Topwater Bass Blowups

These videos below have some of the best topwater bass blowups you can find on YouTube. Nothing gets the heart pumping like a Bass breaking the surface and attacking your lure. These videos put good use to … Read the rest

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Shimano Varsity Program scholarships awarded to 10 students August 11, 2020

LADSON, S.C. — With colleges gearing up to start their fall semester, 10 students can now plan on financial assistance from Shimano, in conjunction with B.A.S.S. Conservation, to assist with tuition and other associated school expenses.

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5 smallmouth baits for summer fishing August 11, 2020

Summertime in most of the U.S. means a rising thermometer and sweating through a sun buff-now-turned-COVID facemask. This is often true even in smallmouth country where big smallmouth follow the cooler water out to the depths.

Destin DeMarion

Z-Man: Frog walkers wanted August 10, 2020

LADSON, S.C. – With an innocent little splash, the defenseless amphibian belly-flops into the drink. Powerful legs kick and recoil, scooting the frog forward. The critter pauses, re-surfaces, bulging eyes betraying looming danger.

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Tennessee lakes to host Bassmaster High School and Junior Championships August 10, 2020

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — National championships for the fastest-growing youth and high school fishing circuits in the country will be held on Tennessee fisheries, B.A.S.S. announced today.

B.A.S.S. Communications

Gear Review: Daiwa Tatula 300 August 10, 2020

What is it?Daiwa Tatula 300

David A. Brown

My New York swing August 10, 2020

Well, we just wrapped up our New York swing for the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series season. Expectations are something that can warp our views on how something will go and how it went for us.

Destin DeMarion

Lester makes custom skirts to fool finicky summer bass August 10, 2020

Like a lot of us, Brandon Lester is fishing obsessed. So, if you’re trying to track him down between Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments, there’s a pretty good bet you can find him on a local reservoir near his Fayetteville, Tenn., home.

Alan McGuckin

Daily Limit: 'I love New York' August 9, 2020

Not only did tournament winners Brandon Palaniuk and Chris Johnston leave the Empire State thinking “I love New York,” but B.A.S.S. shared those sentiments, despite having to follow stringent guidelines to put on the events.

Mike Suchan

Grass is grass August 9, 2020

I'm a grass fisherman. I grew up fishing grass in Ontario, and I cut my teeth flipping milfoil, cane, pads, pencil reeds – a bit of everything. That's why Florida feels a little like home to me.

Cory Johnston

Susquehanna will feature world-class smallmouth bass August 9, 2020

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Top-flight kayak anglers planning to fish the Hobie Bass Open Series (B.O.S.) Susquehanna River event in Liverpool, Penn., early this August are in for a real treat.

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