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.

Put braid on your spinning reels

There are many advantages to using braid on spinning reels, the most obvious being the sensitivity because it has zero stretch.

1-Minute Angler: Pirch's long fishing rod

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Tackle Tip Tuesday: Welcher's summer topwaters

Summer is grass dropping time

Now we’ll move over to Cory Johnston. “After postspawn, and when the fish gather out deep, you need a deep-diving crankbait to reach them,” he said.

The Johnstons' favorite smallmouth lures

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Tackle Tip Tuesday: Crews' three smallie baits

Deep cranking with Combs

1-Minute Anger: Kilgore's rigging tips

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Same jig, different trailer

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Follow the bluegill

By Louie Stout

Learn the habits of these panfish to crack the code for catching some big bass.

How Shryock ties his favorite knot

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Hunter Shryock takes anglers through the step-by-step process to successfully tie his favorite knot, the Palomar Knot.

Combs shares his electronics settings

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Bassmaster Elite Series pro Keith Combs gives his best tips for setting the sensitivity and contrast on his Humminbird units.

When to replace fishing line

By Scott Martin

Bassmaster Opens angler Scott Martin has developed a simple system for knowing when to replace the line on his reels.

3 tips for cranking up summer fun

By Cody Huff

Throwing deep diving crankbaits around brushpiles and offshore structure is about as much a part of summer as a slice of fresh garden tomato on a backyard burger.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Palaniuk cranks timber

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In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, three-time Bassmaster Elite Series winner Brandon Palaniuk discusses how he effectively fishes a crankbait through fields of trees and standing timber.

Pad fishing like a pro with Todd Castledine

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Opens angler Todd Castledine talks about his philosophy of fishing pads.

5 secret buzzbait tricks

By Louie Stout

A lot of weekend anglers have forgotten about buzzbaits, and that is a mistake.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Huff on the Ned rig

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In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Mike Huff explains why he uses the Ned Rig across the country. Huff not only uses it on smallmouth waters, but also for largemouth and spotted bass.