Bill Dance Outdoors Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 411
• Alabama Cattin'

  Bill and guide James Patterson go fishing for catfish on the Tennessee River.

• All About Crankin'

  Discussion on the important characteristics of crankbaits and how you can use them better.

• All-American Fish
• Along Marginal Territories
• Along Marginal Territories
• Another Fun Day With Bob Bagby

  Fishing for bass using a popular jointed grapple shad.

• Answers to Tiny Waters
• Away From the Shore
• Bait Fish Can't Keep a Secret
• Bass Fishing Is a Wonderful Sport
• Bass Fishin's Toughest Times

  Finding and catching the elusive suspended bass.

• Bass Like'em Deep Too!

  Selecting proper bait and blade sizes for varying depths and correct presentations.

• Bassin' With a Money Minnow
• Between the Top and the Bottom

  Bass-fishermen learn how to catch fish in a suspended state.

• The Blabber Mouth
• Boo Jig Bassin'
• Boomerangin' Bass
• Build Your Own Fishery
• Building Your Own Fishery
• Bumble Buggin' Bass
• Buried Up Tight

  Suggestions on what to do when bass are buried up in tight cover.

• Buzz Dancin'

  Bill presents unusual buzz bait and how it attracts hefty bass.

• C.O.D. - Catch On Delivery

  Bill shares insights on how to vary one's lure presentations.

• Cat Got Your Tongue? NAW!
• Catching a Toy
• Cattin' Downtown

  Bill demonstrates his drift-fishing technique and gives tips on tackle bait and rigging for big blue cats on the Mississippi River.

• Cattin' With Big Cats
• A Challenging Condition

  Bill explains why fish suspend and provides tips on making them bite with a special crankbait and a technique called 'horizontal jigging.'

• A Cold January Day

  Winter fishing and hunting.

• Concentrate on Every Clue

  Bill explains how he 'listens' to the clues the bass give him while fishing.

• Crankin' Out Answers
• Craw Buggin'

  Fishing with crawfish for smallmouth bass on the Tennessee River.

• D.O. Bassin'

  How to determine the dissolved oxygen content in water.

• The D.O. in H2O
• Dancin' a Jig

  Bill uses his 'pet' jig and offers tips on its use.

• Dancin' and Swimmin'

  Bill emphasizes the importance of confidence in your fishing efforts; demonstration of a new sound attracting device, Biosonix.

• A Day for Answers
• A Day with King Phil

  Catfishing on the Tennessee River with Bill and Phil King.

• A Deep Water Fish Finding Technique

  Bill fishes with his own version of the Carolina rig and offers tips on where to use it.

• The Dependable One
• The Dependable One
• Depth Location Presentation

  Depth, location and presentation are key to a successful fishing trip.

• Did You Know?
• A Direct Line with an In-Line
• Driftin' for Blues

  Fishing the Mississippi River for big blue catfish.

• Drop Shotting

  Bill explains the drop shotting technique.

• Edge on a Ledge
• February Mail 2005
• February's Mail
• Finned Facts
• Fishin' With a True Friend Johnny Morris
• Fishing Can Hook Children

  Learn new ways to make fishing trips really interesting to kids.

• Fishy Facts

  Unusual, useful facts about the biology and habitat of largemouth bass.

• Flashin' the Depths

  Bill explains how most bass are caught by spinnerbaits in less than five feet of water.

• Forty Years and Going Strong
• From Around the Country
• From the Web
• Frosty Pond Tactics

  Farm pond fishing in the winter time.

• A Fun Day in Gibson County

  Fishing flooded timber land for bass.

• Get Next to Deeper Water
• The Giants of East Texas
• Gimme Feedback
• Gimme Your Opinion
• Got to See It to Eat It

  Focusing on understanding vision and color perception of fish.

• Guess What II
• Heart Pounding Excitement
• Ice Water Warriors
• The Importance of Sound

  Bill explains how to make sounds work for them while fishing for bass.

• It's a Contact Sport

  Tips on how to get the best results with contact lures.

• It's Not Mickey Mouse Tackle
• It's Really No Different

  Bill drives the point home that bass that live in small waters like farm ponds are really no different than those that reside in larger impoundments.

• It's What You Can't See!

  Bill offers tips for when the bass are not visible.

• January Through December

  Spinnerbaits.

• January's Mail

  Bill answers viewers' questions on fishing.

• January's Mail
• A Jerk for a Jerk From a Jerk

  Tips and demonstrations on using jerk baits.

• Keys for Monster Gills

  Bill Dance shares some tips on spotting likely bluegill spots and how to catch them.

• The King of Soft Plastics
• Learn New Tricks
• Like Father, Like Son

  Demonstration of a new smaller version of Pop'n Image bass lure.

• Listen When Bass are Talking
• Little Lips for Big Lips
• Long Poling Crappie

  Bill goes for tasty crappie fishing using an extra long pole.

• Making the Impossible Bite Occur
• March's Mail
• May's Mail

  Bill answers viewers questions about fishing.

• Mississippi Tackle Testers
• The Mistakes We Make
• The More We Know

  Demonstration of the new lure 'Grappler Shad'; tips on being a better angler.

• The More You Know
• A Multi-Purpose Lure

  Selecting and fishing spinnerbaits in deeper water.

• My Favorite Shoreline Structure
• No. 7, My Favorite Number

  Essentials that fishermen need to know for success are approach, depth, presentation, experimentation, concentration, knowledge and confidence.

• The Nose Knows

  Using a fish's sense of smell to the advantage of the fisherman.

• Now That's a Good Question

  Bill answers viewer's questions on fishing.

• One of the Finest

  Bill uses one of his favorite bass lures to demonstrate a presentation called 'horizontal jigging.'

• Outback Wonders
• Pond Magic

  Using a small spinnerbait to entice bass in farm ponds.

• A Potent Method

  Tips and techniques on the method called flippin'.

• Rebirth of a Classic
• The Reel Story

  Tips on choosing the best type of reel to use for certain situations; choosing the correct ratio.

• The Reel That Taught America How To Fish Next on: Tomorrow at 3:00pm EST - VERSUS
• A Remarkable Little Fish

  Fishing for speckled perch or crappie.

• The Ribeye of the Water

  Demonstrations and suggestions on how to use an artificial crawfish.

• Rockin' in Tennessee

  Tips on different methods and tackle to use while fishing for rock fish.

• Search and Rescue
• Seven is My Favorite Number Next on: Tomorrow at 2:00pm EST - VERSUS
• Sharing Info

  Bill shares a compilation of tips that he has accumulated from personal experiences and other fishermen.

• Sharing With Others
• The Single Most Important Factor Next on: Tomorrow at 1:00pm EST - VERSUS
• Skinny or Fat

  Bill offers advice on which type of crankbaits to use for different situations.

• Slow Goes It
• Slowing Down
• Small Water Quiz

  Tips on how to fish small waters.

• Some of My Favorites

  Bill offers tips on some of his favorite fishing areas - small, shallow, out of the way lakes.

• Spookin' Bass

  Tips on how to fish for bass using a Zara Spook bait.

• Springtime, Ain't It Great
• Successful Fisherman
• Takasaki Crappie

  Bill and Ted Takasaki fish for crappie.

• Talk About Pressure

  How rising or falling barometric pressure influences shallow bass.

• Ten Crank Belt Factors to Consider
• There He Is!

  Bill's favorite tips on fishing slip sinker plastic rigs for bass.

• Things I'd Like to Know
• Things I'd Like to Know
• The Third Degree
• This Great Fish We Call Bass

  Outlining the nature of the bass.

• This Wonderful Sport Called Bass Fishin'

  Bill answers questions regarding the sport of bass fishing.

• To Be So Popular
• Topwater is Terrific

  Bill offers tips on topwater fishing.

• Unpredictable Behavior

  The effects weather, water and food have on a fish's behavior.

• Up Close and Personal
• A Versatile System
• The Vertical Advantage

  Catching crappie.

• Waking 'Um Up

  Bill teaches his favorite spinnerbait presentations for bass.

• Walkin' the Dog

  Bill demonstrates the bass fishing technique of 'walking the dog' with different baits.

• Watching Rooster Crow
• We Learn From Each Other

  Bill shows how to rig for 'drop-shotting' and demonstrates the method.

• We're Going Swinging

  Demonstration on how successful 'swingin' or 'flippin' can be.

• What If?
• What's Best?
• What's Best? Deep Water Close By

  Tips on how to find the right depth for fishing for bass.

• What's That Smell?
• When A Little Guy Shines
• When Carolina Is Finer
• When Finesse Is Best

  Using tiny equipment can offer big rewards and increase the fun of fishing.

• When Vision Is Limited
• Where the Water Meets the Air

  Tips on how to fish top water.

• Wintertime Fun
• Xtra-Lite Bass'n
• Yummy Bass