Cold water or muddy fishing conditions are usually tough ... The best two baits for filling the criteria are an oversized blade on a spinnerbait or a jig-n-pig. The spinnerbait doesn’t have ...

Anglers should keep their tackle boxes stocked with Texas-rigged soft plastics for sight fishing beds, as well as checking ...

Pro Tip: Focus on two patterns: Sight Fishing Beds and Staged Fish. Sight-fish with soft plastics or focus on reaction strikes with something more aggressive, such as spinnerbaits, crankbaits ...

Alan Fong of Alan Fong Outdoors with an 11.75-pound largemouth bass on a spinnerbait in the north Delta. Photo courtesy of Alan Fong Outdoors Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of ...