Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

When most people think of topwater smallmouth takes, they envision something violent: A slashing blow and shot of whitewater spraying into the air. Hits like that get the blood pumping for sure, but I ...

Last July I missed opening smallmouth bass day due to terrible weather, though this video more than makes up for it. The water is nice and calm, and super clear here on Lake Erie. I'm fishing in about ...

We're going smallmouth bass fishing today! Today we're here with Antonio, our boatless angler, and we're running Stingnose jigging spoons for smallmouth bass - except we've added a special bonus, an ...

will sometimes do, eyeballing the rubber-legged popper as it drifted along the edge of a grass bed. I followed with the rod tip. You can’t rush fishing like this. You shouldn’t rush anything, in fact, ...

Ditch pickles and bronzebacks, bucketmouths and smalljaws. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass go by many names, and when most Americans think about bass fishing, they picture one (or both) of these ...

In the valley just before dawn the town lights glitter in indigo shadow while the sky begins to fire from the rising sun. I like to leave the house then, though I know the settled clouds of autumn ...

Jig and pigs go by other names such as jig and craw, jig and frog or simply jig. A small sized lure (right) is particularly ...

The smallmouth bass near Eastern Lake Erie harbor waters are often massive in size at this time of year, like this 7-pound, 3-ounce goliath that measured just shy of 23 inches in length. Photo by ...

From square bill to flat sided, these four crankbait styles each have a proven track record when it comes to triggering bass into biting. When it comes to catching bass, crankbaits deserve a treasured ...

The fish took its own sweet time, as smallmouth bass will sometimes do, eyeballing the rubber-legged popper as it drifted along the edge of a grass bed. I followed with the rod tip. You can’t rush ...