The bait I won $100,000 on at Lake Guntersville for Stage 4 of the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour + Recap of how the event went compared to how I anticipated.
Our Wired2Fish staff was pleasantly surprised when Jacob Wheeler grabbed an old school Carolina rig and started catching the heck out of pressured bass from an offshore school on the Tennessee River. Wheeler has been making good use of classic presentations like deep cranking, Texas rigging and Carolina rigging in recent tournaments with outstanding success. He takes the time to provide a detailed rigging walk-through and explanation of how to fish the Carolina rig to catch bass others are missing.
Finding bass fast on grass lakes is a challenge that requires a unique approach. Sonar isn’t as effective at marking fish in standing weeds, so pro bass angler Jacob Wheeler (https://wired2.fish/WheelerFishingYou… ) uses crankbaits to comb various depths to develop a pattern quickly. In this tip, Wheeler explains how to choose locations on new lakes and break them apart using crankbaits with different running depths and actions.
Zona describes the fishing tube as a natural profile that looks like many things bass eat. He shares a powerful tip on how to rig tubes with heavier weights and the importance of fishing erratically to trigger bass, much like you would using any power fishing method.
FUN Fishing DAY | May Fishing For Bass AND Bluegill
I’m fishing with my buddy Dean and this is a FUN Fishing DAY. It’s a May Fishing For Bass AND Bluegill. The bass are spawning and there’s some pre spawn bluegill.