Christie: Decoding early prespawn stages
Depending on the stage of the prespawn, they may position closer to where they winter or they may stage 50 yards from where they’re going to spawn.
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Line size and crankbaits
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video, Stetson Blaylock breaks down his approach to line size when fishing different crankbaits. Listen how he changes his line to impact the action and...
Making the case for big baits
If you want to catch big bass, start throwing big baits. That’s not a cliché. If you want to be as successful as today’s bass pros, it’s a fact. That’s...
Weekend Pro Tip: Mosley on lipless crankbaits
A lipless crankbait is ideal for catching prespawn bass on shallow flats. See how to best use the lure with this Power-Pole Weekend Pro Tip from Brock Mosley.
Top lures at Tennessee River
Gussy’s Tennessee technique revealed
Jeff ‘Gussy’ Gustafson explains the ‘moping’ technique he used to win the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River. Though it is a great winter technique, Gustafson says it’s useful...
Fishing cold, muddy water
With more and more anglers thinking about spring bass fishing, I thought I’d give you my thoughts about fishing cold, muddy water — the curse of a bass angler. A...
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Hair jigs during prespawn
Elite pro Paul Mueller breaks down his setup and strategy for throwing a small hair jig during the prespawn in today’s Tackle Tip Tuesday video. Mueller mentions how a hair...
Catching a 16-pounder ‘felt like a bowling ball’
Joe McKay had grown accustomed to feeling the hard thump on the other end of his umbrella rig after a full day of slamming lunker bass on Texas’ O.H. Ivie...
Tackle Tip Tuesday: Kennedy’s line-thru swimbait
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday, Steve Kennedy walks through the process to simply rig a soft plastic swimbait so it is a line-thru bait. Kennedy often uses this setup when...