Bass Fishing

Late spring and early summer provide some of the best opportunities of the year to catch bass in shallow water with a spinnerbait. The reason is because bream as well as shad, both prime forage for bass, have moved shallow to spawn, and bass are taking advantage of it.
 

When Virginia pro angler John Crews sees a bass in shallow water, he reads its body language to determine if the fish will eat a lure. By watching how it reacts to the boat or a lure, he knows if it is worth a few casts.

Without a doubt, tossing topwaters, especially buzzbaits, is a fun way to fish bass, but too many anglers subscribe to the “throw-and-hope” theory. They count on the lure’s gurgle and squeak to turn on bass and bring them in. Of course, that can and does happen at times. But to elevate your buzzbaiting from a technique that’s always fun to one that’s always fun and often productive, requires the firing of substantially more cerebral neurons.

With light tackle, the right techniques, and a little bit of knowledge, skinny water smallmouths can have you salivating like a Doberman over a Chihuahua.

Learn more about petite presentations that yield epic cold-water smallie action.

This Mother catches 30-plus-inch bass!

Alabama guide and pro angler Jimmy Mason has been smack in the middle of the excitement surrounding this cool new way to catch bass.

Minnesotans Buckley Smith and John Roundsley carved their names in bass fishing history by weighing in 34.95 pounds to win the North American Bass Circuit’s first-ever NABC World Bass Championship, held on Minnesota’s mighty Leech Lake.

First place pays $20,000 in cash; the total payout is more than $45,000

Watching Doug Teel fish his Teeny Torpedo bordered on painful. At first, at least.