Finesse Fishing Online Class
Southern Fishing News is now offering a free online class in finesse fishing for bass, designed primarily for high-school bass clubs but very helpful to anyone who wants to learn this effective tactic.
The finesse tactic keys on much smaller lures than bass anglers are accustomed to using, sometimes employing jig heads weighing only 1/8 ounce and tiny plastic tails just 3 inches long to fool heavily pressured bass that are difficult to catch on larger lures.
The tactic works particularly well in clear water lakes like Lewis Smith and Martin, where anglers fish the little lures on nearly invisible mono testing as little as 6 pound test to catch cagey spotted bass. Light spinning gear is the usual tackle.
Modified Jan 11th, 2021 at 11:15 AM
Logan Johnson and Jeremy Christian win the Inaugural Alabama Bass Trail 100
By Jason Duran
Photos by Chris Brown
January 10- Columbiana, AL- 100 Teams launched at Beeswax Park for the first of three events in the brand-new Alabama Bass Trail 100 series. The ABT 100 series features 100 teams, 100 percent payback and $100,000 total payout in each event. Logan Johnson and Jeremy Christian claimed the first-place title and took home the hardware and $25,000.
Logan and Jeremy started the morning in an area they found in practice and felt would produce because of the large amount of shad active in the area. They soon realized it wasn’t the winning spot and quickly moved to their second area located in Spring Creek. Logan said, “it was a very large area, and in practice, we found it also was holding a lot of shad.” They spent the rest of the day on the trolling motor in this area.