There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...

Besides spring, the fall is when big fish really show themselves. Depending on the latitudes you fish, bass are gorging ...

Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

Last July I missed opening smallmouth bass day due to terrible weather, though this video more than makes up for it. The ...

Choose from these four crankbait styles, such as squre bill, lipless, deep diving, and wakebaits, to catch more and bigger bass when fishing.

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The lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching fish in cold water. Jerk baits find favor among anglers when water temperatures dip below 50 degrees. These long, minnow-shaped ...

Smallmouth bass and chain pickerel. They’re both common across much of the United States — so much so that few people give much thought as to how they might expand their range. If you were to catch ...

Thomas Russell and his long-time fishing partner and cousin Eric Sullivan were targeting smallmouth on Cayuga Lake when they hooked into the biggest smallmouth bass ever caught in New York state. The ...