Bass fishing tips from Bassmaster Elite anglers and other bass fishing experts. Learn about fishing tackle, rods, reels and techniques to help you catch more bass.
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Keys to ‘stroking’ a jig for big bass
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday brought to you by Mercury Marine, Matt Arey gives his thoughts on this underrated way to fish a jig. Arey notched a top three finish…
Photo Galleries
The Latest
You don’t need forward-facing sonar
There’s been a lot of chatter — borderline hysteria — in social media and in chat rooms about forward-facing sonar. Here’s the deal: It’s a tool and a good one....
1-Minute Angler: Cook’s best sight fishing tip
Learn one way to keep a clear look at bedding fish during the spring months.
Two lures Lester loves for September
Team Toyota’s Brandon Lester endured more stress in the final days of August than a lone goby surrounded by a school of fat smallmouth. Three days after learning he probably...
Wading for stream smallmouth
A veteran wader walks anglers through his successful habits of this peaceful pursuit.
Day on the Lake: Clark Wendlandt
I’ve never been handy with tools, an embarrassing fact that caused me considerable shame as a child because my dad was a master carpenter. His repeated attempts at teaching me...
To fizz or not to fizz
During the recent Bassmaster Elite Series Northern Swing, there was a lot of talk during the Bassmaster LIVE coverage regarding “fizzing” – the technique of venting the excess gas from a...
Essential smallmouth gear with Redwine and Przekurat
Take a look at Bassmaster Elite Series pros Alex Redwine and Jay Przekurat's essential smallmouth gear.
Gussy’s tips on catching northern smallmouth
Ladson, S.C. — A lone ship in the emptiness of outer space, your boat seems lost, disoriented, far from shore. Like throwing darts at stars, your first exploratory casts into...
My spinnerbait addiction
It’s time I came clean. I have an addiction — to burning spinnerbaits. I sometimes use the technique when I should probably be doing something else, but the bite is...
How I ‘mop up’ bigger bass
If you look at the history of fishing lures, several baits are trendy for a while and then fade to the back corner of the tacklebox. Some of these baits...
Day on the Lake: Taku Ito
The Bassmaster Elite Series motto is “Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.” In my view, no angler exemplifies these three ideals better than Takumi “Taku” Ito. Big bass? Ito has...
Switch hitting
I’m always blown away by all the innovative baits introduced at ICAST every year. The 2023 show was no different. One bait I’m especially excited about is a lure I...
Day on the Lake: KJ Queen
College bass fishing is a training ground for many young Elite Series standouts, including North Carolina’s KJ Queen. And no college team has chalked up more victories than Queen’s alma...
