I was just poking around on tacklewarehouse.com and found the Roman Made Natural Wood Mother Chaser Swimbait which is a full 16” long and weighs 22 oz. Even if you have a capable rod and reel, how ...

Big baits catch big bass. It's that simple. But knowing when and how to throw these giant lures isn't as cut and dry. There are specific scenarios where bass respond better to larger baits and are ...

There are lots of standard lures that produce big bass – everything from tiny forward-facing sonar minnows to 10-inch worms to deep diving crankbaits – but if you want your double-digit to be truly ...

These were the bass baits—and mindset shifts—that defined my 2025 season and helped me catch more and bigger largemouth bass.

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 ...

There is nothing in fishing better than a topwater bite. If you believe something different, you are either misinformed or you have not yet had a topwater bite. I love punching, I love throwing a ...

Summer fishing is great, but if you have a jones for big, wild brown trout and smallmouth bass, there’s nothing like the fall and early winter. It’s been written many times that this is when these ...

The author with a 47-inch striper caught off North Jersey on a 10-inch Stride glide bait. Photo by Joe Cermele Though the official timeline is a bit hazy, many anglers point to the swimbait revolution ...

Whether it's a crystal-clear glacial lake, a swift-moving river, one of the great lakes, or a desert reservoir, there is one species likely swimming in all of them - giant smallmouth. Otherwise known ...

1. In Lakeland, at Saddle Creek bluegill are biting in the pits using minnows. Black-and-blue trick worms have been working for bass. At Tenoroc on Lake B, medium shiners have been the go-to bait for ...

1. In Lakeland, at Tenoroc some 6-pound bass on medium domestic shiners have been landed. The speck bite has been good on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Fearless jigs in grass shrimp color have also ...