Bass Fishing From Shore: How to Find Spots, Where Bass Hold and What to Throw
You don't need a boat to catch bass. Find legal access, walk the bank, and fish the cover and drop-offs bass use near shore with a few weedless lures.
Category: Bass Fishing
Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted and striped bass: where they hold through the year, what they eat and how to catch them from shore, kayak or boat.
Largemouth Bass: How to Identify Them, Where They Live and How to Catch Them
The most popular game fish in the US is easy to recognize once you know the jaw and the stripe. Here's where largemouth live, what they eat and how they move through the year.
How to Catch Striped Bass With Live Bait: Best Baits, Rigs, Hooks and Rules
Live bait is the most dependable way to catch stripers in reservoirs and on the coast. Here's how to choose bait, keep it alive, rig it at the right depth and stay legal.
Smallmouth Bass: Identification, Habitat, Diet and How to Catch Them
Bronze, barred and built for current, smallmouth live in clearer, cooler and rockier water than largemouth. Here's how to recognize them and where to look each season.
River Bass Fishing: Current Seams, Eddies, Water Levels and Wading Safety
Rivers move bass and their food in predictable ways. Learn to read current breaks and water levels, and you can find fish in any stretch of moving water.
Smallmouth Bass Fishing Tips: Lakes vs Rivers, Depth by Season and the Best Lures
Smallmouth roam more than largemouth and live in clearer water. Fish rock, wind and current with a few finesse baits and a jerkbait, and adjust depth with the season.
What Do Bass Eat? Forage by Season and How to Match Your Lures
Bass eat whatever is abundant and fits in their mouths, and that changes with the seasons. Know the menu in your lake and lure choice gets much easier.
How to Catch Largemouth Bass: A Step-by-Step Plan for Beginners
Skip the giant tackle box. One rod, five proven lures and a simple plan for where to cast will catch largemouth in most lakes and ponds.
Striped Bass Guide: Coastal and Landlocked Stripers, Hybrids, Seasons and Tactics
Stripers run up Atlantic rivers to spawn, roam big Southern and Western reservoirs, and cross with white bass to make hybrids. Here's how each fishery works.
Pond Bass Fishing: How to Read Small Water and Catch More Bass
Ponds are the easiest place to learn bass fishing, but small water rewards a quiet approach. Here's where pond bass hold and how to fish them season by season.