A smallmouth bass spies the commotion and swims ... unaware that it’s just been infected with tens of thousands of parasitic spawn. (Read about "zombie" parasites that mind-control their hosts.) ...

Even though I’ve spent much of the spring walleye fishing and guiding out on the Missouri ... spawning and are ready to eat. The catch and release season will also start for large and smallmouth ...

Learn why jerkbaits like the Rapala X-Rap and Jackall Rerange dominate pre-spawn smallmouth bass fishing by delivering some of the best bites of the entire year ...

The author with a pre-spawn smallmouth that smashed a jerkbait on the lower Niagara River. Photo by Joe Cermele Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I ...

Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be ...

Photo courtesy Steve Schwartz / via Facebook Spring is fat bass season in the Great Lakes region, as the big, egg-laden females get ready to spawn. It’s during this time of year that some of the ...

Six months after Missouri voters passed abortion right protections, Republican lawmakers are looking to overturn the legislation, and after invoking a rare rule, they are one step closer.

Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and instead ban ...

Shore fishing has produced both rainbows and walleyes on worms or jigs with a worm around Confederate and north of the Silos.

Compared to largemouths, smallmouth bass prefer cooler water with ... and those of the largemouth often overlap. With the shad spawn soon to be underway at Pickwick, both bass species may be ...

For now, the referendum is set to appear on a ballot in 2026. Missouri lawmakers passed a voter referendum Wednesday that, if approved, would repeal protections for abortion rights and restore a ...

The spur bearing trait of the Hickman Walnut makes it especially desirable for black walnut orchards. Agronomists at the University of Missouri have created a new cultivar of black walnut that ...