A big rock bass—at least where I grew up fishing in the Northeast—might weigh a .5-pound. (The current world record is 3 pounds.) Of all the places I’ve fished across the country, I’ve never had the ...

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 ...

Boil your frog. Many frogs are rigid when they are new, and this could prevent you from getting a solid hookset. To make the frog “collapse” better, place the plastic body of the frog in boiling water ...

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Big baits catch big bass. It’s that simple. But knowing when and how to throw these giant lures isn’t as cut and dry. There are specific scenarios where bass respond better to larger baits and are ...

Learn to fish slop mats this summer with frogs, jigs, and soft plastics to trigger explosive bites from hidden bass. Slop can take on a variety of forms, but in layman's terms, it is vegetative matter ...

Avoid the 10 most common fall bass fishing mistakes and learn quick fixes. Discover proven tactics, lures, and seasonal strategies to catch more bass. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek It’s fall and things have ...

Trout are often thought of as finicky feeders, and a lot of the time they can be. But the truth is you can catch some giants using lures and techniques carried over from the bass world ...

My guest for the day cast a soft-plastic jerkbait toward the sandy, gravelly spot tucked alongside a midriver island. A ...

To catch fish, develop your fishing plan and determine where you will try to fish first, second, third, etc., and have a variety of tactics ready.