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Five Books You Should Read When You Can’t Get On The Water

There is nothing I would rather be doing than standing in the middle of a river, double-hauling to some cagey brown trout. Or trolling around looking for a monster largemouth with a drop shot rig tied on—but, let’s face it, you can’t always get out on the water. Life gets in the way, work gets [...]

Get Ready For The Bass Pro Shops Trade In Event!

Hey gang, just wanted to drop a quick reminder on everyone that one of the annual events that we always look forward to is about to happen. The reel trade in event at your local Bass Pro Shops will be held during the Spring Fishing Classic. Depending on your reel of choice, you can save [...]

The Dirty Dozen Carp Flies That Work!

Fly fishing for carp can be a killer rush—but, it can also be incredibly frustrating. This frustration is quickly compounded if you have a wealth of experience fishing for other species, like trout or bass, because the techniques and equipment will be unfamiliar. This is exactly why you need carp flies that work. Great carp [...]

Carbon Vs. Graphite Rod Blanks

Today I’m going to answer another question that has been on the mind of several of our readers. The question, “Is there a difference between carbon and graphite rods?” My guess is that some of you are looking for your next rod, and have noticed that more manufacturers are using the term “carbon blank” these [...]

Medlock Wins On Okeechobee With A Double Guard Jig…Again!

Brandon Medlock, of Lake Placid, Fl., has done it again. Over the weekend, he won the FLW Everstart Southeast event on Lake Okeechobee—a feat he accomplished last year. While that may seem interesting in its own right, even more intriguing is the fact that he did it with the exact same lure and technique—something he [...]

Chris Lane Posts Huge Total To Win Harris Chain Open

Even though the 2012 Bassmaster Classic is still a month away, the first qualifier for the 2013 Classic is already determined. Guntersville Alabama native Chris Lane posted a monster 72 lbs., 11 oz. total to win the first event of the Southern Open Series. His closest competitor was Clifford Pirch of Arizona who took second [...]

This Week’s Best Of The Web

Today is the first in what will be a weekly feature on MVF. We are constantly combing the internet looking for great articles, and when we come across some, we will be sharing them with you. We will break it down into bass fishing, fly fishing, and miscellaneous to make it easy. Please Enjoy!

MVF Bait Of The Year Overall Winner

After a full year of notes, testing, video, research, and more testing, we published our baits of the year in various categories. Today, we are going to boil that information down, and look at the winner for overall bait of the year—as well as first runner up. Essentially, these are the two baits that put [...]

Latest Reviews

Fierce Lures Hawg Whisperer

As most of you who have been with us know, we here at MVF like our swimbaits. We almost always have one or more tied on and ready to go when we hit the water because this class of baits catches fish consistently. Today we get to take a relatively new entry into this market [...]

Berkley Trout Dough Series Rod

It’s now trout season again around here so we thought we would take a look at a new product from Berkley. They have introduced a new series of rods called the Trout Dough series. We obtained one for the purpose of throwing very lightweight jigs, split-shotting and drop-shotting small plastics like Berkley micro’s. I have [...]

River2Sea V-Joint Deep Dive Minnow

As most of you know, we like to keep our reviews in line with the seasons that you get a sense how we are using the baits that we discuss at any given moment. Today is no exception to that rule. Overnight temps have fallen into the mid-thirties around here and the bass are sluggish [...]

Wave Fishing Tiki Stick Super Soft Pro

We’ve talked quite a bit about using stick baits when old man winter comes knocking and today we’re going to take a new offering from an established company out for a few spins around our local waters. The Wave Worm Tiki Stick Super Soft Pro was recently introduced and is now becoming available at retailers [...]

Strike King KVD 1.0

There are times when you need to downsize your offering, so today we’re taking an in depth look at the new Strike King KVD 1.0. We have reviewed the 1.5 and 2.5 and were very pleased with these baits. When we saw the 1.0 at ICAST, we knew that we had to pick up some [...]

Cold Weather Gear Every Fisherman Needs This Winter

I went out to the river the other day, and one thing was clear—it was cold! Since we are only in early December, things are only going to get colder. For me, staying warm is a critical part of having a good fishing trip in the winter time. I can’t tell you just how bad [...]

Strike King Red Eye Shad

We’ve talked about lipless crankbaits in the past but haven’t done a complete review of today’s subject, the Strike King Red Eye Shad in the 1/4 ounce size. I know that there are plenty of folks out there who are used to using the 1/2 ounce but this is something that you might want to [...]

Damiki D Hold Weighted Hooks

We’re going to look at another piece of terminal tackle that was debuted at ICAST and is now showing up on shelves. The Damiki D Hold Hook Weighted. We already reviewed the un-weighted version of this hook and found that it simply couldn’t replace our gold standard but we figured why not give this one [...]