FREE TAYLOR MAN'S FISHING GUIDE

STOP GUESSING.
FISH THE CONDITIONS.

Choosing the right bass lure shouldn't start with a color chart or a list of rules. It should start with understanding what the conditions are doing to the bass.

Fish the Conditions gives you a practical system for choosing spinnerbaits, jigs and buzzbaits based on fish position, water clarity, cover, depth, weather, season and forage.

01 Understand where bass are likely to position.
02 Determine what your lure actually needs to do.
03 Choose the presentation before worrying about color.
Fish the Conditions - A Taylor Man's Guide to Choosing Spinnerbaits, Jigs and Buzzbaits
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

READ THE CONDITIONS.
THEN CHOOSE THE LURE.

The guide breaks the decision down into the major factors that actually change where bass position and how your lure needs to reach them.

Bass moving between clear and muddy water conditions
01

WATER CLARITY

Understand how clear, stained and muddy water change visibility, strike distance, fish position and presentation requirements.

Largemouth bass positioned around submerged wood and cover
02

COVER & STRUCTURE

Learn to fish the bass's position inside grass, wood, rock, riprap, docks and other high-percentage targets.

Largemouth bass suspended beside a steep underwater depth change
03

DEPTH & WATER COLUMN

Stop letting bottom depth dictate every decision and start fishing the actual depth the bass are using.

Seasonal bass fishing scene showing changing fall and winter conditions
04

SEASON & EVENTS

Use seasonal context without turning spring, summer, fall and winter into rigid rules that ignore what is actually happening.

Largemouth bass with shad, bluegill and crawfish forage
05

PRIMARY FORAGE

Understand how shad, bluegill, sunfish and crawfish influence where bass set up and how they interact with a lure.

Bass relating to shad, bluegill and crawfish in an underwater feeding area
06

FORAGE BEHAVIOR

Match more than color. Learn how the behavior and habitat of the forage can tell you where to look for feeding bass.

Bass positioned in a brush pile
THE CORE IDEA

POSITION
BEFORE LURE.

The most useful lure-selection question usually isn't:

"WHAT BAIT SHOULD I THROW?"

Start here instead:

01 WHERE ARE THE BASS?
02 WHY ARE THEY THERE?
03 WHAT MUST THE LURE DO?

Once you answer those questions, lure family, weight, retrieve, vibration, profile and color become much easier decisions.

THREE CORE LURE FAMILIES

SPINNERBAITS. JIGS.
BUZZBAITS.

The principles apply broadly to bass fishing, but the guide focuses on the lure families Taylor Man's builds every day.

01

SPINNERBAITS

Control depth, speed, flash, vibration and profile while covering water or targeting specific pieces of cover.

02

JIGS

Control fall, bottom contact, cover penetration and strike-zone time across a huge range of bass positions.

03

BUZZBAITS

Use surface disturbance, speed, sound and target placement to create reaction opportunities around shallow bass.

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NOT THE CLICHÉS.

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