Imagine this scenario: you’re allowed to fish for bass every day for the rest of your life, but you can only use one lure. You have an unlimited supply, but it’s all the same bait. What would it be?

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, ...

Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood the shallows each spring to spawn. As part of their annual ritual, the bass ...

November is here and it’s officially getting cold.

What Attracts Largemouth Bass to Boat Docks? Largemouth bass are structure orientated fish that often find a home base and stick to it. Sure, they roam around and move within any lake or river system, ...

If you stop and think about it, a bass lure is only a bass lure if you’re throwing it for bass. Take the same bait off the lake and chuck in the bay and suddenly it’s a redfish lure. Throw your ...

Anglers can close their eyes, reach into a tackle box and any lure pulled out may catch black bass. Reese Jones at Hook Line and Sinker in Rogers said Alabama rigs, jerk baits, spinner baits, crank ...

A rise in lake and river levels may bring good fishing. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said striped bass fishing is good from Prairie Creek park all the way upstream into the headwaters. Brood minnows or ...