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Your go-to fly patterns for smallmouth bass

If you haven’t tried chasing smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you’re in for a treat. These fish are... The post Your Go-To Fly ...
June is a month that many East Texas bass anglers love to be on the lake. The month of June offers bass anglers the spectrum of techniques and tactics. Early in the month, the shallows can be loud at ...
It's payback time in North Alabama. Throughout the spawn, bluegills and other panfish harass nesting bass, rushing in to gulp down eggs and fry anytime the parent fish are distracted. But the bass get ...
Some people live for the blow of a big largemouth creaming a swimbait. Others can’t get enough of smallmouth erupting on Spooks walking across the surface. And, sure, I love those things too, but come ...
New bass lure patterns come along frequently and, typically, disappear with the same speed, but a pattern truly new to the largemouth world in recent years is continuing to hold its own in the ...
Conventional wisdom once again is not necessarily wise when it comes to finding bass this winter on Lake Guntersville. A number of anglers in the past week have caught largemouths over 9 pounds in ...
There is no better way to pass a hot summer’s day than to go fishing for bass. Everyone has their favorite hole for catching a big one. This is the goal. A bass can be very picky. What they hit hard ...
Understanding seasonal bass behavior can transform your fishing results from hit-or-miss to reliably productive. By learning how water temperature, spawning cycles, and forage availability influence ...
Just when fishermen thought they might have figured all this rainy, somewhat mild winter thing figured out, they come to the stark realization — again — that they haven't, and likely might never be ...