Bass Fishing Archives - Page 22 of 85

May 1, 2026

A fishermen loads fingerlings of Florida-strain largemouth bass into a cooler for release in Ross Barnett Reservoir.

The Rez gets 175k Florida bass

June 25, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Fisheries officials with the MDWFP have stocked more than 175,000 Florida-strain bass fingerlings in 33,000-acre Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson. […]

A long, fat and sassy bass that made the mistake of biting a Zoom Super Fluke offered by Louisiana Sportsman publisher Tony Taylor was one of the larger bass he caught during the six-day trip for an early April bass club tournament at Toledo Bend.

These flukes remain super

June 11, 2019 Don Shoopman

Tony Taylor, publisher of Louisiana Sportsman magazine, is the king, or one of many kings, of fishing with a Zoom Super Fluke. […]

You’ll find a number of stumps and bushes on the edge of the Maynor Creek channel.

Little but mighty Maynor Creek

June 6, 2019 Paul Elias

During June, bass will be schooling, and once you find them, you may catch more than one from the same spot. Maynor Creek. […]

Float the Jourdan River for summer bass

June 1, 2019 David Hawkins

Jourdan River is full of great bass fishing for anglers who’d enjoy a nice float trip from freshwater to brackish water and even saltwater. […]

Fish frogs for bass all summer-long

June 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

Fishing frog baits can be an exciting way to target bass in Mississippi waters through the summer. Whenever bass are shallow, tie one on. […]

Ott DeFoe, the 2019 Bassmaster Classic Champion and Major League Fishing pro angler, holds up a big bass caught on a Terminator Shuddering Bait.

Terminator’s Shuddering Bait

May 23, 2019 Don Shoopman

A new artificial lure on the shelves and in tackleboxes is doing more, much more, than giving lip service to the process of catching bass. […]

How to fish for post-spawn bass with Greg Hackney

May 13, 2019 Mississippi Sportsman

With the bass spawn all but over with, pro angler Greg Hackney will use his time today to pattern post-spawn fish in the basin. […]

At Ross Barnett Reservoir in May, fish a buzzbait around rocks, pier posts and pilings, trying to draw a reaction strike from a postspawn bass.

Ross Barnett’s topwater bass

May 12, 2019 Paul Elias

Ross Barnett is one of the best topwater lakes in Mississippi, especially in May. Bass will be in the postspawn mode on the 33,000-acre reservoir. […]

Working this KVD jig along a grass line resulted in a nice Tenn-Tom bass coming to the boat.

Bassin’ the Tenn-Tom

May 1, 2019 David Hawkins

These four lakes on the famed Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway are worth the attention of any Mississippi bass fisherman. Try one out soon. […]

Paddle up a Mississippi lunker bass

May 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

Fishing from a kayak gives anglers access to all kinds of great Mississippi bass waters, some that bass boats can’t access. Learn the basics here. […]

LiveTarget Skip Shad

April 22, 2019 Don Shoopman

The Skip Shad is the latest in ultra-natural, lifelike products from LiveTarget Lures. […]

Before the sun gets up and the fog leaves the water, Paul Elias will be fishing a buzzbait and the Baby 1-Minus on the spawning flats at Bay Springs Lake, since I can’t see the beds or the bass at that time of day.

Buzzing, cranking, pitching to April bass at Bay Springs

April 12, 2019 Paul Elias

The bass will be very shallow at 9-mile long Bay Springs Lake in April and now is the perfect time to catch them. […]