How-To

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.

Elite punchbait logic

Punching is a blue collar approach, but that doesn’t mean it’s a one-size-fits-all technique.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Whitaker's frog basics

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Lessons from legends: Charlie Campbell

The long road to learning about home

1-Minute Angler: Mullins' fish finders

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Tackle Tip Tuesday: Jocumsen's glide bait strategy

No-contact cranking

Fishing standing timber

<b>Favorite #3:</b> “It would be Mercer calling your boat number and name out in the morning. That’s just really exciting and gets me going.” And it’s even better when you get a morning dockside interview with the Bassmaster Elite Series emcee.

5 favorites with Brandon Cobb

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1-Minute Angler: Dyeing baits

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The dependable buzzbait

By Mark Hicks

It seems like today’s pressured bass would have learned to avoid anything as obnoxious as a buzzbait.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Walters talks Tokyo rig

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Patrick Walters explains how versatile the Tokyo rig is because it's a power fishing combo of two techniques.

Water Safety Month — set an example

By Luke Stoner

May is Water Safety Month, but realistically safety should be paramount everyday someone launches a boat.

1-Minute Angler: Jocumsen organizes drop-shot weights

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Elite Carl Jocumsen shows how he keeps his fishing weights organized.

Rook still reeling ‘em in

By Steve Wright

Arkansas angler Scott Rook hasn’t fished any type of bass fishing tournament since October 2018.

Drew Cook: Guntersville go-getter

By David A. Brown

Find out why the Florida pro has strongly favored upriver spots since he laid eyes on Guntersville a handful of years ago.

Zaldain doesn’t think bass read textbooks

By Alan McGuckin

Chris Zaldain is convinced bass don’t read text books – especially as related to the postspawn.

Combs' tips for setting electronics sensitivity and contrast

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Elite pro Keith Combs shares how he sets up his Humminbird units.

Three combos Swindle takes in his Tundra

By Luke Stoner

Gerald Swindle laid out what he hauls around in his Tundra as only bass fishing’s funniest man can.

Long live the shallow bite

By Mark Hicks

With so much emphasis on fishing offshore, it’s reassuring to know that the shallow bite is still holding its own.

Wily with the wacky

By David A. Brown

For third-year Elite Jake Whitaker, cutting his angling teeth on the clear, structure-laden waters of North and South Carolina lakes made him 'wacky.'