"If a fish steadily rises and then refuses your fly, switch flies and avoid drag at all costs."
"Finding that ten percent zone where ninety percent of the fish are and then blowing out the spot because you position the wrong way... there's nothing worse."
"So knowing that all we have to do is go, there's about ten spots like this up and down the shoreline. So if we really want to maximize our time, we just fish this one hard, go fast, slow down, fish this one hard, and just do that."
"The last thing in the world i want is to hook a giant in the mat and lose them if you can get a jig through your odds of hooking that giant in the mat and getting them out skyrocket if you can't get the jig in you can't get the jig in."
"I'm not gonna catch a 30-pounder without a rod in the water, so if in doubt, just blindly chuck it out, I suppose."
"The theory of it is we don't want to catch a lot of fish, we want to catch one big one."
"Hopefully, I'm going to draw those fish out of that zone."
"99% of the time you're fishing these mainly pieces of structure in the summertime, that right there is just exactly exactly what you're looking for."
"The key is that you must be able to see your hook bait because as soon as that hook bait disappears and you can no longer see it, that's the second that you have to strike."
"You can't beat that consistency. If you are constantly baiting an area from April until they spawn, you'll have the best chance."
"I know where the bait's at, I know where I think the fish are, so I'm going to use the mode where I can really scan large areas and really look around and see those individual fish."
"Bite windows come, bite windows go. Light windows come, bite windows go easy, easy, get them up here."
"Top water is so effective right now but if you're throwing the same bait you've been throwing or the same bait everyone else has been throwing you're in trouble."
"That change of direction is what triggers the bite."
"Big bass needs sometimes to anger the fish."
"I'm just flipping a black and blue creature bait with a punch skirt. That's a big presence. Something dark they can see, just trying to get a big bite, man."
"Much like surf casting a lot of times as long as it's safe enough you get out there when a storm's rolling in in the fall churns up the water turns up the bait that's when you get fish feeding and feeding with abandon."
"To catch the biggest trout in the river, you need to fish big flies."
"Lake of the Woods is a large body of water and every spot looks like a great spot, right? Every spot looks like it has a musketeer, yeah. So we have to establish a pattern and then just hit those spots. That's right, do our milk runs."
"I always like fishing heavier... it actually sometimes generates more reaction strikes."
"It's a beautiful way to fish, one that's won me quite a little bit of money in the past as well."
"To be the best one shallow angler that you can be, you have to incorporate both into your fishing."
"The feeding's everything; you've got to get that feeding right."
"Control everything that you can control, and at the end of the day, there's no question you're going to be a more successful angler."
"Once you find the fish, as long as you're equipped with a few different kinds of lures, you should be able to catch them no problem."
"All you need is to have bait fish within 20 to 30 feet of a good piece of cover."
"That's what this technique is all about, tapping into that core feed response and getting those big ones to eat."
"Now with two quality fish on the ice for me, I thought I might bust out the jigging gear and see what I could find."
"The morning bite is incredibly crucial."
"I'm doing it guys, I'm putting the chatterbait away, can't believe I'm saying it, but we're going top water, baby."
"That self-doubting thought process: have I got the right rigs on? Is the hook bait the best choice? Have I over baited? Do I change tactics or stick at it?"
"The best bait that you can use on the reef is the bait that lives on the reef."
"The most important things in carp fishing: doing the right thing at the right time, feeding the right areas at the right times of the day."
"We've done what we need to do to like help improve our chances, now it's just to the fish to familiarize."
"Always be ready to adapt, always be ready to switch it up based on what you're seeing."
"Just remember, fish smarter, not harder."
"The biggest thing in fishing is just finding the fish; now we found them, now it's refining how to catch them."
"Every time we see a fallen tree, there's a good chance at catching a largemouth bass off it."
"Post spawn, I'll add a punch skirt. It seems to trigger better strikes."
"This is going to allow you to hold your fly in that strike zone and give that fly more opportunity to be seen from a trout."
"Bear in mind that where you're fishing on the sound, how deep you're fishing, and how fast you're trolling those baits through the water is probably going to have more of an impact on your success than anything else."
"Your bait is always in the strike zone."
"You can never go too slow, but you can go too fast."
"That's what's so good about this style of fishing, you can change and adapt to what's happening on the day."
"Ideally for rockfish, they're gonna be holding on structure."
"It's about natural presentations; it's about using the appropriate tackle with the appropriate venue."
"Never overlook something as simple as white on white, sometimes that can be an absolute killer."
"What a lot of people miss out on is that midday bite."
"Wind current can be great around what's called a choke point and around points... it will cause those fish to turn on and feed."
"The noise brings him to it, the stop lets him hone in on it, and he'll come up and grab it."
"The ability to slow down, the ability to go to lighter line, these are solving problems."
"If you can skip a five inch Senko up underneath that cover whatever it may be and let it fall, you guys will catch some of the biggest bass and most finicky bass you've ever caught."
"You always want your bait to be in front of the rest of your presentation and that leading the way first."
"I think a slip bobber is a super killer way to fish and super underrated overall."
"They imitate little fish, little minnows like pike minnows, little trout in water that are trying to feed on coho salmon eggs."
"You punch fewer holes, you know where the fish are at, you spend less time monkeying around, more time doing what you do."
"Understand exactly where those fish should be, and then approach it with a different than normal method."
"I'm going to go for the reaction bite, something that makes a little bit of noise so they can hone in on it a bit better in these water conditions."
"It's worth it for a trout to move 10 feet for a mouse because the energy expended in chasing a mouse is worth it."
"We're trying to trigger that instinct in the fish's brain that says you've invaded my territory."
"Look for areas that you think the fish could just basically hang there without fighting a lot of current."
"That's the key with the spinning outfits, that's the key with the guy with the small boat, is to be observant, to pay close attention to everything that's happening around you at all times."
"If you see where it goes from clear to dark, throw your line."
"You're going to be able to get to those spots that you couldn't get to before which is going to lead to more fish."
"Location, location, location. Probably the most important part about catching walleye is finding them."
"As the sun gets up, these bass are in position tighter to cover and makes the bass a lot more catchable."
"It's pretty tough to beat fishing with artificials because you can cover a lot of water and walleyes just seem to love eating it."
"It's all about location in salmon fishing."
"You have to fish your program, speed and direction, that troll angle and in the water column of the active fish is really key."
"Be looking for reasons to fish terrestrials and other dry flies on a lake, it can be fun."
"These suspending fish are usually feeding and they're usually non-pressured; that is the key to it."
"This is the best lure when rigged properly for triggering a fish that isn't hungry to still go ahead and eat."
"You can throw the Nico rig and get a little bit different presentation and catch fish that way as well."
"Good old-fashioned still water stalking pays dividends."
"Fish in front of you first, so before you even step in the water, put the fly in the water where you would initially step in."
"We're not fighting a rough sea and hopefully we'll get the kite up, get some baits under, and put some sailfish in the air."
"It's that time of day when better fish feed."
"Follow the food chain, and you'll end up finding where the biggest fish in the lake are."
"You typically kind of want to get away from those inlets, try to get up in the back bays if you can find some current, especially fish the end of the day, the beginning of the night after the sun's been shining down on the water."
"It's always best to get downstream of a fish so that it has to fight against the current."
"Fishing the hang is absolutely fundamental in small still water fishing."
"Permit really do seem to be a creature of habit, and you will get the same fish coming into the same area again and again."
"One of the things I love about trolling crankbaits for walleyes is the chess game."
"Location is one of the biggest parts of fishing; if you're not fishing fish, you can't catch them."
"Getting on the right depth line is critical when you're chasing current-driven catfish."
"If you're giving the fish a better drift, a better presentation, even if it's a larger or less correct fly, you're still going to get more fish to eat."
"Fish you're going to have an easy time holding under here, there's a shelf or they're not going to work hard and food's going to be tumbling through the currents."
"I'm pretty sure they'll be shallow, well I'm hoping they'll be shallow anyway."
"You just got to keep moving around here, that's the way Clear Lake fishes."
"You hit those fish on a jig hook, as long as you've got power and you grind on them, they're going nowhere."