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Secrets Of The Chesapeake Bay Revealed: The Sassafras River
By Steve vonBrandt Published: June 20, 2003  Print  Email
With this influx of angling pressure, many of the traditional “hot spots” have become increasingly crowded during the weekends, and have forced anglers to make longer and longer runs in search of untapped bass waters. Many of these anglers have now discovered that the twenty to thirty minute drive through sometimes rough and unsafe water, to the View Comments (0) Catching Monster Blue Cats: Find the Structure By Chris Harris Published: November 20, 2004 Print Email One of the biggest keys to catching big blue cats is to find structure. If you find a good piece of structure, the blues will usually not be too far behind. Blue cats will use the stucture for a variety of reasons. When they are inactive, they will use it to rest or during times of feeding they willuse it to ambush their prey. They will also use the structure as a place to hide from the heavy current. And during the spawning period they will use it as a place to lay their eggs. In order to find suitable structure, you must invest in a top of the line fish finder. Cheap finders like Hummingbird will not have the pixel capability or power to distinguish between fish and structure. I highly recommend the Lowrance X-85 or 91. These units are pricey(over $400) but they paint a very clear picture of the bottom. They are so powerful that they can see the individual branches on a submerged tree. The Garmin 240 is another finder which is used by a lot of big cat experts. One important key about using these top of the line finders is use them in manual mode only. You can get by using them in the auto mode but you will not be taping into its full potential. Now that you have the correct fish finder where do you look? Structure can come in various forms. It could be a Read More...View Comments (0) Eastern Shore of Maryland Spring Largemouth Bass Fishing By Brett Gaba Published: November 20, 2005 Print Email
During the pre-spawn period, largemouth bass feed aggressively- or more aggressively than usual- in order to gain and store strength for their annual spawn. Spawning can be an exhausting process for these fish, so they need fatten up and store energy for what’s to come. This means that bass will be actively feeding, putting things in an angler’s favor. During this time of year I bring 2 rods out with me... Read More...View Comments (0) White perch, bluegill, and borderline poverty put the PAN in panfish By Brett Gaba Published: October 13, 2006 Print Email This past week I found myself in something of a financial bind. It was the end of the month, rent was due in days, and I had just paid some, but not all of my bills. In my bank account was enough money to buy gas for the next week, and my refrigerator epitomized bachelor life: it’s sole contents were a 12 pack of beer, one stick of butter, half a carton of milk, along with some balogna, and cheese.View Comments (0) |
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Fishing for largemouth bass will really start to turn on in many of the waters on the Eastern Shore. All of the tidal rivers as well as all of the farm ponds and other freshwater impoundments will become alive with largemouth bass that are fattening up for the spawn. This is known as pre-spawn behavior and for bass anglers, this is one of the best times of year to target these fish. 
