When hardcore bass anglers discuss the world's best trophy bass lakes, the conversation inevitably turns to El Salto Lake, a scenic impoundment cradled in west-central Mexico's rugged Sierra Madre ...

How do you catch 19 pounds of largemouth bass on a single cast? Just ask Grady Codd of Fort Worth, Texas, who was fishing Mexico’s famed Lake El Salto last December. Using an Alabama rig, Codd reeled ...

Travel instructions for this outdoor adventure are simple enough. Fly to Mazatlan, Mexico. See the ocean. Then head inland. OK, indulge yourself first by spending a few days in the port city, renowned ...

The brushy point sloped amid tangles of green and grey into Mexico's Lake El Salto. The boat slinked into position and the heavy, two-handed rod flexed, spooking an irritable blue heron and scattering ...

The numbers were staggering, but not surprising and too be honest not that unusual. An estimated 600 bass in four days of fishing. Put it another way, about 1,800 pounds of fish were lifted into the ...

Choose from these four crankbait styles, such as squre bill, lipless, deep diving, and wakebaits, to catch more and bigger ...

All around the boat, Lake El Salto was waking up. A purple glow seeped over the Sierra Madres, turning the lake’s surface into a puddle of ink. Tropical birds stirred along the bank, whooping like ...

You go to Mexico's Lake El Salto for the big hit, the biggest bass of your life. The rest is incidental -- rewarding, but secondary to the primary pursuit. Following our first day of fishing, as Rene ...

In an earlier column, we left off in Mexico. Outdoor writer Robert Montgomery and I had just finished fishing Lake El Salto for three days and were on our way to Lake Mateos, another lodge operated by ...

Steve Knight fights a Lake Picachos bass, one of about 50 that he caught that day. Picachos is the newest of three great bass fishing lakes on Mexico s west coast.(Special Contributor) It was cool in ...