There are hundreds of ways to catch a bass, and that is part of what makes bass fishing great. Techniques are continually evolving as bass anglers discover new ways to fool their favorite fish. One technique you may not have heard of is called “freestyling,” a technique Bassmaster Elite Series pro Paul Mueller relies on […]
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One quick look at the Reins C-Pod and you will see that it is unlike any other bait on the market. It is a bait with several appendages and appears like an insect or even an extraterrestrial creature. While it may seem foreign to humans, the design was inspired by something very familiar to bass, the Copepod.
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Most soft plastic baits built for targeting black bass are patterned after creatures we assume they feed on naturally – everything from earthworms to crawdads to grubs, lizards and so on. Of course manufacturers have taken some of the profiles of their bait products to extremes, but for the most part when we’re fishing with soft plastics,
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Bill Lowen shares his approach for fishing a frog late in the year. Read entire article on westernbass.com.
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A look at using the ima Glide Fluke on both coasts. Read the entire article in the WesternBass.com magazine. Click here to view.
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Sometimes when you’re fishing, all you want is a bite, any kind of bite, just to get some action. Other times, you’re in search of quality. In those instances, the hunt is on for that one big bite and out here in California that means it’s swimbait time. Optimum Bait Company, with the help of their
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The Baby Boom Boom swimbait from Optimum Baits is a specifically designed swimbait for use with screw-lock weighted swimbait hooks to skip and hunt bass in and around shallow cover. I was introduced to this swimbait this year and it has already become one of the staples in my box. Whenever I’m hunting fish shallow,
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Punchin’ is a technique that can yield some monster bass. The basic principle is simple: punch your weight and bait through a matted surface and try to get a big one to bite. There is more to it than that though, and professional bass anglers JT Kenney and Wesley Strader shared some tips to maximize your punching and help
Professional angler Fred Roumbanis relies on three topwaters this time of year and will throw them until winter begins. There is no doubt that a topwater strike is one of the most exciting parts of bass fishing. It is something that anglers everywhere look forward to every year when the warm starts to warm in the spring
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With so many great lures available to today’s anglers, picking the right one comes down to knowing the situation. Topwater baits like the Finesse Popper can be situational depending on the season, water temperature, weather conditions, and more. Bass fishing success is all about finding the right time to throw the correct lure. It is
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