If you’re a largemouth nut, you’re not waiting for the weather to turn balmy before hitting water. You’re looking for the best bass lures for early spring—emphasis on early. You’re out there right now ...

Bass fishing starts off with a bang. Bass breed in spring, building beds, laying eggs and protecting their young. This is a ...

Largemouth and smallmouth bass are undoubtedly the most popular freshwater gamefish in North America. It’s also probably safe to say that more lures have been designed to catch them than all other ...

Someone recently told me that spring is “just around the corner,” but he got away before I could ask him just which corner that was. I would go stand closer to that corner because, I’m ready for ...

Spring’s warming weather gets bass anglers going because it gets bass moving toward shallow water, where they’re more accessible. However, they’re not necessarily easier to catch. Even pros admit that ...

Fishing is making the swing to spring. Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said spring fishing methods are ...

Spring fishing can be feast or famine. So keep in mind the bite can turn hot in a hurry if you’re on your game. Right now is also the best time of the year to land a trophy bass. Understanding how ...

March can be a great month for fishing. Trout streams are being stocked, crappies and bluegills are firing up and even on some nasty days some bass are starting to roam and feed. A lot is going on and ...

For decades, California was hailed as the big bass bait capital. It was here where anglers first adopted the Japanese practice of using monster swimbaits to imitate large forage like adult trout.

FLW Tour pro Terry Bolton catches several bass on spinnerbaits in this tip video on how he targets shallow cover in the spring around the bass spawn. Several good suggestions in this one video. Posted ...

The arrival of spring has brought some dramatic changes to our local waterways since my last column. Just a few short weeks ago, many of the lakes and ponds in our area were still locked up with ice.

It’s 46 degrees in the Columbia River, and, says guide Bob Adkinson, that means it’s time to start searching the bays and backwaters for smallmouth bass. “When the river temperatures get up to about ...