When anglers think about fishing during the summer months, one word comes to mind: tough! Being cool-water fish, smallmouth bass tolerate the warm waters of the summer, but don't exactly thrive. It's ...

While most of us hit small rivers and streams looking for rainbows, browns, and brookies, many warmer-water stretches promise as much or more action in the form of smallmouth bass. Targeting ...

It’s a habit of mine to peer into the mouth of a fish while unhooking it for any evidence of what it might have been eating. Adhering to this practice, I was curious about what looked to be antennae ...

There’s no denying that smallmouth bass attract attention from anglers nationwide. From their beautiful patterns, aggressive strikes, and drag-peeling fights, it’s easy to see why. Smallmouth are ...

A jig and pig may get more black bass to bite for anglers in the Ozarks and River Valley than any other lure. The dependable jig and pig goes by other names such as jig and craw, jig and frog or ...

The Juniata River, flanked by trees glowing in neon reds, yellows and greens, flowed low and slow last Wednesday morning, with a light mist rising from the water’s surface. It was the day before ...