Outside of spring, there's no better time to target smallmouth, largemouth, and spotted bass than the fall. As the summer heat fades away and the first few cool nights are ushered in, water temps ...

No one has officially banned forward-facing sonar (FFS) yet. Sure, some tournament circuits have limited its use, but in your own day-to-day fishing you’re free to do what you want. Even though we saw ...

Why Fall is Prime Time for Topwater Bass Fishing It starts without warning. While fishing down the shoreline for bass on a glorious autumn day, the water behind you suddenly erupts in chaos. Huge ...

I grew up in northern Illinois and spent much of my adult life in northern Wisconsin. As a lifelong largemouth bass angler, I know what a cruel and unreasonably long season winter can be for the ...

It’s fall and things have changed on your favorite bass fishing waters. Shorter days, falling water temps, and shifting baitfish patterns cause bass to position and behave differently. If you hit the ...

Smallmouth bass are generalists and curious by nature, regularly taking advantage of their diverse feeding strategies. Any given day a smallmouth may gaze at the surface and go for a conventional/fly ...

To find largemouth bass in the fall, pay attention to your lure size, green weed, rock and wood, baitfish, and topwater bite. | Justin Hoffman There is something magical about chasing largemouth bass ...

Largemouths go on a feeding frenzy just prior to winter. Joe Cermele Spring is the time when largemouth bass anglers go on point, ready to drop everything in search of a wide-open bite as fish prepare ...

The fall striped bass run is underway with catches coming in from several beach locales, though Ocean County seems to be going off more at the start. There have been fish released over 40 inches but ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay finally strike gold as a quiet season transforms into a high-octane feeding frenzy of aggressive autumn bass.