(This is also why the pros so often use black lures when fishing at night). Does this mean the shad pattern is a bad choice and won’t get hit? No, nor does it mean the black lure is guaranteed to get ...

Ever since I was a little kid who used to ride his bike to Liberty Reservoir, one of the most effective lures in my scant arsenal of baits was the shad ... black dots. This was especially good on ...

It's payback time in North Alabama. Throughout the spawn, bluegills and other panfish harass nesting bass, rushing in to gulp down eggs and fry anytime the parent fish are distracted. But the bass ...

Though largemouth bass in the TVA lakes are well-known to primarily live on shad ... light periods to fish can be effective. The lures are also effective in areas where panfish gather before ...

Every angler needs a stash of go-to lures. And in Idaho waters, it’s hard to find many baits as fishy and versatile as the Rapala Shad ... bluegill—popular menu items for our predator fish.

Dave Burruss of Clear Lake Outdoors reports that black bass fishing ... livescope. The fish are feeding on schools of threadfin shad, so as you can imagine, shad pattern lures are working best.

Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said the Rocky Branch area is a good place to fish. Use brood minnows, shad or ... top-water lures from first light to sunrise for black bass.

Popping frogs and topwater lures ... them, fish around there close. A few specks are being caught sitting still with lights at night near deeper areas. On the middle lake, shad and bluegill ...