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Bridges: A bass superhighway
Bass will stay on bridges year-round, but a lot of fishermen dismiss them because they are so obvious.
Replica mounts
Sure, anyone on any given day can catch a trophy bass, but it takes a dedicated conservationist to resist the temptation of keeping that once-in-a-lifetime catch and taking it to the taxidermist.
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New water on home lakes
Most guides do know every inch of their home lake, but their always trying to find something new.
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Irreplaceable pork
In the summer of 1920, long before science and clever minds brought us the first plastic worm, Alan P. Jones Sr. and Urban Schreiner, avid bass anglers from Fort Atkinson, Wis., fashioned the original pork frog.
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How to fish long bill jerkbaits
Read how Rob Kilby was using jerkbaits nearly three decades ago to fish the clear water reservoirs of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.
Metal bait primer
Metal bass lures have been around for decades, yet a surprising number of Bassmasters have either never fished them, or have experimented with them only briefly and without success.
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Catching bass in a flood
Over the years, Bassmaster Tournament Trail veterans have prided themselves on being able to compete and catch fish under virtually all types of weather conditions – including snow and ice...
A day on the lake with Shaw Grigsby: spawn
BASS tournaments take place on huge bodies of water over several days of competition. But did you ever wonder how a BASS pro would fare on your home lake that little body of water down the road where you and your buddies fish for bass? That's the premise behind Bassmaster's "Day On The Lake With A Pro" series. Here, we put the top names in competitive bass fishing on small lakes they've never seen before, then give them seven hours to figure out a viable pattern, logging everything they do to locate and catch bass.
Fine-tuning finesse tactics
Topwater wizard Zell Rowland gives us tips on finesse topwater fishing.
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Big bites for small mouths
Savvy smallmouth anglers have learned from experience that the best way to catch a trophy-size brown bass is to offer it a magnum-size meal.
