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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.

How Latimer makes a Texas rig

Brian Latimer demonstrates, step-by-step, how a beginner can make a Texas rig.

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5 tips to be a better tournament angler

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Kennedy's line-thru swimbait

A little prespawn chatter

Upshaw's tips for buying a used bass boat

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Tech Tip Thursday: Techniques for the Florida spawn

Land of the Giants: Winter wonder-bites

Four baits for prespawn

1-Minute Angler: Gross' swimbait modifications

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<b>Seth Feider (3rd; 69-6) </b><br>Seth Feider primarily used a Z-Man Bang StickZ, rigged on a 3/0 VMC Straight Shank Hook, with a 3/16-ounce WOO! Tungsten Weight.

Top lures at St. Johns 2021

Get a close look at the lures that ruled the leaderboard during the 2021 AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River.

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Paquette's plan to Lock Down St. Johns

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Before the 2021 AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, Garrett Paquette shared his approach for targeting prespawn and spawning largemouth.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Punching dead grass mats

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Elite pro Wes Logan breaks down why he likes fishing dead grass mats in the winter.

1-Minute Angler: Welcher's hook organization

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Elite pro Kyle Welcher shows off his terminal tackle storage and explains exactly how he organizes the selection.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Talley's football jig setup

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In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Frank Talley walks through how he sets up his ultimate football jig setup.

Tech Tip Thursday: Fishing offshore grass

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After finding good offshore grass with electronics, learn more about two lures to target the area.

Palmer begins tidying up while Jocumsen fine-tunes some parts.

Rigging an Elite boat

Follow the process to fully rig Carl Jocumsen's 2021 boat for Bassmaster Elite Series competition.

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Why Lester chooses a jig in winter

By Alan McGuckin

See the Alabama Rig near Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brandon Lester’s left hand in the photo? It’s the only one he owns. Like literally, he owns one A-Rig, and you’re looking at it. And he’s...

1-Minute Angler: The right spoon combo

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Opens pro and former Bassmaster College champ John Garrett talks about the right set up for catching bass on a big spoon.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Deep swimbait fishing

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Buddy Gross shows his modifications and preferences when rigging a swimbait for deeper water.

Swimming worms: To thump or squirm

By Mark Hicks

There are specific times when Elite Series pros turn to fast-action worming — here’s how they decide between the two most popular tail options.

Stake out the stems

By David A. Brown

Learn where to target and what lures to use in active pad stem areas during winter and the prespawn.

Chrome vs. white in the spring

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Pro angler Andrew Upshaw breaks down the difference between lure colors chrome and white, and he shares the times when each works best.

Small crankbaits can heat up cold water fishing

By Gary Clouse

If an angler sees lots of sunshine in the forecast and a favorite lake has rocky areas, tie on some small crankbaits and plan to have fun.

Keep 'em in suspense

By David A. Brown

Of all the weird things that bass do, not much confounds, confuses and frustrates anglers more than suspending.

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