Last fall, I was fishing for smallmouth bass on the Snake River. It was late in the season, and the action was starting to slow down. My partner and I boated a handful, but it was tough sledding. Finally, my friend hooked a fish on a live night crawler. He reeled it in to find…
Late summer months can be magical for largemouth bass fishing. With the spawn long over and cooler temperatures looming in the not-so-distant future, fish turn their attention to piling on as many calories as they can for the winter months ahead. There are many ways for anglers to take advantage of the bass’ ravenous appetites,…
One thing I never want this column to be is a soap box. I’m here to give you some fun fishing insight, not to preach against the immoralities of killing fish. So, I’ll start by pointing out that all licensed anglers are free to catch and keep their legal limit any time they go out,…
When heavy rains pounded the Treasure Valley last month, I saw a Facebook photo of a guy fishing from an inner tube in a flooded parking lot. He was joking, of course, but the spirit of the photo underscored an often overlooked truth—no matter how great or small, just about every body of water in…