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Fish like a Madman!
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Don’t just cast and reel, rip the lure instead… When it comes to bass fishing there are as many techniques as there are lures. But if you don’t already know, you can fish each lures in different ways to attract bass to that lure. One of the most common complaints most bass anglers have is that the bass seem lethargic and always seem to bite better on slow moving baits and lures. This limits the amount of any body of water you are fishing because you have to go this slow. Well all that can b...
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Category: Bass
Date: 6/15/2009
Author: Bruce Middleton
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Bass Jigs
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MOST BASS ANGLERS CARRY LARGE TACKLE BOXES LOADED WITH A VAST ARRAY OF DEADLY LURES DESIGNED TO TRICK MR. BASS INTO STRIKING. THE JIG JUST MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST. You could say that a bass anglers tackle box is deadly arsenal of many different weapons – All designed to tempt the black bass into striking. Each of these weapons either represent a favorite food of the bass or they are “impulse baits” -- a bait the bass will hit just because its there and he can catch it. One sometimes w...
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Category: Bass
Date: 5/7/2009
Author: Bob Johansen
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The Corixa Bug or “Water Boatman”
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In the early spring, just after the ice leaves the lakes, figuring out what trout are feeding on can be perplexing. The lingering winter weather with it’s cold nights, cool days and water temperatures in the low 40’s, is a time of year when there are not many insect hatches. There may be a large midge hatch, but matching that hatch can be difficult.The first area of a lake to warm up after ice out is the shallows. By late March and early April, the sun is quite warm and the shallows will be...
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Category: Trout
Date: 5/7/2009
Author: Marc Martyn
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Fishing Big Water for Big Bass
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Large lakes hold the promise of bigger bass… I once read an article that stated that a large lake or “big water” as he put it, was anything over 2,000 acres and that most big bass tournaments take place on water that is at least 20,000 acres with some covering 40,000 plus acres. Now at the time this seemed a bit arbitrary to draw a line in the sand and say that 2000 surface acres was the cutoff point for big water. I myself would have said that 500 or 1000 acres would be considered big wate...
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Category: Bass
Date: 5/7/2009
Author: Bruce Middleton
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Planer Boards for Trout and Other Species
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 Planer boards have been most commonly associated with fishing big water for salmon and lake trout with outrigger masts and releases clipped on the planer board line. Now with growing popularity of inline planer boards it very easy to spread your lines away from the boat when fishing for other species. I sue them a lot when trolling Mack’s Lure craw...
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Category: Tackle
Date: 3/29/2009
Author: Bryan Youness
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Cost Cutting at Washington State Parks
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Cost cutting moves are rapidly becoming bloody amputations at the Washington State Parks Commission. The Parks Commission, like other state agencies, was told by Governor Chris Gregoire to reduce their budget by 23 percent this year. They had already come up with a 10 percent reduction from the 100 million dollars budgeted last year that will result in the closure (or transfer of ownership) of 13 some parks and mothballing of others. Along with this come a significant number of layoffs and a...
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Category: General
Date: 3/29/2009
Author: John Kruse
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Pontoon Boats for Bass Fishing
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A bass boat doesn’t catch more bass… When it comes to fishing for bass most anglers think they need a really big and powerful bass boat to go fishing in. But in real life we bass fisherman know that there are a lot of options besides owning a big bass boat and that there are a lot of places a bass boat just can’t get into. Fishing from the back seat of a friends bass boat or the front seat of a friends smoker craft are viable options to fish from verses buying your own. Joining a BASS club...
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Category: Bass
Date: 3/29/2009
Author: Bruce Middleton
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Baitfish And Their Relationship With Bass
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Find baitfish and the bass will be nearby… The favorite meal of Large Mouth Black Bass is Sushi and this comes in the form of baitfish. Whether that is a Shad, Blue Gill, Crappie, Perch, Shiner, baby Bass, trout or any other small minnow, it doesn’t matter. For a bass to grow normally it needs to eat about 3% of its body weight every day. But up here in Washington State we are limited to Sunfish, Perch, Blue Gill, Sculpins, Rock Bass and Crappie for the most part but a few of the large pred...
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Category: Bass
Date: 2/2/2009
Author: Bruce Middleton
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It's Sportsmen Show Season!
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Looking for something to do now that the holiday season is over? Fortunately, another established season follows on the heels of the holidays, and that would be…Sportsmen Show Season. Every year between January and March you can spend a few hours getting some ideas on where to go for your next outdoors adventure, learning some new skills, socializing with other outdoors enthusiasts, and perhaps even get a great deal on some outdoors merchandise. This can be anything from a fishing lure t...
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Category: General
Date: 1/10/2009
Author: John Kruse
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Year in Review, 2008
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Well, another year in the books here at WL.com. This year saw a full year under the new web site, and we were gratified to watch the community grow and new friendships form. Readers made the Forums a popular place to share ideas and meet each other. I’m impressed to see the site continue to grow beyond what I imagined it could be. A fine example of community was this year’s WL.com picnic, which doubled in participation from the previous year. Special thanks to all who helped organize and run t...
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Category: General
Date: 1/5/2009
Author: Mike Carey
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