Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be worked at ...

—in the spring, bass are reachable and willing to bite. With a few bass fishing tips, you can elevate your spring fishing from good to excellent. Bass move in shallow during springtime to reproduce ...

Bass fishing is just plain fun. But what’s the most fun way to catch them? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I hoped I would ...

Water temps are slowly rising across much of the south and many states are starting to see pre-spawn activity. In Alabama and Tennessee, bass are already cruising shallow areas gorging on bait to ...

I watched the big single spin spinnerbait coming through the shallow water of the upper reaches of the Iowa farm pond. The big Colorado blade was pulsing and sending out flashes of chartreuse as the ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

It is that time of the year when any day that the weather is semi-cooperative boat ramps fill up early as bass fishermen rush to the water. In Texas, at least, it is the time of the year that ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...