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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.

The question I'm asked most

You'd think that most fishermen ask me about techniques or baits or upcoming tournaments. But when I sat down and thought about it, I realized that the most common question I get is this: How can I...

Lineberger looking to erase a bad taste

Tackle Tip: Blaylock's setup for tough summer fishing

5 never die bass baits

Rivers in the late summer

Whitaker's frog fishing approach

1-Minute Angler: Spinnerbait trailer hook

How Benton selects flutter spoons

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Cook's swim jig retrieves

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Whitaker on summer dock fishing

Jake Whitaker loves to fish docks all year long, but in the heat of the summer some of the biggest fish in the lake will take haven under a dock. Whitaker likes to fish his baits in the deepest,...

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Shopping used boats

By Gary Clouse

One question I often get asked by anglers looking for their first bass boat is, “What should I get in a used bass boat?”It’s a good question and one that certainly deserves a lot of forethought...

It’s time to slide up

By Nick Ratliff

In my recent blog a few weeks ago, summer was just getting into full swing, bass throughout the southern half of the U.S. were in postspawn, and I told you that finding the river or primary creek...

Going deep with swimbaits

By Steve Price

Although Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ray Hanselman perfected his deep swimbait strategy on Texas’ Lake Amistad, it has applications across the country.

Yes, bass can hear you

By Mark Menendez

Sometimes it’s good to review some of the basics of bass fishing, and so it is with noise. We all know that the surest way not to get a bite is to drop our locker lid down as hard as gravity...

Just because it’s old…

By Drew Benton

Now’s the time of year when we’re all looking at new products and imagining how many bass we’ll catch with them, and that’s absolutely correct. We will catch bass with the newest and best products...

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Menendez on selecting crankbaits

Mark Menendez explains how the characteristics of a crankbait bill will give the bait a wiggle or a wobbling action, which are great during different times of year. This Tackle Tip Tuesday video is...

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Making night moves

By Jake Whitaker

With the Guntersville tournament behind us, we’re more than halfway through the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule. It will be several weeks before I leave home to fish the next Elite event at...

Lester's hot summer crankbait tips

By Alan McGuckin

Team Toyota pro angler Brandon Lester considers himself a “No Shoes Nation” kind of guy. Lester lives on the Alabama-Tennessee border, but loves to spend a couple free weeks in the summertime six...

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Gustafson on shallow jigs

Jeff Gustafson explains a few key components to fishing a Maribou jig for smallmouth up north in this Tackle Tip Tuesday video presented by Mercury Marine. He includes his favorite sizes, colors...

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Jerkbait for all seasons

By Kelley Jaye

I guess by now it’s no longer a secret that you can enjoy success with a jerkbait throughout the year, not just during the prespawn. If you had any doubt before that they’ll eat it during the...

Long worms, long bass

By Drew Benton

You hear about long worms occasionally, but not nearly enough. They’re some of the best lures ever made when the water’s warm.They make for a slow and easy meal that a bass can pick up without a...

Arey on hot summer spoonin’

By Alan McGuckin

Team Toyota’s Matt Arey had just slapped 21 pounds of Guntersville bass on the scales to take the tournament lead, yet he seemed equally as thrilled when a buddy handed him a giant, freshly...

1-Minute Angler: Staying healthy enough to fish

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Why bass bite plastics

By Mark Menendez

In this first column on why bass bite certain lures we’ll talk about plastics. In later columns we’ll look at crankbaits and topwater plugs. They’re all a little different in their attraction to...

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