Casting About

Casting About - Aaron Martin's monthly column featured in Inside Edge - The Bass Edge e-newsletter

Put me in coach
Aaron Martin

Spring is a unique time of year. The redbuds are blooming, turkeys are gobbling and the fish are in the shallows. Shades of gray are ...Full Story

Optimism in hard times
Aaron Martin

Most times, a positive attitude comes fairly easy. But lately, it has required more focus than usual. Every direction you turn, the media reminds us ...Full Story

The best hand warmers have scales
Aaron Martin

“Are you kidding me,” I thought to myself after yet another fishless cast. The weather was the polar opposite of the day before. Sustained north ...Full Story

Time well invested
Aaron Martin

Attitude is everything. At least that is what I kept telling myself while hanging on for dear life with one hand, as I reached for ...Full Story

Warm memories of the Sunshine State
Aaron Martin

I was raised on a farm and driving a tractor before I could perform simple addition. Daily chores like feeding the cattle, cutting ice so ...Full Story

Changing colors
Aaron Martin

I like fall. Without a doubt, it’s my favorite time of year. The leaves change colors, temperatures begin their descent and candy manufacturers bolster their ...Full Story

California Dreamin'
Aaron Martin

Glancing at the reflection of Clear Lake’s Skylark Shores Resort fading in my rearview mirror, I realized that another chapter of Bass Edge was in ...Full Story

Beginning to understand
Aaron Martin

I find fishing addictive, mostly because of how it makes me feel. There is nothing like the sudden explosion on the surface as a bass ...Full Story

It's all good
Aaron Martin

Most agree that I have been dealt a pretty good hand, able to travel around the country doing what I love and hanging out with ...Full Story