Patrick Pierce

My love affair with lead-headed, rubber or hair-skirted lures known as jigs started in 1987 when my girlfriend at the time gave me a jig-head mold for Christmas. Teresa is now my wife, and hundreds of thousands of jigs later there are times when she wishes she had not given me that original mold due to the hours I spend putting these bass-catching morsels together. Nonetheless, over the last two decades I have seen jigs move from an oddity lure with a cult following to a standard lure that few anglers are without.

Click here to read the entire article.

Few presentations trigger bass strikes more effectively in shallow water than quickly retrieving a rod thumping, wide wobbling, and shallow diving crankbait. The lure looks so inviting that no active bass can resist its appeal. Patrick Pierce, B.A.S.S. and FLW touring pro from Jacksonville, Florida, uses shallow cranks as one of his primary tools to bring quality sacks to the scales, especially during the fall.

Click here to read the entire article.

During the heat of the summer, it is often difficult to find bass and even harder to get them to bite. As the mercury climbs into the upper 90's, the bass are looking for a retreat just as we are. In weed infested lakes, the weeds often become a sanctuary. In other lakes, some suspend and become almost impossible to catch, but may seek the shady lair offered by boat docks. Patrick Pierce fishes both the BASS and FLW professional circuits and offers the following advice to pull some hawgs out from their shady haunts.

Click here to read the entire article.

As the mercury climbs and our lakes approach the temperature of bath water, most anglers' success rate declines because many bass move away from the bank and head for deeper water. Patrick Pierce of Jacksonville, Florida fishes both the B.A.S.S. and the FLW pro trails
and loves fishing deep-diving crankbaits during the
"dog-days."

Click here to read the entire article.

Professional angler, Patrick Pierce, from Jacksonville, Florida fishes both the Southern Tour with B.A.S.S. and the Stren Series with FLW, so he logs significant time on the water each year. Versatility is the key to wins, and one of his go-to presentations when the bas get lockjaw is a shaky head presentation. This is a new twist with a simple jig head and a small, finesse-style plastic worm.

Click here to read the entire article.

As the mercury approaches 100 day after day this summer, you do not have to hibernate into the cool air conditioning if you learn one of the most effective presentations for bass during the dog days of
summer . . . Flipping!

Click here to read the entire article.