Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be worked at ...

Water temps are slowly rising across much of the south and many states are starting to see pre-spawn activity. In Alabama and Tennessee, bass are already cruising shallow areas gorging on bait to ...

Bass fishing is just plain fun. But what’s the most fun way to catch them? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I hoped I would ...

BRANSON, Mo. — If you like to get out and enjoy the outdoors, fishing is a great way to spend beautiful day in the Ozarks. That’s for sure. And it’s about the time of year to start game planning to ...

Upstate New York is blessed with some of the best freshwater fishing in the northeast, from salmon to walleye, trout to muskie. But the state’s most popular sport fish is bass, probably because they ...

Smallmouth bass are pound-for-pound one of the hardest-fighting fish you can catch, and now is a great time to do so. If I could only catch one more fish in my life, I’d want it to be a smallmouth ...

This is #3 of a three-part series on the city of Grand Rapids, MI, and its fly fishing. Part 1: Why Grand Rapids Should Be Your Next Unexpected Fly Fishing Hotspot Part 2: Fly Fishing for Steelhead ...

If I could only catch one more fish in my life, I’d want it to be a smallmouth bass. Pound for pound, smallmouth fight harder than any other fish I’ve ever tangled with, and they live in some of the ...