It’s always special when a fish breaks the surface to inhale a topwater lure, but when it comes to freshwater 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 schools of baitfish, with nowhere to flee, leap from ...

Let’s be honest: there is absolutely nothing in the world of bass fishing quite like a topwater blowup. If there is a more fun way to catch bass, I just haven't found it yet. It’s mid-May, which means ...

With forward-facing sonar (FFS) dominating so much of the bass-talk the past few years, the arrival of fall can be a satisfying return to “old-school” chunkin’ and windin’ among the extreme shallows ...

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Catching fish on top-water lures can be so exciting that some anglers would rather catch one fish on a top-water than two or three down deep. Lures that splash and dance across the surface are ...

Stalking smallmouth bass in creeks and small rivers is a top summertime angling opportunity. Trout are great. Bass are, too. Bluegills, catfish and even carp, are fun to catch. But in my opinion, ...

Bass fishing culture is all about catch-and-release, but that isn't always the answer to growing bigger largemouth ...

Maybe the idea of summer bass fishing isn’t all that appealing to you. Maybe your thinking, Who wants to go out among all the pleasure boaters and endure 100-degree temperatures to chase around a ...

Because bass are cold-blooded, there are times when they have to eat aggressively and times when they hardly have to eat anything, and it all boils down to water temperature and metabolism. In colder ...

Glen Canyon Dam managers will flush cold water from deep in Lake Powell into the Colorado River to help prevent invasive smallmouth bass from colonizing the Grand Canyon, federal officials announced ...