Plenty of hefty smallmouth bass fall for crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, and midsize swimbaits all along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. These more aggressive lures have their time and ...

There’s something about flipping, pitching, dragging, swimming, and casting a jig that screams bass fishing. And there’s a good chance that even as you’re reading this, you can recall the thump of the ...

There’s not much to a bass jig, they’re just a hook, a lead or tungsten head, and some type of skirting material, yet it’s perhaps the most universal lure. They work 12 months out of the year, in a ...

It didn’t hurt that his years of excellence coincided with a massive shift in the quality of lines, hooks and other gear. When Martens began his professional career in the 1990s, braid had just come ...

Most Alabama anglers are very familiar with the "swim-jig", a bulky bassing mouthful that looks somewhat live a muskrat going through the water. The lures, typically in weights from 3/8 to 3/4 ounce ...

My take: I first heard of the scrounger a while back when bass legend Aaron Martens brought it to the attention of the bass fishing world. Now it’s back in the public eye because of modern hammers ...

John Murray talks about how he swims a drop shot rig when fishing for bass in a more horizontal approach whereas the traditional drop shot is thought of as more of a vertical approach. We've talked ...

With 42 fish weighing 110 pounds, on the final competition day of the 2025 season, Jacob Wheeler won the MLF Bass Pro Tour on Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron in Michigan. Honestly, Jacob Wheeler is a deadly ...

The spinnerbait may have fallen slightly out of favor with the rise of swim jigs, vibrating jigs, and swimbaits, but savvy veteran anglers never put it away. If you want to have success with ...