Bass fishing tips from Bassmaster Elite anglers and other bass fishing experts. Learn about fishing tackle, rods, reels and techniques to help you catch more bass.
Top Tackle: Summer bait essentials with Stetson Blaylock
In this Top Tackle video, Stetson Blaylock dials in a few essential baits to use in the month of July when fishing in the heat of the summer. He will…
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Increase your inlet insight
The coastal passages linking the Gulf and Atlantic to inside waters offer tremendous sport-fishing opportunity.
Current cues: Work with the water
It’s the first session of the first day of a two-day photo shoot, and we’re all tired from the Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series tournament that concluded a day prior. Suck...
Solid lures for summer bites
We’re getting into the hottest time of the year, but right now, fishing on my home waters of the upper Tennessee River is pretty good. I’ve been enjoying this, but...
How to preserve an urchin bait
If you’re planning on Googling “do bass eat urchins,” let me save you the trouble — the answer is a surprising but resounding yes. The new era of urchin-style creature...
Breaking down new water
I get a lot of questions from anglers who want to find bass quickly on a body of water they’ve never been to. Many of these folks are tournament competitors,...
Meet you back at the D.O.C.K.
There are two things every confident bass angler believes the moment he roars from the ramp. First, this could be the day I break my PB, even though the conditions...
Land of giants: Postspawn hawg-hunting
From north to south, June ushers in some of the best big-fish opportunities of the season.
Day on the Lake: Davy Hite
DOTL Challenge: Ask a Bass Fishing Hall of Famer to break down a 110,000-acre lake in five hours while we log his every move.
It’s time to make some noise
It’s summertime, and that always makes me think about one of my favorite ways to catch bass — throwing a buzzbait. Truthfully, I like throwing a buzzbait anytime the water...
Prepping for events
We’ve had a couple of weeks off since the Carolina Swing — two events in South Carolina — and it’s been good to be home with Melissa and the kids...
Tweaking tackle for success
It’s easy to get overly focused on one presentation that may be working and overlook small tweaks that can add a few more fish to the livewell. My mind is...
