For any student of bass fishing, they’re well aware of the place in history held by the French Fry worm. Once upon a time, it was a staple in any anglers’ boat whenever bass were being stubborn.…
Small lakes can provide excellent ice fishing opportunities early in the winter! While it is tempting to head out on the lake as soon as it freezes over, I like to wait until there is 4-6 inches of…
Casting Jigs for Stripers from trolling to vertical jigging to soaking live bait, but few methods are more exciting and fulfilling than casting and retrieving lures. And for this tried-and-proven…
by Dave Landahl
Sure, there are a zillion lures you can toss for bass during the late winter or early spring. So many of them are effective and fun to use. For sake of discussion this time around…
For many anglers on the Bassmaster Elite Tour, the competition in 2017 offered a diverse opportunity to test their skills within vastly different fisheries on a variety of bodies of water in a…
For many anglers, winter means a time to hunt deer and re-organize fishing tackle. For others, it’s a time to test their mettle against wintering largemouth as water temps drop.
Many anglers…
When it comes to catching winter bass, Bassmaster Elite pro Stephen Browning isn’t shy about fishing shallow water. The Arkansas-based angler will fish two to eight foot depths in the back of creeks…
by Dave Landahl
We all make mistakes. If not every day, at least every week. It's just human nature to not be perfect, no matter how hard we strive for perfection.
So, it should come as no surprise…
Bassmaster Elite fishing pro Randall Tharp uses a square bill crankbait to catch bass year round. From Lake Okeechobee to Lake Champlain, for largemouth and smallmouth, the Florida pro relies on a…
by Dave Landahl
What does a Bassmaster Elite Series angler do during the offseason? Well, it depends on the individual of course, but in Abu Garcia pro Brandon Card's case, he vacations with his…
Every angler dreams of that bite where the rod almost gets ripped out of their hands. For Elite Series fishing pro Greg Hackney, come fall, he’d sooner be power fishing and nothing would make him…
There is so much written about fishing walleye on the lakes and reservoirs that many anglers have forgotten that walleye are actually a river fish species and are very at home living in the current…