How to catch winter bass on the A-rig; metal blade baits for winter Great Lakes smallmouth bass; ice fishing can teach you ...

Cold temperatures and short days make bass, and bass anglers, lethargic. But hardy souls who brave the elements are rewarded ...

SUNBURY – Ed Knorr softly twitched his line every 10 seconds or so, allowing the Ned rig he was using to bounce along the bottom with the current. As it got even with the boat, there was a sudden hit ...

There are dozens of ways to rig soft plastic baits to create various presentations for hungry bass. Many of these bass fishing rigs are situational, offering the ideal setup to target specific cover, ...

, an essential first lesson for beginners is to master a few essential fishing rigs that use soft baits—whether they’re worms, crawfish, tube baits, or creature baits. Some soft baits come already ...

Balog’s drop shot rigs consist of a No. 1 Gamakatsu hook tied to 6-pound test fluorocarbon line using a Palomar knot to make the hook stand straight out from the line with the point up. Balog usually ...

Angler Tom Russell and his fishing partner Eric Sullivan have worked together in team bass tournaments for over 20 years. And the morning of June 15 they were on a tear, boating huge smallmouth bass ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The dog days of summer have slowed the fishing all around the area, but a Western Lake Erie bright spot has been the good smallmouth bass fishing around the Lake Erie Islands and ...