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 ...

Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood the shallows each spring to spawn. As part of their annual ritual, the bass ...

Bass anglers wait all year for fall. As the water temperature drops and the days get shorter, bass put on the feedbag before ...

Beaver Lake: Fishing is on for awhile, then off when cold fronts arrive. Try for crappie around brush. The lake level is dropping, and that could cause crappie to move out deeper than they normally ...

1. In Lakeland, across the area, quite a few bass were caught using shiners, while some have had luck using pearl and white soft plastics for trailers on chatter bait. The speck bite on lakes Juliana, ...

In this lesson, let's talk about early season bass fishing and the opportunity it presents. Late February through early April is probably your best shot at a giant bass. There's no other time when ...

Crappie biting in shallow and deep water. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends using minnows or jigs six to 20 feet deep around standing timber or brush piles. Fishing should improve as the water ...

As Corey Sanden reached down to scoop up the small calico bass off the deck of his skiff, it seemed like we both thought the same thing at the same time. As small as it was, this calico was right on ...