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Cold water finesse jigs

A majority of Bassmaster Elite Series pros would probably say that a jig-and-pig is their “desert island” lure, the one they’d take with them if plopped down on a random...

Milliken’s top tips for fishing big glidebaits

Ben Milliken was a YouTube angling celebrity before he began fishing the Bassmaster Elite Qualifiers in 2023.One of his videos shows him boating five largemouth that total 60 pounds from...

Foggy morning breakdown

Chill autumn nights often result in foggy fishing mornings. Some anglers view casting in a cloud as enchanting and mysterious, while others may see it as unnerving. The upside to...

Brandon Palaniuk’s recipe for catching deep smallmouth

Small swimbaits for big bass

From the seasoned tournament veteran to the recreational angler, the concept of “matching the hatch” has been ingrained into our bass fishing ideology. And despite the trendiness of catching giant...

Heavy jigs for big bass

Finesse the winter bite, they say. Suffer through. It can be painfully slow, but it puts fish in the boat. Some anglers aren’t wired that way, and bucking the trend...

How to catch bass when the grass disappears

When Pro angler Kyle Monti was growing up in south Florida, legendary Lake Okeechobee was full of submergent grasses that provided cover for mammoth bass and gave Okeechobee national recognition...

Living large when the water’s low

Fall drawdowns are part of life for reservoirs nationwide. The fish know it’s coming, anglers do too. So, how do we capitalize on the early falling stages of a drawdown...

How to fish current

Kyle Welcher‘s ability to decode puzzling shallow-water currents has helped him qualify for his second consecutive Bassmaster Classic via the Elite Series. Since the Alabamian began fishing the Elites as...

Why Swindle throws a magnum shakeyhead

Gerald Swindle‘s always game for shaking up a weigh-in, be it with his trademark humor, his endearing sincerity or big limits like the ones that helped him notch a third-place...