Tidal River Largemouths CHESAPEAKE TRIBUTARIES ARE FULL OF FALL BASS
Fishing guide Ken Penrod can’t think of a better place to fish. One of his top spots is the tidal Potomac River downriver of Washington, D.C., with great fishing among the old piers, in the hydrilla...
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The Best Smallmouth Bass Lures, Tested and Reviewed
Best for Dropshotting Berkley Powerbait Maxscent Flat Worm See It Best Topwater Lure Heddon Super Spook Jr. See It Best Crankbait Rebel Crawfish Crankbait See It If you want to find the best lures for...
View ArticleEast Texas Woman Lands 13-Pound Lunker Bass on a Last-Minute Trip to Lake...
Kellie Renfro and her husband didn’t have a lot of time to fish last Thursday when they took a quick trip out to Lake Nacogdoches. They had to make it to their kids’ baseball practice in a few hours....
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How to Catch Bass on Frog Baits
Watching a massive bass blow up on a topwater frog bait is one of the most thrilling moments in all of fishing. In a single instant, you get to witness the power, aggression, and speed of our most...
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The Best Spinning Reels for Bass of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
Best Budget Daiwa Laguna LT 2500 See It Best for Long Casts Shimano Vanford VFC4000XGF See It Best for Brackish Water Penn Clash II 3000 See It Even the most stubborn, hard-core power bass fishermen...
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Why Smallmouth Bass Are One of the Most Dangerous Fish in the Country
Smallmouth bass rank high up on the list of most popular fish species in America. Though they fall short of the distribution range of the largemouth bass—America’s most popular gamefish—they’re still...
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The Biggest Largemouths in History
WHEN A 36-YEAR-OLD Alabama insurance agent named Ray Scott acted on his big idea to elevate a particular fish to superstar status in 1967, he set in motion a fervor that remains today. Bass is the...
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The Best Drop Shot Rods of 2023
Best Overall Daiwa Tatula Elite AGS Spinning Rod See It Best Budget Falcon BuCoo SR Shoal Spin See It Most Versatile St. Croix Victory 7 foot 1 inch Medium See It Drop shotting has gone from a fringe...
View ArticleWatch an Angler Pull a 22-inch Snake Out of a 16-inch Bass
If you were thinking the seven-inch Senko you’ve been fishing is too big for the largemouth in your local lake, this footage might change your mind. Shared to Instagram by Panfish Nation, the video...
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The Best Bass Fishing Tips for Beginners
Largemouth bass are the most popular game fish in America for one key reason: Accessibility. No matter where you live, there’s a strong possibility there are largemouths close by. Furthermore, you...
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How to Be a Fish Bum: These 6 Fishermen Are Living the Dream
IT’S MONDAY MORNING. After five hits of the snooze button, you finally get up. Maybe you start scrolling through Instagram over your rushed cup of coffee. Maybe you look at Facebook while on the...
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What Do Bass Eat?
Take one look at a 5-pound largemouth bass and you can tell right away these fish were built for eating. Sure, you could say the same about other freshwater species. But can you fit a grown man’s fist...
View ArticleTexas Angler’s Largemouth Bass Officially a New World Record
After months of waiting, Lea Anne Powell learned Friday that the lunker largemouth she caught in February was officially accepted as a new women’s line-class world record by the International Game...
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A Guide to Largemouth Bass vs Smallmouth Bass
Ditch pickles and bronzebacks, bucketmouths and smalljaws. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass go by many names, and when most Americans think about bass fishing, they picture one (or both) of these...
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The Secret World of Custom Balsa Crankbaits
SONNY MCFARLAND has disappeared. I shouldn’t have been surprised. The East Tennessee region where he made his name is notoriously insular, with a history of bootlegging and moonshiners who took great...
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California Dreaming: How Nintendo Led Oliver Ngy to Big-Bass Superstardom
I’VE FISHED WITH Oliver Ngy on my home waters twice, and I walked away from both trips so inspired I was giddy, yet hopelessly frustrated at the same time. It’s rare for me to meet a fisherman who...
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The Best Fly Rods for Bass, Tested and Reviewed
Best Overall G. Loomis NRX+ See It Best Value TFO LK Legacy See It Best Starter Kit Orvis Clearwater See It Fly fishing for bass isn’t always easy, and there are more effective ways to put a bunch of...
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The Best Jerkbait Rods of 2023
Best Overall G.Loomis IMX Pro Medium Jerkbait 812 JBR See It Best Premium Megabass Destroyer P5 Oneten Special See It Best Budget Academy H2OX EVO See It Today’s jerkbait rods get a lot more use than...
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These 3 Classic Jerkbaits Are Still the Best for Bass and Trout
Summer fishing is great, but if you have a jones for big, wild brown trout and smallmouth bass, there’s nothing like the fall and early winter. It’s been written many times that this is when these...
View ArticleWatch: Kayak Angler Finds a Big Bass Choking on a Smaller One
Casey Reed was competing in a regional kayak bass fishing tournament this September when he spotted something unusual on the surface. As he paddled closer, the 39-year-old angler found a cannibalistic...
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