1 - Lively bait is good bait! Ever wonder why one guy is catching all the fish? It’s probably because he keeps putting on lively bait after each catch, while everybody else is dragging around the same stinky minnow. Keep your bait fresh and catch more fish!

2 - Fish when the fish want to bite! Instead of spending your precious free time chasing fish during the middle of the day, focus your efforts when the fish are in the mood to bite. Lowlight hours of sunrise and sunset are key feeding times for all game fish. Another lesser known key factor is fishing during the rise and set of the moon. These are the 4 major feeding times each day.

3 - Be Mobile and find a pattern. If the fish don’t want to bite, there is no point in sticking around. Try searching out areas deeper and shallower before sticking with just one depth. Once you find the fish in a certain area, study why you caught that fish in that particular spot, and find more spots just like it. Odds are, there will be fish waiting at the next spot too!

4 - Trust Electronics. Todays electronics make can make us all experts before we even launch the boat in the water. Investing money in quality electronics will save valuable time on waters old and new. That secret spot the locals have had for years is no longer a secret once you turn on your GPS mapping system. Fish smarter, not harder!

5 - Get Up And Look! Many times a fisherman relies too much on their electronics, and never see what is actually happening below them. Next time you are out on your favorite body of water, get up in the front of the boat, put on a pair of polarized glasses, and visually see what is happening. You may be surprised what you will learn by watching the fish and studying the bottom. Plus, there are more fish roaming shallow waters than one might think!