Gerald Swindle's plan to target shad-spawn feeding bass with a Bassman TW Series Spinnerbait was cut off, literally, but it was a good thing. The changeup paid off with a limit weighing 14...

Take your pick: Fish high, muddy conditions uplake or go below Minnesota Bend and fish the lower end. Above the bend the water is over 4 feet higher than the lower end.That's where Clark...

Seth Feider is sticking with his game plan: Chasing birds and shad. Find the birds, find the bait, catch the bass.Feider is using an all-white Outkast Tackle Pro Swim Jig, which emulates the shad...

A most unique feature of Neely Henry Lake is an area known as Minnesota Bend. Like the name implies, it's a sharp bend as shown in this aerial photo that I took on Wednesday. On the left...

This time yesterday, Carl Jocumsen had 17 pounds in his livewell, and Joey Nania had most of his 21-11 weight by now too, including an 8 pounder. By the looks of BassTrakk, the very narrow...

Will the incoming storms wreck the shad spawn? We are about to find out, as depicted in this latest radar image. The National Weather Service forecast has an 80 percent chance of thunderstorms...

Quentin Cappo just got on the scoreboard with a largemouth weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces. Here is his lure lineup.Cappo is using a 3:16 Lure Co. Rising Sun line-thru swimbait. The bait is forward...

Chris Zaldain this morning told me that he is "laying it on the line," and his choice of baits proves it.Zaldain just scored with a largemouth weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces. He caught it on an 8-inch...