If your Summer Smallmouth Drop-Shot program still looks like a lazy vertical shake over yesterday’s waypoint, the 2026 tournament trail gave us a polite shove off the dock. Summer smallmouth bass can be catchable, but they do not always sit … Read the rest
Category: Casting & Retrieval Techniques
Deep Water Fishing Casts for Late Summer
Late-summer deep water fishing rewards anglers who cast with a plan instead of simply throwing farther. By August and early September, surface heat, changing water clarity, and oxygen levels can push fish into narrow comfort zones. Your job is to … Read the rest
Bank Fishing Casting: Graham-Mebane Lake Lessons
Bank fishing casting around a lake like Graham-Mebane rewards anglers who think before they throw. As of August 18, 2026, I could not verify a recent or scheduled Graham-Mebane Lake Tournament from the supplied research, so I’m treating the tournament … Read the rest
When Summer Heat Pushes Catfish Out of Deep Water
Summer catfish oxygen levels can overturn the most familiar hot-weather rule in fishing: go deeper when the water gets hot. Deep water may be cooler, but when summer stratification cuts it off from surface mixing, it can become the least … Read the rest