Most of the new bass baits are revealed each year at ICAST in July. Though many of those baits aren't even available for ...

These lures are especially effective on bass around the spawn. Picking out the best soft plastic baits for bass isn’t a grab-and-go proposition. As with other types of lures, you need to examine ...

Over decades of chasing bronzebacks across the Northeast and Midwest, these are the best smallmouth bass lures I’ve used ... it’s caught more post-spawn smallmouth for me than I can count. The ...

This bait has a great action that they’ll naturally react to.” The pre-spawn period is one of the best times to catch trophy bass, as fish begin staging in predictable areas and feeding ...

How to Find Bass During the Spawn During the spawn ... while utilizing proven baits and tactics will give you the best chance ...

Here’s a full breakdown of the lures ... Bass With the variety of water available during this competition and the fact that this is the time of year when bass can be in all three phases of the ...

The bass are making spawning beds and are up shallow ... 8 Crankbait near the back of the coves. Jerk baits and Alabama rigs are the best around brush piles. The crappie are biting well around ...

Catfish are being caught shallow around their spawning areas as are the panfish. Bass are best on weightless flukes, crappie are best on minnows, catfish are great on prepared bait and ...