Hello folks, this week Ivo shows you how to tie your own drop shot rig as well as how tie a palomar knot. A drop shot rig is ...

It was born in Japan almost a decade ago as the ultimate light-line finesse technique to counter the heavily pressured bass populations in their lakes. The Japanese pros brought it to the West Coast ...

Elite Series pro Chris Zaldain teaches us how to achieve the best drop shot hookup ratio using the "reel setting" technique. Watch to learn how.

Balog’s drop shot rigs consist of a No. 1 Gamakatsu hook tied to 6-pound test fluorocarbon line using a Palomar knot to make the hook stand straight out from the line with the point up. Balog usually ...

One of the most effective big walleye and bass patterns is often overlooked by anglers in this part of the world. In summer, when many of our fish have retreated to deeper water, their search for food ...

This time of year, a lot of the bass are in shallow water for a couple of different reasons. First, they are chasing shad, which are spawning in the backs of coves. Second, the surface temperature of ...

As my search for the ideal drop-shot hook continues, my buddy Ben Nielsen turned me on to a perfect hook for bass fishing: an Owner Cover Shot. What makes this hook fairly unique is a small bait ...

Virginian Shawn Bevan is just one of many area anglers who want to know more about a style of fishing that the bass hounds from the clear desert lakes of California, Arizona and Nevada say they ...