I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

Mention smallmouth bass fishing, and many anglers think of the world-famous fishing available in Canada, the Great Lakes region and the Northern states. Natural State anglers don’t have to travel ...

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 ...

The 2025 turkey open season begins, frog gigging with friends, fishing for smallmouth bass.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Smallmouth bass are known to be the hardest-fighting fish, pound-for-pound, swimming in fresh water. Throughout the Midwest, they are found from the Great Lakes to tiny Ozark streams. They live in ...

There are plenty of lakes and rivers to explore across Pennsylvania as bass season begins this week. Smallmouth and largemouth bass are plentiful across the 86,000 miles of rivers and lakes in ...

In the world of American fishing, bass is king. While largemouth may be the more sought after variety, the smallmouth bass isn't far behind. Growing up in the Midwest, and later the Shenandoah Valley ...

Josh Chrenko of Indianapolis is a hardcore smallmouth bass angler, but he’d never seen a fish quite like the one he landed on Michigan’s Muskegon River earlier this month. Chrenko and a buddy had ...