Sight Fishing with Your Depthfinder
Vertical sight fishing is targeting a single fish or two in 10 feet or more of water, using the depth finder to locate the fish then lower a bait directly … Read More
Traditional Sonar vs Garmin LiveScope
What’s Down There By Mark Lassagne Here are a couple screenshots from the Garmin Panoptix LiveScope. Every time I’m out fishing, I’m amazed at the image detail we can view … Read More
Setting Up Color Depth Shading
Depth Shading By Mark Lassagne What’s the best way to locate productive structure on a lake especially one you haven’t fished often? A paper map, mapping on your phone, tablet … Read More
Float-N-Fly Article
Appearing in the Summer edition of American Bass Anglers Magazine SMALL BUT DEADLY SPRING TACTIC By Mark Lassagne That old adage “bigger baits catch bigger fish” is true—in most cases—but … Read More
Summer Transitions at Lake Berryessa
SUMMER TRANSITIONS By Mark Lassagne Day 1: 50 fish, including 20 3-plus pound smallies, spots and largemouths. Our best five went about 19 pounds with the biggest at 5 1/2 … Read More
Catching Spotted Bass This Summer at Lake Oroville
By Mark Lassagne Lake Oroville State Recration Area can be fun or frustrating, depending on your goals. If you’re looking for a nice lake – clean water, camping, boating and … Read More
March and April at Berryessa
March and April found great fishing at Lake Berryessa The warm weather after the last storms brought the fish up shallow to spawn giving us many choices. Early March found … Read More
Weather or Not
By Mark Lassagne with Ish Monroe Undoubtedly the most important consideration when going fishing is the weather. Weather not only affects how the fish bite, it also lets us know … Read More
KEEP YOUR HAT ON
GEAR TEST – Eyzgear glasses / hat retainer – never lose a pair of glasses again. This product was intended to hold you glasses from falling off the top of … Read More
Catching Bass After a Front
Post Front Bass By Mark Lassagne You’re now on your fifth spot and haven’t gotten a bite! Saturday morning, mid-November and it’s a beautiful day. Cold but bright blue skies … Read More