How-To

Mike McClelland burns a fall spinnerbait

Mike McClelland has a big-time reputation with a jig and a jerkbait, but in the fall one of his go-to patterns involves burning a spinnerbait in the shallows. Here's how he does it.

How-To

Your basic topwater arsenal

There are three topwater plugs I’ve used for years. They’ll catch bass almost anytime there’s a topwater bite.

Put a buzz in their ears this fall

There’s nothing more exciting than having a big bass blow up on a buzzbait and fall is when the bass are moving into the shallows to feed up.

Brothers don’t shake hands, brothers fish

I will be fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series and my brother Jordan will be fishing the FLW Tour. We love preparing for fishing tournaments together, so we will fish the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Opens as well.

Deep water football jigs

I get a lot of questions about what my favorite technique in bass fishing is; my reply is always deep water football jigs.

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