Bass Fishing Archives - Page 34 of 86

August 5, 2026

Make boat docks yield more bass

July 1, 2017 David A. Brown

Docks are essentially emergent reefs of wood or concrete, and they provide the two things bass favor — shelter and food. […]

Ken Covington, known by many as the “Minnow Man,” raises minnows and wholesales them to bait shops all over Mississippi and Alabama. He also enjoys using his products to catch big bass.

Can’t catch bait? Then buy it

June 15, 2017 Michael O. Giles

While some diehard anglers catch their own shad, wild shiners, or goldfish, but most people must rely on the local bait shop. That’s where Ken Covington comes in. […]

Bassmaster pro Jordan Lee doctors his frogs before he feels they’re ready for use.

Frog fishing, like all topwater tactics, rewards diligent casting with that pulse-pounding surface assault. Whether it’s a walking frog or a popper, we watch that steady motion like a birddog on point, hoping with clinched jaw and held breath that the next movement of that plastic nose will detonate the explosive charge. […]

Learn to flip and pitch with the bait in the hand you use to reel so you don’t have to transfer the rod between hands. It’s during that transfer that you can miss a subtle bite.

Stay on the right side

June 15, 2017 David A. Brown

It’s some of the best advice Darold Gleason ever got, and the Toledo Bend guide credits the outcome for much of his personal angling success. […]

Paul Elias likes to pitch a jig into the thickest hydrilla he can find, let the lure sink to the bottom, hop it off the bottom two or three times, reel the bait in and make another pitch.

Lake Okhissa for June bass

June 8, 2017 Paul Elias

I’ll choose 1,075 acre Lake Okhissa near Bude, Mississippi, for June bass fishing. A Bill Dance Signature Lake in the Homochitto National Forest, Okhissa is deep and clear with plenty of hydrilla and dollar pads. The bass will be on their summer pattern, so I’ll be fishing a frog pattern and a flipping and pitching pattern. […]

Summertime bass care

June 5, 2017 Hal Schramm

When the water warms above 75 degrees, there are three simple things bass anglers need to do to keep their catch alive. […]

Bob Ponds is the dean of striper fishing on Ross Barnett. He trolls to locate a school then casts to them.

Earning Stripes

June 1, 2017 David Hawkins

There is a rock weir behind Fordice Island, almost directly across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg. The river was around 9.9 on the Vicksburg gauge and Richard Baker said we could get all the skipjack shad we’d need for bait for our catfish outing in just a few minutes there. […]

Writer Mike Giles was using live bait at sunrise in June when he caught this healthy largemouth.

Live bait = Big Bass

June 1, 2017 Michael O. Giles

Jack Giles’ cast settled next to a submerged brush pile, and the strike was immediate.

Bam! […]

Pausing a frog over an obvious “blow-up hole” is a good way to tempt another strike from an active area.

Pro-Grade Frog Tips

June 1, 2017 David A. Brown

You’d almost think this thing was a CIA operative, what with all the different identities, abilities and serious armament. At the risk of stretching a not-so-subtle Jason Bourne reference too far, let’s just say that the topwater frog is one deadly asset for just about anytime but the depths of winter and whenever fish hug deep structure. […]

Mike Iaconelli believes minding the details can greatly improve your flipping game.

Pro-grade flipping tips

June 1, 2017 David A. Brown

Mike Iaconelli squinted with intense concentration, peering down the shank of a VMC hook in his left hand. Cracking a confident grin, he nodded in approval as the point pressed against his right thumb. […]

Aaron Abbot shows off a pair of bass, including the 10-pound 4-ounce giant that allowed the 15-year-old to claim the top high school title for Mississippi.

High school and college fishing growing

May 15, 2017 David Hawkins

Bass fishing is one of the fastest growing youth movements across the nation, where every level from junior high to college bass fishing has become a friendly but competitive activity. […]

Making parallel casts keeps your bait in the strike zone longer.

Staying up on current events

May 15, 2017 David A. Brown

Using Ross Barnett Reservoir as an example, FLW Tour pro Pete Ponds of Gluckstadt points to spillways as some of the best riprap spots you’ll find. Draining backwaters through sub-highway pipes, these flushing points reach open water through culverts buttressed by riprap. […]