It’s bladed jig season and the largemouth bass are chasing them on the lakes throughout the Youngstown-Warren area. Actually, every month seems to be right for my assortment of bladed jigs, popularly ...

Working along the edge of a Lake Arthur point that dropped into deep water, I gave the bladed jig I was fishing a short but sharp upward snap. The jig’s descent was interrupted by a fat largemouth ...

Chatterbaits are some of the most effective lures for catching bass and other predatory fish. The standard chatterbait, also known as a vibrating or bladed jig, consists of a blade hinged onto the ...

In 1998, lure designer Ron Davis came up with a way to attach a hex-shaped blade to a jig. He would go on to sell his design to Z-MAN, but not before selling thousands of these “Chatterbaits.” ...

Twenty years ago, there wasn't much of a debate over when the best time to use a spinnerbait was. If the conditions were overcast, the water was stained or there was a stiff breeze, the spinnerbait ...

In this edition of The Starting Spot Daily Bass Fishing Headlines, we’re covering, the Scrounger jig making it’s way back into the bass fishing limelight, a new bait finesse system bladed jig from ...

Looking back on my 2021 fishing trips, it is clear that the category of lures known as bladed jigs accounted for a significant percentage of the bass that boarded the Bass Cat. Bladed jigs gained ...

Though nearly all bass anglers fish a wide variety of lures year around, there's no question there's a seasonal factor in what works best, particularly in the pronounced seasons of North Alabama. Thus ...

I wouldn’t call it an accident, because I know months-to-years of planning and testing went into this bait. But a couple fortunate and random things happened at the right time which sent this very ...