Bobfish Tales

Crappie innovations have grown about as fast as technology. Not only has electronics made it easier to catch crappie, but rods, reels, line, and lures have made leaps and bounds over what used to be a simple cane pole, cork, hook, and minnow setup. Now there are a million jig styles, sizes and types. There are many colors and variations of those colors as you could shake an Ugly Stick at. Not only do you have more jig styles than you could ever fish with, but there are countless other ways to catch crappie: pulling crank baits, casting spinners, shooting docks, spider rigging, and more. Perhaps the most impactful innovative initiative is electronics. Although the advance wasn't necessarily designed for crappie fishing, it certainly has been beneficial for crappie fishers. There is side imaging, down imaging, 3d type depth/fish finders that show precise views of structure and fish. It is to the point that you can identify whatever fish you are targeting. Locating fish is the...

October is one of the best months to catch big redfish and speckled trout on top water. And just like clock work today's action was fantastic. Big explosions that get your heart pumping. The downside to catching bull redfish on light tackle is the long fights. They start off fun, then turn into "will I ever land this fish". After landing more big reds then you can possibly keep, you pray the next cast will be a trout. Perhaps that is the best thing about October. Not only are the redfish thick, but the trout start to move inland from the coast. The good news about all of this is that the next three months or longer will just get better for numbers of really big fish. When the top water bite is off, you can always find fish with the standard jig and tout such as Deadly Dudley, Matrix Shad in any color and chartreuse or the many suspending baits such as the mirrolure catch 2000 or the mirodine m17. They all produce great numbers and some really big fish. It's the middle...