Positioning The Boat To Catch More Fish

Matt explains how boat positioning plays a major part in catching bass. He breaks down when to fish uphill vs. downhill and how bass forage determines which method is more effective.

The key to knowing how to position a bass boat to catch more bass is to know the bass' main forage. If bass eat crawdads, bluegill, or other panfish then you typically position the boat out deep, cast shallow, and work your bait downhill.  If bass are eating trout, kokanee, gizzard shad, etc... you typically position the boat shallow, cast deep, and work the bait uphill. 

Some of Our Favorite Baits for fishing Uphill...

Huddleston Swimbait: http://bit.ly/2azFTon
Deep Diving Crankbait: http://bit.ly/2gHT4F0
Keitech Swimbait: http://bit.ly/2ab7s8v
Matt Allen Swimbait Head: http://bit.ly/29RrTYN

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Some Of Our Favorite Baits for Fishing Downhill...

Pitchin' Jig: http://bit.ly/2amL3of
Spinnerbait: http://bit.ly/2diSwqq
Medium Diving Crankbait: http://bit.ly/2acSLUd

Matt's Trolling Motor- Fortrex 112: http://bit.ly/2nXJn9i

New Years Goals... What Are Yours?

Happy New Year!!! Its that time of year again, time to set goals so you can be a better bass fisherman in 2017. So what do you want? A teener largemouth? Your first smallmouth? Learn how to fish a jig? Whatever it is, we want to hear all about it! 

Our goals are lofty this year because we want to keep growing and developing as anglers. They're so lofty that "ridiculous" might be a better description but we're going to keep pushing the limits of the sport and see what happens!

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Below are our goals...

Matt:
-12 lb Spotted Bass
-15+ lb Largemouth Bass from Clear Lake
-7+ lb Smallmouth Bass
-Help at least one client catch a personal best 10+ lb Largmeouth Bass

Tim:
-12 lb Spotted Bass
-Catch another 13+ lb Largemouth
-Have another angler break a fishing record while fishing together
-Help at least 3 friends catch a new personal best

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It doesn't matter what your goals are, we encourage you to join the discussion here in the comments or by joining us on the TacticalBassin Facebook page.  Big or small, the public accountability of goal sharing instantly increases your likelihood of success! Happy New Year and good luck in 2017!

How to Locate BIG BASS in Fall

Are your Summer patterns slipping away? Are you plagued with little bass? Matt and Tim explain how to quickly locate and target the BIG bass that you're looking for!

Fall is an awesome time to catch the biggest bass of your life! Instead of relying on a big bass to "make a mistake" you can locate them in a larger school of fish and easily "trigger" them into biting. Matt and Tim explain in detail how this process works and how you can use it to your advantage. 

The baits they recommend to make this method work for you are broken down below:

-S-Waver 168 Swimbait in "Light Trout" color

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-Whopper Plopper 130 in "Bluegill" or "Loon"
-Bully Wa 2 Frog in "Dirty White", Yellow/Black, or "Little Allen" (Little John)

LV-500 Lipless Crankbait (Ghost Minnow, Chartreuse Shad, American Shad)

-Lucky Craft RTO 4.0 Squarebill (Chartreuse Shad)
-Biggie Smalls Squarebill in T1000 or TS Minnow
-Jackall Aska 70 Squarebill in "Super Shad"

-Staysee 90 Jerkbait (Ghost Minnow)
-Pointer 100 DD Jerkbait (Chartreuse Shad)
-Pointer 100 Jerkbait (Gun Metal Shad)

-Bling Spinnerbait 3/8 oz (Abalone Shad)

-3/8 oz Pitchin' Jig (Go To or Norcal Craw)
-3/4 oz Flippin' Jig (Molting Craw)
Sweat Beaver Trailer (Green Pumpkin Red Flake)

Matt Allen Swimbait Head
Blade Runner Spintrix
4.8 or 4.3 Keitech Fat Swing Impact