Gussy’s tips on catching northern smallmouth
Ladson, S.C. — A lone ship in the emptiness of outer space, your boat seems lost, disoriented, far from shore. Like throwing darts at stars, your first exploratory casts into...
My spinnerbait addiction
It’s time I came clean. I have an addiction — to burning spinnerbaits. I sometimes use the technique when I should probably be doing something else, but the bite is...
How I ‘mop up’ bigger bass
If you look at the history of fishing lures, several baits are trendy for a while and then fade to the back corner of the tacklebox. Some of these baits...
Day on the Lake: Taku Ito
The Bassmaster Elite Series motto is “Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.” In my view, no angler exemplifies these three ideals better than Takumi “Taku” Ito. Big bass? Ito has...
Switch hitting
I’m always blown away by all the innovative baits introduced at ICAST every year. The 2023 show was no different. One bait I’m especially excited about is a lure I...
Day on the Lake: KJ Queen
College bass fishing is a training ground for many young Elite Series standouts, including North Carolina’s KJ Queen. And no college team has chalked up more victories than Queen’s alma...
Bank Fishing Basics: Creek wading for bass
Summertime fishing can be downright brutal. The bass are trying to recover from a grueling spawning process, often positioning themselves in deeper waters. These fish are unreachable by anglers fishing...
Mayfly marvels: much more than fish food
You have to believe that a male mayfly has the best pickup lines of any living creature. I mean, the dude has, like, a day — two max — to...
Making summertime memories
When I think about summertime memories, one of my favorites involve something that anyone can replicate to make their own memory. Last July, I was fun fishing on High Rock...
Banker’s hours
Whether you have a few minutes or all day to wet a line, walking the shoreline can be a very productive way to land a lunker if you know where...
