Bass Fishing Archives - Page 28 of 85

May 1, 2026

Use your electronics to find post-spawn staging areas, similar to the ones used by bass during the prespawn.

Post-spawn tips for Pickwick

May 15, 2018 Phillip Gentry

Once you get post-spawn bass pinpointed, you could be in for some of the best fishing of the year, especially at Pickwick Lake. […]

Hunter Miles pulled this 61/2-pound Okatibbee Lake bass off a brush top along a creek channel.

Hunter Miles’ May bass fishing mindset

May 15, 2018 Michael O. Giles

Rising bass pro Hunter Miles’ game plan for May bass trips includes: […]

Bass pro Keith Combs landed this big 6-pounder with a topwater frog on a recent trip to Grosse Savanne Lodge in Cameron Parish, La., during Shimano’s “Cast Smarter” Media Conference.

Get the jump on topwater frogs

May 14, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Not much can match the pulse-pounding thrill of a giant bass breaking the surface and engulfing a topwater frog. […]

Maynor Creek has been kicking out some very nice bass, and May is a productive month to catch some of these chunky largemouths.

Maynor Creek, a 500-acre lake near Waynesboro, is a Pat Harrison Waterway District lake. One of the older lakes in that group, Maynor Creek had issues with its dam almost 10 years ago. The state pulled the water level down to repair the dam. […]

Bass learn to avoid capture

May 7, 2018 Hal Schramm

Larger bass may be harder to catch than smaller bass because they are fewer in number and have had more time to learn to avoid anglers. […]

When clear conditions make the fish spooky, a finesse jig will still produce bites.

Small bait … big results – How to use a finesse jig to catch more bass

May 1, 2018 David A. Brown

When you ask a specialist to design a tool, they’ll likely give you a prototype with the details that matter most. That’s what Bassmaster Elite Series pro David Walker did for Z-Man when he designed the Cross EyeZ Power Finesse Jig. […]

Post spawn bass fishing on Pickwick Lake means finding fish in transition, which isn’t hard if you know where to look, like Lou Williams does.

Pickwick Lake offers Mississippi anglers unusual post-spawn opportunities

May 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

An obvious key to successfully bass fishing on a post-spawn pattern at Pickwick Lake, or any water for that matter, is knowing in what phase of the spawn the largemouth and smallmouth are at any given time. […]

At Okatibbee, Hunter Miles has a handle on post-spawn fishing, which usually means he has his hands on fish in May.

What does May have in store for Mississippi bass fishermen?

May 1, 2018 Michael O. Giles

After studying his depth finder, Hunter Miles made a cast in the direction of a submerged tree, working his Carolina-rigged worm into the brush top. […]

The Speed Scremer features “arms” that provide maximum action bass just can’t resist.

Creme Speed Scremers

April 23, 2018 Don Shoopman

Dusty Anders of Deville was excited when he called an outdoor writer in early February.

The 50-year-old firefighter, an avid bass angler and part-time fishing guide, had just boated an 8-pound bass on one of his favorite new soft plastics. […]