

Fishing a topwater bait early in the season accomplishes several things, one, it attracts the bass’s attention, two, it mimics activity in the shallows, which in the spring and early summer could mean baitfish or bluegills spawning and third it can aggravate a bass into biting. One of my favorite topwater offerings for early season […]

Junk Fishing 101 with Tadd Johnson

Junk fishing to me is a very natural form of fishing and one of my favorite ways to spend a day on the water.  It brings me back to my youth when running a pattern was just not an option. Since I was fishing from the bank or in a small paddle boat I had […]

Don’t Miss Bass this Spring on a ChatterBait

  We all know that fishing a vibrating jig, like the ChatterBait in the spring for bass is a great way to cover water and generate a reaction strike out of the bass. When fishing a moving bait like the ChatterBait it is common that anglers may miss a bass when they strike or come […]

Froggin’ Up a 7th Place Finish on the Mississippi River

Going in to this past weekend’s T-H Marine Bass Fishing League Great Lakes Division Super Tournament on the Mississippi River, out of La Crosse, WI on Pool 8, I had several ideas in my head how the event would play out. Two year’s ago this event was an absolute smash fest and I made the […]

Frog Fishing with Matt Pasma

I have yet to meet someone who bass fishes that doesn’t love the thrill of frog fishing. From the giant blow ups to the hand to hand combat needed to get them to the boat, everything about frogging is a blast! Having the right gear will help you land more bass on topwater frogs. When […]

High School Anglers Seeing the Value in Quality Equipment and Earning It

Today’s high school students earn money for many things, some earn money to go out with their friends or out on a date, others save up money for that new video game, well there is a growing number of kids today saving up money for fishing gear. The number of growing opportunities that a high […]

Witch Doctor Tackle Angler Catches Lake Record at 10.25 pounds

With the Lake Chickamauga FLW Tour event in town, I decided to stay off the highly pressured big bass factory that I call home and head to a little clear mountain lake about 45 minutes from the house.  Lake Parksville is nestled right in the middle of the Smokey Mountain national forest and is known […]

Fighting Fishing Fatigue and Lost Fish

Numerous fisherman purchase a fishing rod for many reasons, some purchase based on a specific need, others buy a rod because the price is just right and too hard to pass up a good deal.  While there is nothing wrong with purchasing a fishing rod, because it is a good deal, that discounted price fishing […]