BRANSON, Mo. — If you like to get out and enjoy the outdoors, fishing is a great way to spend beautiful day in the Ozarks. That’s for sure. And it’s about the time of year to start game planning to ...

Water temps are slowly rising across much of the south and many states are starting to see pre-spawn activity. In Alabama and Tennessee, bass are already cruising shallow areas gorging on bait to ...

Spring has sprung... well, sorta. Whether you live up in the northern part of the country, where it's actually pretty cold right now, or all the way south down in Florida, May can be one of the best ...

This pre-spawn smallmouth jerkbait bite happens all across the Northern U.S. and Canada with giant bass and unforgettable strikes! Here are lures, conditions, and expert tips you need to know. Bass ...

Discover the top bass fishing lures for spring success, including the best baits for pre spawn, spawn, and post spawn conditions. Learn when to use crankbaits, jerkbaits, jigs, and soft plastics to ...

Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be worked at ...

Early season, pre-spawn bass action can be phenomenal — by far the best of the year. But it’s not always that way, so veteran Northeast Florida anglers follow a well-thought-out game plan to tip ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

Anglers are increasingly experimenting with less common live baits such as crayfish, hellgrammites, and banded killifish to tempt larger, more selective fish, while tournament pros in 2026 are pairing ...

The Alabama rig is one of the most controversial rigs in bass fishing. When anglers first started throwing it in tournaments, ...