Originally published July 2008Dean Rojas has hopped floating, hollow-bodied frogs to the forefront of topwater bassin' baits. The Texas pro has been seen throwing his Spro BronzeEye frog under...
Long, spindly arms protrude from behind the head of the freshwater prawn, looking like hinged blue coffee stirrers tipped with tiny pincers. Dr. Gary Schwarz walked through knee-deep mud to grab a...
Most smallmouth experts agree that prespawn is prime time to whack a trophy bronzeback. They’re moving shallower and putting on the feedbag big time after a long winter, and those big females...
Todd Driscoll, a district fisheries biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife, competes in nearly three dozen bass tournaments a year. Driscoll has learned that performing well at the scales is...
You’d have to forgive Jon Bondy if it appeared as if he’d gone a little bit crazy during practice for an Elite Series event on Falcon Lake in 2008. While the other pros flipped and...
The hypnotic side-to-side gait of a topwater lure, such as a Zara Spook or a Lucky Craft Sammy, can produce vicious and predictable strikes, but when the fish fail to connect it can leave an angler...
Pickwick Lake in northwest Alabama belies the notion that all good things must come to an end. Completed in 1938, the bass fishing in this storied 47,500-acre Tennessee River reservoir is better...
In a tail spin, you say? Back in the 1970s, every bass angler’s tacklebox had several 1/2- or 3/4-ounce compact, teardrop-shaped lead body baits with a single treble hook and a rotating...
If you’d like a remote fishing adventure that you can drive to, put Bay Mills in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on your to-do list. Here you can launch in Lake Superior’s Whitefish...
Just north of Saginaw Bay, the legends and lore of the Alpena Shipwreck Museum and Tours offers exciting tales of Lake Huron. Then you can create your own tales on the lake. As with many other...
A short drive from the Sleeping Bear Dunes and ranked No. 9 on Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Lakes of 2014, Grand Traverse Bay has long been a trophy smallmouth mecca. Every year it yields brown...
Lake Erie Metropark at the mouth of the Detroit River provides quick and easy access to Lake Erie’s western end where trophy smallmouth call home. It’s also the site of plenty of picnic...
These sister bays in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are revered for their walleye fishing and their camping. The abundant smallmouth bass, often 5 pounds or more, are practically untapped here....
