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 ...

Multi-Joint Design: The main body of the jointed swimbait is divided into eight sections, which can slowly sink and move flexibly in the water and triggered an attack by predatory fish. Lifelike Bait: ...

The bite is fair for largemouth and stripers. Anglers able to net live shad are doing best, but they aren’t always available, with only some pods of shad moving into shallow water areas. If you can’t ...

The U.S. Postal Service unveils its Freshwater Fishing Lures Forever stamps at Bass Pro Shops’ Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield, MO, on March 13, 2025. / USPS If you happen to be a philatelist and ...

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Largemouth bass are fair with shaky head jigs, spinners and buzz baits near brushy shorelines, docks and timber. Hybrids and sand bass are good on main lake points, humps and ridges using swimbaits, ...

Hello folks, this week we're on the freshwaters, geared up with artificial frog crankbaits to catch us some nice smallmouth ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddlecreek specks are biting in deeper water in the back of the park. Bass are taking topwaters along the shorelines early. Later on, the points of the islands are producing ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek the bass are out deep on the humps and ledges. Deep diving crankbaits and Zoom Ol’ Monster worms are producing. The bluegill bite has slowed, but shellcracker action ...