Autumn is a unique time for fishing as many anglers turn to hunting, leaving boat ramps less crowded as fish feed more ...

FAIR. Water stained; 77 degrees; 50.33 feet below pool. Channel and blue catfish are good to excellent on punch bait and cut bait along the river and creek channels. White bass should be moving from ...

Striped bass survey 2025 reveals a slight uptick, yet numbers remain below average, influencing fisheries management ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources released results from its 2025 juvenile striped bass survey on October 15, ...

It’s June and that means one thing for a lot of bass anglers…. topwater. One of the cool things about bass fishing, whether it’s largemouth, smallmouth, or spotted bass, is that there are a lot of ...

Fishing for bass on their spawning beds has always been a touchy subject. Though it’s very easy to say that disrupting them while they’re trying to replenish future stocks sounds wrong, the reality is ...

Bass fishing is just plain fun. But what’s the most fun way to catch them? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I hoped I would ...

Shad spawns can pay off big, but bass pros who win big money don’t go all in on them. To catch big bass all day during a shad spawn, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em. In an ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be worked at ...