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Catch fish on bladed jigs
Bladed jigs scored an immediate hit with pro anglers when these lures first appeared in 2006. Their unusual design combines features of a jig, spinnerbait and crankbait to produce tremendous...
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Summer bass haunts
Summer: Dog days or hawg days? This season has the reputation of being a tough time to catch bass. But you can enjoy fast action all summer long by targeting...
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Fall bass hot spots
Fall is a great time to fish for bass! Cooling water energizes the fish, and an abundance of baitfish can have bass feeding from top to bottom. Be sure to...
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Spring lunker strategies
Bassmaster Elite Series pros know spring is the best season to catch lunker bass, and it’s during this period that they use several different lures and approaches specifically geared to...
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Noisy vs. quiet lures
Bassmaster Elite Series anglers know that adjusting the “decibel level” of their lures can often make a huge difference in their catch. Should you use a lure that rattles, pops...
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How to fish channels and flats
Channels and flats are vastly different structures, yet they both attract and hold bass. Here, we’ll explain how bass use these structures throughout the year, and we’ll offer valuable lure...
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Rick Clunn: Waking blade bait
Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston and Kevin VanDam come to mind whenever a Bassmaster is asked to rate the best angler ever to throw a spinnerbait. However, when Rick Clunn is...
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Mastering the power-finesse technique
A fair number of bass anglers divide their approach to fishing into two different game plans — power fishing and finesse fishing. Power fishing, as the name implies, is associated...
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Gerald Swindle: Get a little buzzed up
Gerald Swindle gets strange looks from other anglers when they see him hurling a buzzbait around grassbeds with a spinning rod. “They think it’s funny — until they see me...
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Tommy Biffle: Spooks over dark spots
Tommy Biffle lives in Oklahoma, where the deer gun season always opens on Nov. 20. On that day the landscape is typically dotted with orange-clad, rifle-toting hunters with murder on...
