TACKLE TIPS | BASS FISHING

April 2, 2019 by Don Manning

Crawfish, crayfish, crawdads, crabs, mudbugs, freshwater lobsters, or whatever you want to call them make up 80% of the diet of a smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River. Without crawfish, there would be no smallies. A good population of crawfish is a good indication that the water is pretty clean. Crawfish can not tolerate polluted waterways. If you aren’t fishing some sort of crawfish imitation, you are missing the boat, or should we say the bite.

TACKLE TIPS | FISHING TECHNIQUES

February 24, 2019 by Don Manning

Not many anglers get excited over bullet worm weights and drop-shot weights. Instead, they talk up their newest spinnerbait or the flashiest color of stick worm to hit the market. Truth is, tungsten terminal tackle deserves the same excitement and consideration as all your other fishing tackle.