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Chickamauga, Santee, Guntersville Among The Nation’s Best Bass Lakes

Chickamauga, Santee, Guntersville Among The Nation’s Best Bass Lakes

In its recently announced 100 Best Bass Lakes, Bassmaster Magazine ranked Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake as the second best bass fishery …
Rayburn Lake The Best Bass Lake In The Country by Bassmaster

Bassmaster Ranks Rayburn The Best Bass Lake In The Country

After three years hovering in the Top 5 of Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes rankings, Texas’ Sam Rayburn Lake …
Summertime Tailwater Trout

Summertime Tailwater Trout

It’s hot, and trout are lethargic in our low-elevation streams. With low dissolved oxygen levels and high water temps, catching …
huge crappie world record

Huge Crappie Is A World Record

A fish like this only comes around once in a lifetime, or several lifetimes considering it is likely the new …
Saluda River

S.C. Protects Spawning Trout In Lower Saluda

South Carolina has established a catch-and-release-only zone for brown and rainbow trout on the lower Saluda River near Columbia to …
Bowfisher Arrows snakehead record

Bowfisher Arrows Record Snakehead

Northern snakeheads are a nasty invasive species, which makes them all the more fun to shoot with a bow and …

Tips, Advise & GuidesMore Fishing Tips

Modify Hard Baits for Big Fish

Most hard baits have two or three treble hooks. The problem with this setup is large fish and lengthy fights can cause those tiny hooks to open up or tear from a fish’s lip. We all know this loss hurts. The bigger the fish, the worse it hurts and the more likely it is to happen. I came up with a solution for this scenario several years ago while targeting giant tarpon. I adapted my hard baits to use a single large hook. It resulted in the successful landing of more big fish than with the original hardware.

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