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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.

Fish Watts Bar for springtime largemouth and smallmouth

Anglers visiting Watts Bar Lake can enjoy a bonus catch of smallmouth and largemouth during spring.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Cappo's swim jigs

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Kayak cranking tips with Combs

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Herren and flat-sided crankbaits

Land of the giants: New Year revelations

Soft plastic tubes still charting year-round hits

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Lester's cold-water crankbaits

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In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Brandon Lester walks through three stages of winter crankbait fishing and the colors he selects during each period.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Combs in prespawn grass with a bladed jig

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The magic of wintertime fishing

By Mark Zona

I grew up in the Midwest fishing lakes that are incredible the week before the ice goes on. In fact, last December we were catching 70 bass a day shortly before our lakes locked up, and we were the...

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Targeting transition bass

In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Caleb Sumrall discusses where he looks to connect with bass as they move from late winter areas into the early prespawn. He likes to attack those areas with a mid...

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Cranking and jigging for hot winter action

By Steve Price

Anglers don’t need a ton of tools in a lure arsenal when heading out to catch bass in January, if they know precisely where to look.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Quickly tuning crankbaits

In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Dale Hightower talks about tuning crankbaits to run perfect. Sometimes they will run to the left or right out of the package, but sometimes you can hit an object...

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3 keys to cold water flipping

By Louie Stout

When the water is cold, Davy Hite is still quite content to stay shallow and flip the cover.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Lipless crankbait 'sonics'

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The different sound attributes of lipless crankbaits make them deadly.

Working smart and efficient

By Mark Menendez

Mark Menendez shares tips to help make 2020 a better fishing year for every angler.

Think red in late winter

By Chris Zaldain

It’s time to start thinking about the crayfish bite instead of the shad bite.

Winning winter cranking targets

By David A. Brown

If the water temperature is right, crankbait fishing can be golden...even during the winter.

Don’t get iced by January bass

By Cody Huff

Hey everybody, Happy New Year. My name is Cody Huff, and I’m competing as the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series angler at the upcoming Bassmaster Classic on Lake Guntersville. If that isn’t...

Zaldain's two-step approach to winter

Chris Zaldain breaks down his 1-2 approach for winter fishing. These two baits can last throughout winter for him no matter where he's fishing.

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Cast cold water crankbaits with spinning tackle

By Alan McGuckin

Bass fishing’s funniest man, Gerald Swindle, said it best on the Classic weigh-in stage a couple years ago. “I’m headed for a hot shower. I’ve been standing in a cold wind all day casting a Rapala...

Why moping is effective for Gustafson

Jeff Gustafson explains a technique used in Canada referred to as Moping. Moping is the northern term for the southern technique of Damiki Rigging a soft plastic. It's a great winter technique, but...

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