Dragging baits on bottom with long pauses is a typical cold water tactic for catching winter river smallmouth. Make your smallmouth fishing more productive by selecting baits that have passive action while sitting still on bottom. It will help put more cold water smallmouth bass in the boat!
Searching for Christmas gifts on Amazon, I stumbled over an old used copy of "Bait for Trout, being the confessions of an unorthodox angler" by Jim Ure published in 1975. Not necessarily a household name among anglers or writers but I recognized the title immediately. For the whopping sum of $5 it was mine! Bait …
Water Crossing on the John Muir Trail. Yes, my son hikes with a bow tie.. It’s one of his backpacking traditions. His trail name is “Sherpa”. He was packing over 50lbs because he volunteered to carry all our food for the week in his bear canister. Because I was struggling a lot with the altitude, …
Continue reading Eastern Sierra’s Day 1 (Part 2), Into the wilderness
Winter kayak fishing can be a productive time to catch big bass particularly in rivers where I focus most of my efforts. In the video below I explain when you should ware cold weather/water gear, my laying system, and how to keep extremities warm. My layering system is based on the three W's which I …
Day two started out with an interesting twist. Yes, Juan had forgotten his headlamp which we learned in day one. Today, as we set off from the vehicle toward the creek at "zero dark thirty" on a moonless night, we are now operating with no light. Dave lost his headlamp. Ha! Actually no big deal …
Wild Trout Chronicles 