If you were an angler looking to catch a 7-pound largemouth bass in the Buckeye State, small Oakthorpe Lake in south-central Ohio wouldn’t likely be the first place you would look.
Oh come on folks.
After reading that headline you might be tempted to think that I mean the smokeable kind of weed.
Nope, water weeds. The kind that means bass! Bass love weed, for shelter,
The bad news was that only one of Jody White’s spots produced.
The good news was that spot yielded a three-day total of 71 pounds, 15 ounces that won him the Bassmaster Open at St.
Ever wonder whether fly fishing is all it is cracked up to be? If you want to give it a try, a more noble native fish will be hard to find than the smallmouth bass.
God, what a racket.
As the sleek Amtrak Acela came along from the south side of the bridge, the mechanical uproar grew and grew and grew. The train appeared out of the thin distance at the
In late June, two young men from Ohio competed in different bass tournaments sponsored by the same organization on the same lake in New York. One was fishing a professional circuit while the other was
“Tackle” Terry Tuma talks about the use of crankbaits when fishing for bass and walleyes. He suggests varying which crankbaits you use depending on the vibration action you want, plus water clarity and other factors.
Chesapeake Bay anglers are facing a stark future — a future in which summertime fishing for striped bass, once a hallmark of bay fishing, may become a distant memory.
A century ago, fishing for striped
Ever since the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission introduced the Big Bass Program on certain lakes across the state, I’ve been a big fan. Perhaps watching big largemouths being lifted from storied waters by some
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