Author: Kayla Rivers

Live-Imaging Sonar can help fall black bass anglers make sharper tournament decisions, but it rewards discipline more than staring. I treat it like a fitness tracker on the deck: useful data, no automatic win. The best competitors still need boat … Read the rest

September Bass Movement is the part of late-summer fishing that can make a good angler look lost by lunch. The fish may start on deep humps, reefs, islands, or channel breaks, then slide toward creek arms, flats, vegetation, or bait … Read the rest

Live-imaging sonar has changed how many black bass anglers make decisions, but recent tournament research gives us a clear coaching cue: the screen is a tool, not a free pass. I treat it like a heart-rate monitor in training. It … Read the rest

Sam Rayburn low water can turn a tournament day into a conditioning test with rods, reels, and stumps. On September 5-6, 2026, the reservoir level was reported around 155.00-155.02 feet, roughly 9.35-9.40 feet below the 164.40-foot full pool mark on … Read the rest

Marshall Hughes gave competitive anglers a sharp lesson in smallmouth bass tactics on August 13, 2026, during Stage 7 of the Bass Pro Tour on Lake Erie. In the final 7 minutes of Period 3, he landed four smallmouth bass … Read the rest

The 2026 MRM MegaBucs Pro Series Catfish Tournament in Vicksburg was listed for July 26, 2026, and the event window in the provided research also pointed to a July 27 championship date. Now that those dates have passed, Trophy Catfish … Read the rest

Fishing has changed a lot over the years. We no longer just use instinct and a rod. Now, we have advanced tools like fishing electronics.

Sonar technology, which started in WWI, is now in our fishing gear. The first … Read the rest

Most anglers see boat and shore fishing as two different worlds. Each side has its own fans, not wanting to agree with the other. But the best fishermen are like diplomats, not picking sides. They know that the key to … Read the rest