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 ...

It happens every year. One warm, sunny day and I think it’s full-blown spring. Time to load up the boat, wife and kids and go crappie fishing. But, as an old boss used to say, one robin doesn’t mean ...

While bass typically spawn in shallow water, modern marine electronics with sophisticated sonar can still be used to target fish from the pre-spawn through the spawn and into post-spawn. Advancements ...

The spawn is the most exciting time of year to target big bass. As water temperatures warm, largemouth, spotted, and smallmouth bass become more active and move into shallow water to start bedding.

One of the interesting lessons usually borne out in the Bassmaster Classic was again evident at Grand Lake O the Cherokees last weekend. Put 55 of the best bass anglers in the world on any lake in the ...

Catching pre spawn bass every cast using deep crankbaits in productive water where fish are actively feeding before the spawn ...

For almost two weeks the snow and ice forced me to reminisce about how it felt to be on Lake Travis feeling a fish at the end of my line. The hot sunny weather of Feb. 24 found me on the lake finally ...

Chuck Many of Annandale said he was hoping to release 40 stripers when Ty Man left Gateway Marina in Highlands at 6 a.m. Monday, but I thought that was much too lofty a goal to set after a week of ...

It happens every year. One warm sunny day and I think it’s full-blown spring. Time to load up the boat, wife and kids and go crappie fishing. But, as an old boss used to say, one robin doesn’t mean it ...

Early season, pre-spawn bass action can be phenomenal — by far the best of the year. But it’s not always that way, so veteran Northeast Florida anglers follow a well-thought-out game plan to tip ...