How-To

Don’t Believe Everything You Read … Including This!

I can't tell you the first time I read all about thermoclines and how bass don't live beneath them, but I've read that same thing lots of times since then, and — based on my personal experience — it just ain't so.

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Lunker Lessons from Kentucky Lake

All modern hooks are sharp and any style will hook a bass securely if it's inside their mouth. There's never a problem with that.

How-To

Lunker Lessons from Clarks Hill

Fishing it right means going back every so often during the day to see if they're biting. And, when they are biting, only taking what you need for the day. Save the rest for another day.

How-To

Lunker Lessons from the Red River

"I made a 45-mile run, maybe 50, to a backwater spot I found in practice that I knew held quality bass. I fished there about 30 minutes before she took my lure.

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Father-son win Spring Fling

A former Junior Bassmasters state champion and his dad won the Missouri B.A.S.S. Federation Nation's 19th annual Spring Fling at Pomme de Terre Lake.

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