That moment when you set the hook on a big smallmouth bass can only be described as exciting! In those seconds it takes to get that fish to the boat, time tends to stop, and if that bass happens to jump out of the water you are in for quite a show. Don’t get me wrong I love to fish for anything that will bite, but nothing comes close to the excitement of hooking up with a big smallmouth. LOCATION I can’t really be too specific when describing which areas to target because each lake, river and reservoir that holds…
Author: Amanda Keszler
Amanda Keszler
Amanda Keszler is an avid angler who enjoys spending every minute she can in the outdoors, fishing and hunting with her family. She has been contributing to Hooked Magazine for almost three years now. Recently Amanda was featured on an episode of the Lund Ultimate Fishing Experience television show where she fished alongside her mentor, her father Alex. She regularly competes in Bass and Walleye tournaments across Manitoba and Ontario with her boyfriend Logan. The final year that she was eligible to fish as a youth in the Angler Young Angler fishing tournament in Pine Falls with Alex, they won first place. Since that day she has been hooked on tournament fishing and the challenges that it brings. Throughout the year Amanda targets many different species such as Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, and Whitefish. For the past three years she has been giving seminars at the Mid-Canada Boat Show in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “Hunting and fishing with my friends and family creates a bond and lifetime memories that I will always carry with me. There is truly nothing that I would rather be doing than spending time experiencing and writing about the great outdoors."
It’s been a long winter here in Canada but spring is finally on its way. The snow is melting, the geese are flocking back and I have one thing and one thing only on my mind… open water fishing! LOCATION The first thing to remember when targeting fish in the springtime is that they do not move far from their spawning areas. Walleyes, Bass, Crappie and Northern Pike will all be in shallow depths this time of year and can be fairly easy to locate. Targeting shallow bays, shallow basins, neck-downs, creeks and small rivers will increase your success this…
December 20th, 2013, it’s 2:00pm and we are off! My Boyfriend Logan and I started our winter vacation by hooking up the Lund and hauling it to Clewiston, Florida to fish on Lake Okeechobee. It’s always been a dream of mine to fish “The Big O” and I couldn’t wait to check it off my bucket list. We were both really excited about driving through the US and being able to see Lake Barkley, Chickamauga, Nickajack, Guntersville and some of the other big bass lakes we always see on TV. About 33 more hours and we would be arriving in…