Middle of summer, the waters are getting very warm and this is having the fish moving and changing their locations throughout the day. For the fish size, finding the areas that the bigger fish are relating to is that key to the puzzle.The smaller fish seem to relate to the shallower waters and can be seen as you are walking along the shorelines. But those bigger gills, what may they be relating to since we aren’t visually seeing them with some regularity.One place that we are finding those…

Weed-bound walleyes are a worthy adversary given the traditional means we often use to pursue that species. A few hours of playing in the weeds sends most anglers to the relatively snag-free depths, where the worst hang-ups are caused by snail-shells or clams. Rocks at least stay put, and typically only come up a few feet off bottom.

By Garrett Haglin The weeds are high and so is the water temperature. With water surface temps seen as high as 81 degrees, the largemouth bass have been sticking to the thick cover in an attempt to find shade. Three main tactics used to catch these fish in heavy cover is by throwing a wacky rigged 5” Impulse Dipstick along weed lines in 4-8 feet of water, flipping a Jungle Jig with a craw or creature trailer under docks, trees or punching in thick lily pads, and throwing a top water b…