If you’ve spent any time around a boat ramp, bait shop, or fishing dock, you’ve probably heard plenty of advice about catching bass in the summer. Fish only bite at dawn. Rain ruins fishing. Bass disappear when the weather gets hot. Some anglers swear by these rules, while others say they’re nothing more than fishing folklore.
Show Me Today puts some of those common beliefs to the test with one of Missouri’s fisheries experts. Andrew Branson from the Missouri Department of Conservation will separate fact from fiction and learn what Missouri anglers should really know before heading to the lake this summer.