Jig Fishing

Fishing Reports & Moon Phases
Chattanoogan - Current breaks along the primary waters are important features that can be easily located and at times can be very rewarding while crappie fishing. Black crappie are caught in these areas. The white variety prefers the slower moving or still water

Venison good for Thanksgiving
Pekin Daily Times - I found myself doing something quite out of the ordinary yesterday, going trout fishing in East Peoria on a guided trout fishing trip. My dad and my grandson accompanied me and we caught some nice rainbow trout in a spring feed body of water that

Girl’s catch bites back
Lake Sun Leader - LAKE OF THE OZARKS - The lake is full of surprises ‘ just ask 8-year-old Emma Wille. She landed an eight-inch piranha over the weekend while out for an afternoon of crappie fishing with her family. The family was not far from their home near the 5

East Texas Fishing Report
Athens Daily Review - Charlie Shively at Bill’s Landing said crappie fishing is improving daily. Several fish in the two-pound range weighed during the last week. Best bite has been on minnows in 15-20 feet of water along the edges of the Sabine River. The fish are

KDFW says remember hunting ethics as season grows closer
Glasgow Daily Times - Todd also reported that he had been told by his crappie fishing friends that old papermouth is moving into the creeks and have been best around cover at 6 to 8 feet. Todd said he loved this time of year when the water temperature gets back down to 68

Crappie heat up as temps drop
Southern Illinoisan - If you can get on the crappie here, it’s the best day of your life crappie fishing.” Unfortunately, it turned out to be anything but the best day. Eskew began the morning working shallow cover tight on the banks. Minnows and jigs were dipped around

Edgar F. Turner, Warsaw
Sedalia Democrat - He retired in 1988. He had a passion for crappie fishing and hunting. He loved having his grandchildren and great-grandchildren come to his home to visit during the spring, summer and on special holidays. He enjoyed the annual Warsaw school reunion

Fishing report
Contra Costa Times - Crappie fishing may be the best bet. Fish over submerged brush down 25 feet near Carson, Mormon and Bear creeks. Live minnows and jigs work best. 209-586-2383 QUARRY LAKES: Fishing success is mixed. Phil Garvan of Fremont caught an 11-pound trout from

Sarley: Bird population runs wild
Northwest Herald - I was at the beautiful Rend Lake Resort in southern Illinois a couple of years back for a quick crappie fishing excursion. We were out on the water when a flock of birds appeared on the horizon, toward our end of the lake. When they neared, the sky

11/09: Fishing forecast
Orlando Sentinel - Crappie fishing should improve if the water temperature continues to drop. SALTWATER: Fish the Sebastian Inlet during tide changes for snook and redfish. Fingerling mullet has been the most effective bait. Live shrimp also will produce plenty of

Ocean Life Fading: What Can Be Done?
Science Daily - Marine debris, including plastics and derelict fishing gear, is responsible for causing death and injury to many marine species, among them seabirds, turtles, and marine mammals. Large oxygen-depleted dead zones, made worse by excessive

Fishing for Life
Egypt Today - While it s the men who generally take care of the fishing, husband and wife swap off with the cleaning and preparing of fishing gear, cooking and looking after the children. They also take turns rowing the boat, which is done with two long pieces

New Bass Pro Shop exhibit features former Lufkin doctor
Lufkin Daily News - An avid member of National Fishing Lure Collectors Club, Dr. Shelton decorated their home with his rods and reels, she said. “He loved to go to antique malls and wander in and out of flea markets,” said his widow, Emily Shelton. “He loved the outdoors

U.S. 1 and the Keys to a great Florida vacation
OregonLive.com - Besides stocking every kind of fishing lure and rod imaginable, the store has a fishing-themed fine arts gallery and an upstairs Zane Grey Lounge, which is one of the best places in the middle Keys to watch the sunset. Other reasons to linger near

The biggest shoot-out in Dallas’ political history
Dallas Observer - Native to the Amazon River and its tributaries, the greenish-yellow, large-lipped freshwater fish has a reputation of hitting a fishing lure like a raptor and then fighting like hell. As one fishing guide puts it, “The peacock has evolved as a world

Huckabee’s stock drops
Arkansas Times - McCain is the pretty feathery part on a fishing lure, the part that attracts the fish while the hook is being set in his mouth. Huckabee failed to catch on in Memphis for at least 2 reasons. 1., it was Frist’s party, he organized it, he paid for it

Beetle Spin attracts variety of fish
Detroit Free Press - In addition to the traditional split-rubber tail, it can be dressed with a variety of plastics, live baits such as leeches and minnows or the new biodegradable tails. And in a day when $5 is considered inexpensive for a fishing lure, you can’t beat

Nassau’s speckled trout tournament drawing near
Florida Times-Union - Jig fishing is fun and deadly and a great way to enhance your fishing trip. Until next time Capt. Jim. Capt. Jim Johnson is owner of Amelia Island Bait and Tackle, Nassau Sound Bait & Tackle and Rappi Charters, on which he spends many

Fish Tips
Coeur d’Alene Press - Look for shallow medium-fast water, cast and watch a steelhead hit your steelie spoon like a pike strike, said Jeff Smith of Fins & Feathers. Even though there are great fish counts down on the Clearwater, their bite is sketchy and jig fishing will