Big baits catch big bass. It’s that simple. But knowing when and how to throw these giant lures isn’t as cut and dry. There are specific scenarios where bass respond better to larger baits and are ...

For decades, California was hailed as the big bass bait capital. It was here where anglers first adopted the Japanese practice of using monster swimbaits to imitate large forage like adult trout.

Although big minnow imitating lures have been around for over a century, it seems like they really became part of big bass fishing culture in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Since then, there’s been an ...

If you want to catch big stripers, you'll have to shake off the stigma of using live bait. Here's how to catch stripers on ...

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, ...

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — In this episode of Southern Woods & Waters, Mike Adams and Ronnie Leatherwood go out to Pickwick Lake to show us where to look for bait fish and how the bass in winter go ...

The 2026 Bassmaster Classic (March 13–15) in Knoxville, Tennessee, concluded with a historic victory for 22-year-old, Dylan Nutt, who became just the second B.A.S.S. Nation qualifier in history to win ...

1. In Lakeland, at Saddle Creek bluegill are biting in the pits using minnows. Black-and-blue trick worms have been working for bass. At Tenoroc on Lake B, medium shiners have been the go-to bait for ...