I learned this technique a few years ago during a talk with Jeff Little, kayak angler. He had seen it on a website out there on the internet. It certainly is a lot cheaper than buying plastic or glass rattles at a tackle shop. Continue Reading

With the recent interest in the River Bassin Tournament Trail I have noticed many people are new to tournaments and are still finding their way on how to best approach them.  Having a good time and being successful in them takes some planning, strategy and research, but the good news is that it is part of the fun!  Below are some tips on how to best enjoy yourself and be successful when competing in these type of events. Continue Reading

The South Carolina/Georgia sections of Riverbassin.com would like to present our next rodeo, The Georgialina Border Bash!  We will gather on the banks of the Savannah River on the border of Georgia and South Carolina to enjoy food , fun, fellowship, and Riverbassin!

What: The Georgialina Borderbash will be a fishing and camping excursion for registered forum members of this site and their guests. To become a member simply register for free on the Riverbassin forum. Continue Reading

Recently a great post was made on the River Bassin Forums by klmccllg and it made me realize that it is another common topic we have yet to cover in an article.  This question was posed, “How far is too far to paddle upstream when doing a paddle up trip?” Continue Reading

    There is nothing quite like getting off early from work.  Some days it relegates you to a myriad of chores a bit earlier than planned.  However, on this day my mind went straight to the River, and the evening bite.  The water was low and gin clear, and as the sun dropped behind the trees, the potrait of the river was transformed…

I should have quit fishing a long time ago.  If I was a smart guy I certainly would have.  I could have taken all that energy and put it somewhere more productive, like my education perhaps.  At least that’s what my family seems to think, maybe they’re right, from a logical standpoint anyways.  I started to wonder if maybe I had a problem one night last week when Continue Reading

I fell in love with her the moment I saw her.  She was slim, sleek, and tall, oh boy was she tall.  She was probably 20 years older than me but that didn’t matter, it’s just a number anyway right?  Her glossy candy apple red finish had faded over the years, and she was a tad to the heavy side but looks aren’t everything.  No, she had personality, miles and miles of it.  They showed through every scratch and ding along her hull.  That’s right, my first love wasn’t a girl, or even a car, it was an Old Town Discovery 174 that showed up in our yard on my 13th birthday.

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…Just thought I would share a product with you that has been working for me lately on the grass laden rivers in Florida.  Be warned now that flipping and pitching can be addicting when you get into using that technique.  You’ve been warned.

Article by:  Bo Painter (VaSmallieGuy89)

…Eddie Cochran said that “there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues”.  I never understood quite what he meant, because I never had a problem with the blues coming in the summertime.  Summer’s full of  long, warm, lazy days, and of course; bass.  What self respecting river fisherman has time to be blue then?  No the summertime blues never gave me any trouble, its the wintertime blues that are getting to me, and sitting around the house is doing me about as much good as ol’ Eddie calling his congressman. Continue Reading

….. This story starts at work in the cubical of my good buddy Zack. A Serbian refugee, now an American citizen, Zack lives in St. Pete and fishes saltwater exclusively and has never fished for bass.  So being the confident “jacked up” bass fisherman that I am, I told him, “I’ll take you fishing on the Santa Fe River and I promise you’ll catch a bass!”  Ok, that was mistake #1…never promise anyone that they will catch bass or anything for that matter.   In the mean time, circumstances changed and Zack and I decided to fish the Myakka River instead.  Mistake #2, if you promise someone they’ll catch bass, at least take them to a river you have previously fished.  I have no previous experience fishing the Myakka River.  Although a very beautiful river, the Myakka failed to produce a single fish for either of us…all we caught was sunburn.  Back at work, I have not heard the end of our failed fishing trip.  Zack keeps reminding me about “broken promises” and the bass he never caught. Continue Reading