Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

Discover how to catch more fall bass on topwater lures. Learn where to find schooling fish, which baits work best, and how to ...

When most people think of topwater smallmouth takes, they envision something violent: A slashing blow and shot of whitewater spraying into the air. Hits like that get the blood pumping for sure, but I ...

The warmer months of summer may produce higher numbers, but fall is a great time to catch bigger smallmouth bass, says Mike McSwain, who guides for smallmouth bass on the Broad River. McSwain (843-763 ...

There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...

In this edition of The Morning Hatch: • The Jack Crevalle should get more love from fly anglers; it is an amazing fish that will ferociously hit a fly and put up a fight equal to any gamefish out ...

LAKE OF THE WOODS, Minn. – The 3½-pound smallmouth bass smacked a tube jig on his very first cast, and during one stretch on this picture-perfect September day, it looked as if Ben Barrus might just ...

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Smallmouth bass and chain pickerel. They’re both common across much of the United States — so much so that few people give much thought as to how they might expand their range. If you were to catch ...