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14/05/2026

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Tight Lines, KC

14/05/2026

🎣 Tight Lines Tackle Box — Daily Forecast

📅 May 14 | Moon: Waxing Crescent (18%)
Major Feed: 6:45 AM – 8:45 AM
Minor Feed: 7:10 PM – 9:10 PM

🌅 Sunrise: 5:44 AM | 🌆 Sunset: 8:16 PM

Walleye season is hitting its stride. The spawn is winding down but the post-spawn bite is just getting started — and these fish are hungry. Focus on shallow rocky transitions adjacent to deeper water; they stage there between feeding runs. A slow-trolled crawler harness or a tight-jigging presentation over the rocks is producing solid limits right now.

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14/05/2026

The Rapala X-Rap continues to dominate for bass and pike in the warming shallows. Anglers are reporting huge hits on the 10cm in hot olive and shad colors.

If you're after trout, the Mepps Aglia spinner in size 2 is doing damage on the rivers right now — cheap, deadly, always catches fish. What new lure are you throwing? Drop a comment and let us know what's working in your tackle box 👇️

27/04/2026

Most anglers pack up their rods and head home when clouds roll in. This is one of the most costly mistakes in fishing. O...

26/04/2026

Most anglers pack up their rods and head home when clouds roll in. This is one of the most costly mistakes in fishing. Overcast skies do several things that make fish feed more aggressively: First, th

25/04/2026

Daily fishing tips, tackle advice, and angling know-how.

25/04/2026

Look everyone! We have a DAILY BLOG! I present to you the TLTB Tip of the Day:

Most bass bites happen at half the speed you think they do. Here's the counterintuitive truth that separates consistent anglers from those who keep missing the boat.

03/12/2025

The other method recommended by Bob Hollingsworth in the In’Fisherman piece is a 3-way rig for trolling. Spoonpluggers who are familiar with Don Dickson will recognize this setup from his Minaki tapes and school. The only difference was Don used wire to get deep in the current.

👉 “[The other method used] is bouncing bottom with a red or blue No. 18 Rapala. The rig [3-way rig] is alternately lifted and dropped to advance it along the bottom. The lures are right behind or in the transducer cone.... Speed is very slow.”

👉 “This rig can also be used to run parallel to the drop-offs and w**d lines. On sharp, broken structure, or shad-infested water, this rig really shines.”

👉 “Its only drawback is that it is of limited value in heavy current or high winds. The boat operator has one hell of a time with the motor, depth sounder, his line, etc.”

👉 “We use five- to six-foot worm action-type rods and free-spool Penn reels for both of these methods. Bouncing bottom requires a short, stiff rod that won't wear your arm out lifting that sinker off the bottom.”

👉 “Trolling speed varies with the seasons and the fishes preference for the night. Twitching the rod as it is trolled will sometimes produce more strikes.”

19/11/2025

This slimy fella tried interrupting our duck hunt. Thankfully I brought my fishing rod. He hammered the Big Bite Baits swim tail from the October Tackle Box. Grow Your Tackle Collection at https://tightlinestacklebox.com/

10/11/2025

Been fishing swimbait lately?