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Jared Lintner describes his three favorite jig trailers in this SWF video
” “Bro explains the Staight Line concept in this exclusive SWF video
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Exclusive SWF Outfit Matches & Misfits video: Ike’s Four Rods for Finesse!
Swim Jig Insights from the Stream Stalker
In this exclusive Small Waters Fishing video, the Stream Stalker, who is co-owner of Warrior Jigs, adds insight into selecting lure components along with tackle tips to fish it effectively.
SWF Outfit Matches and Misfits:
Casey Ashley on Spinnerbait Tackle
Exclusive SWF video “Casey Ashley’s Slow Rollng Spinnerbait Tips & Techniques”
Exclusive SWF Video – Small Waters Strategies – Fall harbors
Timing is everything in Great Lakes pier and harbor fishing. These areas can draw quite a crowd when salmon, steelhead and brown trout make their upriver spawning migrations. But wait out the masses, and you may discover that harbors can yield a pretty wild mixed bag, too.
Juggin’ with the Judge! Exclusive SWF VIDEO
“Our afternoon of “juggin’ with the judge” was, without a doubt, the most entertaining and productive catfish outing I’ve ever engaged in!”
Exclusive SWF video with Kevin VanDam: “KVD on Crankbait Retrieves”
Exclusive SWF video with Tommy Skarlis on Gaining Access to Farm Ponds!
SWF VIDEO!!
Why don’t pros talk much about swim jigs? Mike Iaconelli tells why in this exclusive Small Waters Fishing video.
Watch Russ Bailey demonstrate his dock shooting technique in this exclusive SWF video!
Exclusive SWF video examines the new Nories NF60 Frog
Exclusive SWF video “Fish Habitat – Make Your Own With Terry Brown” here!
Exclusive SWF video with John Peterson and Eric Naig fishing Northwoods reed beds!
Exclusive SWF video “Reed Fishing Technique with Duane Peterson” for fishing beaver- and creature-style soft plastic lures in the reeds.
Top Guides on Fishing the Minnesota Northwoods lakes
“We have a great destination here because we are a gateway and hub to so many fabulous waters,” says Neustrom. “Our fisheries managers for this area probably are the most aggressive stockers of walleye in the state of Minnesota…We have great smallmouth fishing, excellent musky fishing, outstanding largemouth bass and northern pike lakes, tremof the lakes.”endous panfish populations…We even catch lake trout in a few of the lakes.
Exclusive video series on topwater fishing with Zell begins here!
Spitter and Chugger: Zell Pop vs. Pop R video
Zell tells the “Best Time for Topwater.” Exclusive SWF video
Zell Talks Topwater: Size — and shape — matter!
Meet the families. Zell talks about “Topwater Lure Families” in SWF video
MOST POPULAR VIDEOS: Mike Iaconelli!!
VIDEO: Iaconelli cranks timber for post-spawn sand pit bass
Bassmaster Elite Series bass angler Mike Iaconelli catches a “Hoagie” and explains the art of cranking timber to Small Waters Fishing Editor Mike Pehanich while fishing the sand pits of VIP Adventures in South Carolina. This video was filmed, created, and produced by Mike Pehanich, and it is the exclusive property of Mike Pehanich’s Small Waters Fishing/Small Waters Outdoors.
VIDEO: Let Mike Iaconelli guide you to fishing the Berkley Havoc Devil’s Spear, a bait he designed, in Iaconelli: Iaconelli: Five Ways to Fish the Devil’s Spear
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Mike Iaconelli explains the design and five ways to fish the Devil’s Spear, which Ike designed for the new Berkley Havoc line of pro-designed baits, to Mike Pehanich of Small Waters Fishing. Filmed at the VIP Adventures sand pit lakes near Summerville, South Carolina
Exclusive video with Mike Iaconelli “Gearing up for Shaky Head Fishing”
“Don’t ever count out finesse techniques during the post-spawn period,” says Bassmaster Elite star Mike Iaconelli. “Even in dirty water, even in places with a lot of cover where you think ‘surely I won’t be using a spinning rod!,’ finesse techniques will help you out.”
Exclusive SWF video –Boyd Duckett: The Virtues of Versatility & the Junk Fishing Arsenal
Exclusive SWF video with Zell Rowland and the Booyah Pad Crasher
Walk Your Frog in the Shade – like Bobby Lane!
One of the Bassmaster Elite pro’s favorite approaches on waters with an abundance of overhead cover along a relatively steep shoreline drop is to cast a hollow-bellied frog beneath the overhang and give it a rhythmic walk.
Lake Erie: “Hands down, the world’s greatest smallmouth fishery”
Trophy fish have a habit of showing off for the camera in the Buffalo-Niagara area, a region blessed with history, cultural character, stunning natural beauty, fine and distinctive cuisine, and three remarkable multi-species fisheries that produce bragging-sized fish in all four seasons.
“The smallmouth stack up in these current areas,” explains Mark Davis, veteran Erie smallmouth angler and host of the “Big Water Adventures” television series.
Smallmouth bass move up from deep water wintering areas in spring, with many moving toward the breakwalls and into the harbor to put on the spring feedbag and to spawn. The gaps are great places to intercept them.
Watch this exclusive Small Waters Fishing video of bass fishing on the Upper Niagara River with guide Terry Jones.
Hear KVD explain why the wind is his friend in this exclusive video!
Marty Stone Retrieves for Hollow-Bodied Frogs
Exclusive SWF video “The Pause Before the Storm” with Gerald Swindle
“One of the most crucial things in frog fishing is the hookset. When you see your frog disappear, pause! Drop the rod if you have to.
“I call it “the pause before the storm.”
Exclusive Video: Kevin VanDam – The Real Deal on Crankbait Reels.
In my discussions with top pros and industry experts on crankbait tackle for the Outfit Matches & Misfits series, rods have captured the most attention, to be sure. And the more you dig into crankbait fishing and all the nuances of lure and conditions, the more adjustments in line and rod you find the experts making.
But let’s not forget the reel!
It’s the workhorse, the engine under the hood that keeps the whole cranking operation going!
Gary Klein and his Sweet Rig, Alabama!
The Alabama Rig is the hottest topic in all of fishing, and SWF shared the boat with Gary Klein on a “lab day” at Table Rock as the bass fishing legend put this “umbrella rig” to test on three species of bass.
Welcome to Frogland!
Bassmaster Elite series bass pro Bobby Lane introduces the frog family in this video, “My Three Frogs”
Tiny Bubbles Tell a Topwater Tale with Marty Stone
When’s the best time to fish topwater lures? Pro bass angler and Vicious Line pro staff member Marty Stone learned to “follow the bubbles” years ago from an old angler.
Why Kevin Short is big on short rods for target crankin’!
In 2010, Kevin won the Bassmaster Elite Series event at Pickwick Lake. This past fall, he was fresh off a Bassmaster Central Open win at Table Rock Lake, a 3-1/2 hour drive from his home in Mayflower, Arkansas. Both victories were the result of crankin’ shallow wood with squarebill crankbaits.
VIDEO: See how Gary Klein & Bobby Lane Unlock Secrets of the Sand Pits
Bassmaster stars Gary Klein and Bobby Lane join Mike Pehanich of Small Waters Fishing to unlock the code to bass fishing the sand pits of VIP Adventures in South Carolina during the post-spawn period. They discuss two baits in the new Havoc line from Berkley.
VIDEO: Bobby Lane on the Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty
Mike Pehanich of Small Waters Fishing interviews Bassmaster Elite Series bass angler Bobby Lane on the Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty, designed by Lane.
VIDEO: Kayaking for Bass on Lake Ouachita
At Arkansas’ Lake Ouachita last fall, I joined Hobie pro staff angler Jose Chavez for some kayak bass fishing in the reservoir’s upper reaches.
With the Hobie Revolution’s rudder and Mirage Drive foot propulsion, boat control was a breeze – even in the breeze!
VIDEO: Algae Growth in Early March
Sizing up a small lake with the “Legend”
Exclusive Mike Pehanich’s Small Waters Fishing video with Harold Allen!
Harold Allen sizes up the new lake – and gives us a glimpse of how he earned his nickname!
Cut bass down to size with blade baits
Learn how to fish blade baits from Scott Dobson. Watch this exclusive SWF video!
Catching small mouth bass on Lake St. Claire with Joe Balog and blade baits!
Wake up pre-spawn largemouth with lipless crankbaits
Lipless crankbaits are great search baits in the early season. They enable you to cover water fast when bass are up and on the move and to locate bass on broad flats and key structure along seasonal migration routes to spawning areas.
Watch TV’s Big Adventures host, Mark Davis, show you how to work these baits to get pre-spawn bass in cold waters!
Cold Water Crappie Fishing – Lake Kinkaid, IL
Ice Fishing in Grand Rapids, MN Video:
with Brian “Bro” Brosdahl and Cory Schmidt
Water Craft VIDEOS:
See this SWF exclusive video on the Hobie Revolution 11
See exclusive Small Waters Fishing video “Preventing Winter Kill”
Boat Safety VIDEOS with Joe Balog:
Boat Preparation for the Great Lakes – Balog
Gear Storage & Emergency Radio – Balog
Big Water Boat Control with Joe Balog
Playing the Wind — lure and trolling motor tips
VIDEO: Learn how to fish “The Porker” from Uncle Josh Bait Co. in this Small Waters Fishing exclusive video.
Mike Pehanich of Small Waters Fishing and Tab Walker, Newton Lake guide and owner of Outdoor Sportsman’s Lodge, explain how to fish “The Porker,” a pork rind bait from Uncle Josh Bait Company.
