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The author really likes the Baby 1-Minus lure when the grass is only about a foot or less under the water, since this crankbait stays shallow, and its treble hooks will tick the grass and trigger a strike from a smallmouth.

Pickwick Lake for April bassing

April 2, 2020 Paul Elias

Choose Pickwick Lake for April bass fishing, since you’ll catch a variety of bass there, including largemouths, smallmouths and spots. […]

Heavy rains wash away Ross Barnett problems

March 24, 2020 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s most-popular fishing destination was dealt some good news in February, when Ross Barnett’s vegetation problems were washed away by heavy rain. […]

North Carolina bass pro Hank Cherry won the 2020 Bassmaster Classic on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville. (Bassmaster Photo)

NC pro is Classic champ

March 24, 2020 Brian Cope

Hank Cherry became the third North Carolina angler to win the Bassmaster Classic when he led from start to finish on Alabama’s Guntersville Lake the first weekend in March. […]

Two identical, monster bass from the same lake, in the same hour?

March 17, 2020 Dan Kibler

Lake Lamar Bruce got new co-record largemouths on the afternoon of Feb. 23 caught by Scott Lewis of Tupelo and Channing Davis of Nettleton. […]

This 4-pound female largemouth has probably produced more than 100,000 eggs in her lifetime.

Spawn specifics: The reproductive potential of common Mississippi fish

March 12, 2020 Hal Schramm

The results of some simple calculations with available data on fish fecundity, age at maturity, reproductive life span, and growth rate. […]

Bass fishing in the singular; How to target big bass

March 5, 2020 Kinny Haddox

How to single out and target that one big bass? Two Louisiana fishermen, Todd Risinger of West Monroe and Sontus Mitchell of Ruston, share their secrets. […]

Bass moving up at Lake Okatibbee

March 5, 2020 Paul Elias

Although Lake Okatibbee wasn’t producing good bass for a while, in recent years, the lake has bounced back. Here’s the best way to fish there. […]

SPRO RK Crawler crankbaits

February 26, 2020 Mississippi Sportsman

With spring bass fishing right around the corner, SPRO has added four colors to its line of RK Crawler crankbaits, all of them carrying shades of red. […]