
Lake Champlain’s deep-water crappies
Fishing these deep structures takes a special tactic but one that is so universal, and so much fun, you can confidentially approach all these sites with the ploy and catch black crappies.

Fishing these deep structures takes a special tactic but one that is so universal, and so much fun, you can confidentially approach all these sites with the ploy and catch black crappies.

It’s no secret that flukes are one of the best smallmouth baits on the market and can be fished all sorts of ways. Here are a few rigging options for fishing flukes.

One key is suspending your bait about 10 to 11 feet down, so it forces them to come up and feed. Also, these fish can be suspeded, too.

Lakes and still-water areas are where a liver sac shines.

“Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests starting out by working the outside weed line, usually with plastics. Using a wacky worm jig, work from the inside and then back out to the weed edge, and then turn

A slick way to raise summer slabs from moderate depths.

Bowfishing also is a great shooting activity to do during the summertime, when you are otherwise stuck shooting paper targets or nothing at all.

Small jigs or live bait hooks tipped with a wax worm or minnow is all that is needed on most days.

Channel bass tend to bite more consistently throughout the day compared to weed fish.
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