Largemouth Bass (Page 2)

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A Texas angler with a huge largemouth bass.

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‘So Big She Couldn’t Even Jump.’ 76-Year-Old Angler Lands Potential Lake-Record Bass While Practice Fishing for a Tournament

Drake wadsworth with a big bass

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‘Like I Hooked a Semi-Truck.’ Tournament Angler Lands Personal Best Bass, Despite Forgetting His Net

An angler holds up a huge Texas bass.

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This Fisherman Just Caught the Same 14-Pound Bass from the Same Dock for the Third Time in 4 Years

A fishing guide holds up a giant bass on Lake Okechobee

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Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Giant Bass on Lake Okeechobee This Winter

mcmanus at the bass masters classic

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Pat McManus Once Sabotaged the BASS Masters Classic

By Patrick F. McManus

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Widow Sues Major League Fishing After Deadly Boat Crash

By Alex Robinson

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Bassmaster (Partially) Bans Forward-Facing Sonar for the 2026 Season. Fans Love It — and Hate It

By Derek Horner

cane pole fishing

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Flipjacking: We Uncover the Lost Art of Cane-Pole Fishing for Bass

By Erwin A. Bauer

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Gollywompers: A Secret Old Bait for Giant Bass

By Robert E. Price

A young angler holds up a double-digit largemouth bass.

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Texas Kid Catches Record Breaking Bass

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Old-School Tips for Catching Giant Bass in Small Ponds

By Anthony A. Ciuffa

An illustration of a boy fishing at night with his dad.

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Nights Were the Only Time My Dad Had Time to Himself. He Took Me Fishing Anyway

By Jerry Dennis

A pair of spawning bass

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Quick Strike Podcast: How to Ethically Target Spawning Bass

A fisherman hooks into a bass near a dock.

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I Lost My Favorite Bass Lake to Development. A Stranger Helped Me Find It Again

A collection of 3D printed baits.

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This Texas Fisherman Is 3D Printing Duckling Brood Lures — and Catching Bass on Them

By Alice Jones Webb

an old photo of a bass fisherman unhooking a fish

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How a Dollar-Store Bag of Balloons Saved Our Bass Fishing Trip

A man holds up a big largemouth bass for his elderly mother.

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72-Year-Old Mom Lands Her Personal Best Bass in ‘Absolute Rodeo’ on Mother’s Day

By Alice Jones Webb

A bass ate a snake and surprised a fisherman.

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Video: ‘Oh My Jesus!’ Snake Slithers Out of Bass’ Mouth, Shocks Fisherman

By Alex Robinson

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How to Fish the Carolina Rig: A Complete Guide

By Derek Horner

An angler holds up a massive largemouth bass.

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Texas Crappie Angler Hooks Same Giant Bass from the Same Dock 2 Years Apart

By Alice Jones Webb

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The Best Bass Fishing Tips for Beginners

By Joe Cermele, Derek Horner

glide baits for bass

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Glide Baits for Bass: How to Catch a Giant on a Glider

How to read a fish finder

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How to Read a Fish Finder

By Pete Robbins

A woman fishes on a lake with a spinning rod and reel combo.

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The Best Spinning Rod and Reel Combos, Tested and Reviewed

By Alice Jones Webb

A tournament angler holds up a heavyweight largemouth bass.

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‘I Knew Right Away It Was a Big, Big Fish.’ Tourney Angler’s Huge Largemouth Ties League Record for Heaviest Bass Ever Weighed

A side-by-side comparison of largemouth and smallmouth bass, held up by an angler.

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A Guide to Largemouth Bass vs Smallmouth Bass

By Dac Collins, Derek Horner

The free rig on the deck of a boat.

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How to Fish a Free Rig: Here’s What You Need to Know About This Underrated Bass Technique

By Derek Horner

Chatterbait bass.

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How to Fish a Chatterbait: A Complete Guide

By Kristine Fischer, Derek Horner

The Ned Rig: A Complete Guide to Baits, Gear, and How to Fish It

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The Ned Rig: A Complete Guide to Baits, Gear, and How to Fish It

By Derek Horner

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Pro Angler and YouTuber Ben Milliken Says His Arrest Was a ‘Massive Misunderstanding’

By Alice Jones Webb, Derek Horner

JT Thompkins was disqualified from a tournament and it cost him a shot at thousands.

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Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie Disqualified for Failing a Polygraph Test

By Derek Horner

A kayak fisherman holds up a nice largemouth bass.

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Cannibal Bass: What a Problem at an Illinois Fish Farm Can Teach Us About Catching Bigger Largemouths

Using Forward Facing Sonar to Locate Fish

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7 Forward Facing Sonar Tips: Settings, Mounting, and Techniques Explained

By Chad Morgenthaler

geecrack cuebomb

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How to Fish the Geecrack Cue Bomb — and Other Rubber Dice Baits

Everything you need to know to catch bass on a strolling rig

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A Complete Guide to Strolling for Bass: The Ultimate Rig for Forward-Facing Sonar

By Derek Horner

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How to Fish the Geecrack Bellows Gill: This JDM Lure Is Starting to Catch Big Bass in the U.S.

The best drop shot rods are sensitive and light, yet powerful enough to pull up giants

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The Best Drop Shot Rods

By Pete Robbins

Forward facing sonar has changed fishing, and the next evolution is FFS specific baits and gear

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New Lures, Reels, Rods, and Lines Designed for Forward Facing Sonar

By Derek Horner

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Here’s Why Forward Facing Sonar Won’t Be Banned from Professional Bass Fishing

By Derek Horner

new york record bass

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Tournament Angler Catches Record-Breaking Largemouth Bass While Practice Fishing in New York

A Humminbird and Garmin fish finder on the deck of a boat.

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MEGA Live vs LiveScope: What’s the Best Forward Facing Sonar?

By Pete Robbins

old school bass lures

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Quick Strike Podcast: 3 Old-School Bass Lures the “Cool Kids” Hate (and Why You Should Be Fishing Them Now)

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Throw Big Rat Baits to Catch Bigger Bass

By Pete Robbins

A fish being cut open with lead weights inside, the lead weights used to try to cheat in a fishing tournament.

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Louisiana Man Arrested After Stuffing 2.5 Pounds of Lead Weights into Bass at Fishing Tourney

By Natalie Krebs

Here’s How Justin Hamner Won the Bassmaster Classic with Forward-Facing Sonar and a Jerkbait

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Here’s How Justin Hamner Won the Bassmaster Classic with Forward-Facing Sonar and a Jerkbait

A young angler holds up a huge Texas largemouth.

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11-Year-Old Lands 13-Pound Bass, Makes Texas History

Angler poses with bass and jerkbait.

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The Best Jerkbait Rods of 2026

By Pete Robbins

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The 12 Best Bass Flies for Catching Largemouth and Smallmouth

We tested the Revo Rocket.

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Abu Garcia Revo Rocket Spinning Reel Review

By Pete Robbins

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Huge Louisiana Largemouth Is One of the Top 10 Biggest Bass Ever Recorded in the State

Man holding fish and fishing rod on a body of water

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The Best Braided Fishing Lines for Bass

By Pete Robbins

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Are Hybrid Tiger Bass the Key to Growing Trophy Largemouth in the Mid-South?

5 Million Pure-Strain ‘Lone Star’ Bass Will Be Stocked in Texas Lakes to Grow the State’s Trophy Largemouth Potential

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5 Million Pure-Strain ‘Lone Star’ Bass Will Be Stocked in Texas Lakes to Grow the State’s Trophy Largemouth Potential

Bass start thinking about the spring spawn as water temps rise.

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How to Catch Big Spring Bass When Water Temperatures Are on the Rise

By Kristine Fischer

A huge 17-pound Texas bass.

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This 17-Pound Bass Is the Biggest Largemouth Caught in Texas in 30 Years

Big bass can be harder to find for a kayak angler on larger bodies of water.

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How to Catch More Bass on Large Bodies of Water from a Kayak

By Kristine Fischer

Where the Road Runs Out: Passing on a Fishing Tradition

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Where the Road Runs Out: Passing on a Fishing Tradition

Aaron Martens died of brain cancer at the age of 49.

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Aaron Martens, Champion and Trend-Setting Pro Bass Angler, Dies at 49

By Alan Clemons

You can use a spinning rod to pull bas out of cover.

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How to Rig Your Spinning Rod to Catch Bass in Heavy Cover

By Kristine Fischer

Fizzing fish is not complicated.

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A Tournament Angler’s Case for Safely Fizzing Bass Before Release

By Kristine Fischer

You can land a giant bass by following these rules.

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How to Never Lose Another Giant Bass Again

By Kristine Fischer

The New Data Behind 100 of Florida’s Biggest Bass

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The New Data Behind 100 of Florida’s Biggest Bass

If you are a novice bass angler, you should own these three rods.

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3 Rods Every Weekend Bass Angler Needs to Catch More Fish

By Kristine Fischer

New York Angler Likely Caught and Released a State-Record Largemouth

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New York Angler Likely Caught and Released a State-Record Largemouth