If you have never taken part in catching smallmouth off of the bed then you are really missing out on something very special.  Not too many things in fishing can compare to watching one of those large bronze beauties get worked up while guarding their bed.  Smallmouth do not behave anything like their… [ Read More >> ]

The third event of the Carolinas Bass Challenge North Carolina division took us to Lake Norman.  Looking at the schedule, you would think that any tournament in this part of the country that was slated for mid-April would be a full on sight fishing duel.  Not this one!  Most of the fish were in a… [ Read More >> ]

Recently, I got a chance to catch a bunch of spawning smallmouth on SmithMountainLake.  I caught some really nice ones and I learned a few things about one of the more interesting baits to hit the market over the last couple of years: Big Bite Baits’ WarMouth.  This bait is a bluegill imitator that works… [ Read More >> ]

Lake Wylie hosted the second event of the North Carolina division of the Carolina’s Bass Challenge on March 24th.  The turn out was even better than the first event with more than 150 teams showing up to do battle on this border lake that is known for large bags of fish.  This event would prove… [ Read More >> ]

The first event of the season is in the books and there is a lot of room for improvement.  Foothills Marine hosted the inaugural event of their brand new Carolina’s Bass Challenge tournament trail and I am here to tell you that they have something special started!  We had 141 boats in their first event… [ Read More >> ]