There are plenty of well-known wintertime bass techniques – things like fishing a jig or a blade bait or a spoon – and they all have their time and place, but recently I was reminded of one of the ones that hasn’t been explored quite as broadly. I call it “downstream deadsticking,” and while it’s not written about much (or precisely because no one’s discussing it), it can be one of the deadliest patterns any time you have cold water and current. One of the reasons that it’s so hard for many anglers to grasp is because it flies in […]