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.
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Don’t be afraid of upsizing jig weight when it gets cold
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday brought to you by Mercury Marine, Brandon Lester gives his take on upsizing your jig size when the water gets colder in the winter. Anglers…
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Cook’s one-two soft jerkbait punch
Florida Bassmaster Elite Series pro Drew Cook fishes a Big Bite Baits 5-inch soft jerkbait with spinning and casting tackle. Spinning tackle allows him to make longer casts in open...
Evolution to flipping
If you really examine the competitors that make up the Bassmaster Elite Series field, you’ll find that everyone has their own strengths as anglers. Those strengths are usually something that...
Jason Christie demos how to choose the right jighead weight when fishing the YUM FF Sonar Minnow
Choosing the right size jighead to maximize fish-catching action of the YUM FF Sonar Minnow is part of an overall system of balanced tackle. Jason Christie shows how to choose...
Tweak suspending jerkbaits
There’s a misconception that a suspending jerkbait is only for cold water. I even fell into that trap. A suspending jerkbait catches bass the year around. However, if I had...
Jason Christie’s knot of choice for braid-to-fluorcarbon lines
A modified Alberto Knot is Jason Christie’s knot choice for tying braid to fluorocarbon lines. It’s part of a complete system of using the YUM FF Sonar Minnow, line, rod,...
The backseat education
It goes without saying that one of the best ways to improve your fishing game is by observing others. I have been reminded of that the past few months while...
All choked up
Take the frugality mantra “if it’s free, it’s for me,” replace “free” with “easy” and you have the very essence of why bass do their best feeding around choke points....
Day on the Lake: Justin Atkins
When is a new entrant to the Elite Series not considered a rookie? When he’s already passed the B.A.S.S. career earnings threshold by pocketing over $500,000 as a pro angler,...
Short drop shotting with Pangrac
Most anglers rig a drop shot with a 12-inch or longer drop line from the hook to the sinker. Oklahoman Matt Pangrac, who will be fishing all nine Bassmaster Opens...
Adjusting to fall fronts
We’ve had fronts pass throughout the South the past few weeks, and they can sure shut down the good action and throw anglers into a tizzy. Unless, of course, you’re...
Fall bassin’ part 2
As I discussed in my last column, bass make two very distinct movements in autumn. I detailed the first phase in part one, which is the fall feed. In a...
Target fall flats
If you’re having trouble finding bass this fall, I encourage you to focus on flats. In October and November I do far better by getting away from those beautiful steep...
