These were the bass baits—and mindset shifts—that defined my 2025 season and helped me catch more and bigger largemouth bass.

One of the earliest bass baits I remember, both slightly bewildered by but also fascinated with, was the flipping jig. As a teenager I would eagerly read magazine copy on this lead and rubber lure, ...

How to Identify Largemouth Bass? The largemouth bass is a freshwater species of fish commonly found in central and eastern portions of the United States, southeastern Canada as well as northern Mexico ...

There’s something about flipping, pitching, dragging, swimming, and casting a jig that screams bass fishing. And there’s a good chance that even as you’re reading this, you can recall the thump of the ...

Learn what floating cattail undercut bogs are and how to fish them effectively to catch these hidden largemouth bass. / Justin Hoffman What Are Floating Cattail Bogs in Bass Fishing Lakes? Floating ...

A jig and pig may get more black bass to bite for anglers in the Ozarks and River Valley than any other lure. The dependable jig and pig goes by other names such as jig and craw, jig and frog or ...

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...

Beaver Lake: Try top-water lures early for black bass. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers recommends using top-water lures to catch bass from first light to mid-morning. Go with plastic ...