Tag: Bass

This Rookie Mistake Cost Champion Bass Angler $100k in Texas Tournament

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Trout taking bait at the water's surface while man fly fishes in background in a river

Last week, in a National Professional Fishing League (NPFL) tournament at Wright Patman Lake in Texas, Barron Adams reeled in the heaviest combined weight over the three-day tournament. A professional angler for five years, Adams’ catch qualified him for the tournament’s $100,000 first-place prize. That is, until the judge asked a rudimentary housekeeping question to […]

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10 Best Spring Bass Lures

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bass fishing with Bass Pro Shops Crayfish

Wherever you’re fishing in the world, there comes a point when the days get longer, the sun shines a little more, and the water in your favorite fishing hole gets warmer. Once water temperatures reach a certain point and the light begins the penetrate it, large and smallmouth spring bass start getting active–and it’s not […]

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Everything Jeff Gustafson Used To Win the 2023 Bassmaster Classic

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Tackle setup Gustafson used to win the bassmaster classic 2023

During the 2023 Bassmaster Classic, Jeff Gustafson was the one angler who found fish, got on them, and stayed with them for a wire-to-wire finish tight right up to the end. In addition to the Bassmaster Classic, Gussy also took on the Tennessee River system out of Knoxville this year. The Canadian Bass Pro, who […]

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Rare Piranha-Like Fish Caught in South Carolina Lake


South American pacu swims in the water

A teenage angler in South Carolina was fishing for striped bass at his favorite lake, but he didn’t hook one. Instead, he pulled up something much more rare–and scary-looking: a South American pacu, an invasive cousin of the vicious freshwater carnivore, the piranha. An avid fisherman, Drew Patrick, 15, has been fishing at his family’s […]

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The Record-Shattering, 200-Inch Buck Shot That Sat Forgotten for Decades

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skull and antler of a deer

When you think about state hunting records being broken, you usually think about it being from this hunting season. You certainly don’t expect a record to be broken in 2022 by a buck taken down in 1968. But that’s exactly what happened when Pennsylvania announced last year a new state record typical whitetail deer from […]

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4 Tips For Spring Bass Fishing in Cold Weather

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Winter Fly Fisherman on the Owens River, California, in winter

Bass fishing is a good time all year–even when the weather isn’t very inviting. Bass fishing in cold weather, like during the winter or early spring, is a whole different animal to warm-weather fishing. But you will need to change up your strategy to entice the slower-moving fish and keep yourself happy out there.  1. […]

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Man Attempts Drone Fishing, Only to Lose Drone to Fish

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bass fish pulls drone into water

Drones may be best known for amazing aerial shots of the landscape, but it didn’t take long for anglers to come up with a more creative use for the remote-controlled fliers: drone fishing. This practice involves tying a hook and a line to a drone and flying it out over the water to reach those tough-to-fish […]

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How to Fish Topwater Baits


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There’s nothing more exhilarating in bass fishing than a topwater blowup. The strikes are often vicious and unpredictable, so fishing with topwater lures is a favorite way to catch a bass for most anglers. Catching fish on topwaters is fun but also one of the best ways to catch numbers of fish with the chance […]

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Bass Fisherman Unknowingly Drops Rod and Reel Overboard While Landing Big Fish


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Every fisherman or woman knows the excitement that comes when you finally hook into a nice-sized fish. Especially if you have been on the water for a while and the bites have been hard to come by. Sometimes we get so focused on the fish we just caught that we cannot see the forest for […]

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