The 2025 turkey open season begins, frog gigging with friends, fishing for smallmouth bass. We're hitting the field for the 2025 turkey open season, frog gigging with some good friends and wade ...

Smallmouth bass rank high up on the list of most popular fish species in America. Though they fall short of the distribution range of the largemouth bass—America’s most popular gamefish—they’re still ...

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is asking for the public's help to figure out how smallmouth bass got into Cultus Lake ...

Stalking smallmouth bass in creeks and small rivers is a top summertime angling opportunity. Trout are great. Bass are, too. Bluegills, catfish and even carp, are fun to catch. But in my opinion, ...

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 ...

Smallmouth bass prefer cool, clear water and areas of lakes and streams with gravelly or rocky bottoms and moderate weed growth. They usually can be found near the protection of rocks or submerged ...

The Algonquin name for the smallmouth bass is Achigan, or "one which fights." The name fits. The smallmouth is a fish with anger issues. When a smallie hits a topwater plug, there seems to be an extra ...

Smallmouth bass are brutes. Pound for pound, they are one of the strongest and most aggressive fish that swim in U.S. freshwater. Their fight is one the key reasons why anglers love them so much, but ...

When most anglers pack it in, the big bronzebacks feed hard. Here’s how to find and catch them in the year’s most overlooked bite. As the water temps drop into the low-60s and the crowds disappear, ...

Today we're out on the water with Enzo out on Lake Eerie's eastern basin at 5am, trolling for smallmouth bass. We're trolling with the misty minnows, which are realistically shaped crankbait minnows.