B.A.S.S. Channel – Tuning Baits
B.A.S.S. pro Pete Ponds gives you tips on how to use crankbaits to attrack fish.
B.A.S.S. Channel – Line Treatment
B.A.S.S pro Pete Ponds talks about why all fishermen should use line treatment.
Lessons from a Master
Growing up and living around Dale Hollow Lake, I can't remember a time when I didn't know who Billy Westmorland was. Even as a teenager, he was the "Legend of the Lake." Lots of folks even called him "Legend."
Baiting Up Shad Spawn
These fish provide no sport and virtually no food value to humans. Still, when knowing anglers hear the words "shad spawn," they start to salivate.
Wet and Wild
I have to admit that I do the great majority of my smallmouth fishing from a nice, big Ranger bass boat, but every so often — right around this time of year — I get an irresistible urge to leave the boat at home and find a creek or small river that holds lots of brown bass.
New Strategies for Shallow Water
Tips for new techniques and why you don't have to avoid drop-shotting anymore.
Hook Set Success
As a lifelong angler in the heart of smallmouth bass country, I've had the privilege of introducing lots and lots of largemouth anglers to brown bass fishing. Some of them have been really good fishermen, but most of them have had a lot of trouble getting the hang of smallmouth fishing.
