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Early in the month, bass will be feeding on bluegill spawning in shallows.

Bet on Calling Panther for May

May 15, 2014 Paul Elias

Calling Panther near Crystal Springs is a fairly new lake that holds numbers of big bass, timber, lily pads and other structure. […]

A few thousand Florida bass fingerlings are poured into an ice chest to be ferried by a fisherman to protective habitat in Barnett Reservoir. About 25 bass anglers helped MDWFP hatchery officials place 172,000 Florida bass in the 33,000 acre lake.

Barnett gets 172,000 Floridas, delivered

May 14, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Longtime Barnett Reservoir bass angler Dudley Salers watched Tuesday (May 13) as a biologist poured about 5,000 Florida largemouth fingerlings into an ice chest in the fisherman’s boat, and then delivered the perfect line. […]

Getting the most out of your crankbaits sometimes requires a few adjustments.

Pro shares crankbait secrets

May 12, 2014 Andy Crawford

With the bass spawn wrapping up and fish transitioning from their shallow bedding areas to deeper water, crankbaits are about to become more important parts of anglers’ arsenals. […]

Stocking is one option to maintain fishing successes, but dumping millions of fry into any waterway is expensive and resource intensive.

Bass stocking can remedy habitat loss, but is it the best solution?

May 5, 2014 Hal Schramm

Following up on anglers’ complaints of declining bass fishing, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources fishery biologists found fast-growing, healthy largemouth bass but low abundance of young fish. […]

Kim Ponds, wife of bass pro Pete Ponds, holds up a pair of big largemouth, the results of a double they caught on a seawall on a 500-acre residential lake in Madison County. Seawalls attract fish when it's time to fatten back up after the spawn.

Seawalls provide spring action

April 29, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

BAM!

There was nothing subtle in the bass’ attack on the crankbait, which had been thrown down the seawall behind houses on the subdivision lake and retrieved parallel to the bank. […]

Bass pro Pete Ponds got an assist on this bass, diving on the deck of his boat to secure it after it jumped aboard while trying to sling a lure after breaking Bobby Cleveland's line.

The ones that wouldn’t get away

April 16, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

The bass was jumping. Then it was diving.

Then it was racing for the boat. Then it went under the boat, and even made a run at the big motor at the back of the boat. […]

Bass pro Pete Ponds caught this 6-pounder April 11 on a Bull Shad 6-inch Floating Gizzard Shad swimbait.

Swimbaits in the spring? You bet

April 16, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Pete Ponds never hesitated when he pulled the front end of his bass boat close to the seawall of a 500-acre lake. […]

Dan Smith of Ridgeland caught this egg-filled female largemouth at Neshoba County Lake in 2013.

Top spots for fishing the bass spawn

April 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Pete Ponds wishes his schedule would allow him more time to fish several of the smaller waters in Mississippi. […]

A combination of topwaters, crankbaits, buzzbaits and worms should produce plenty of fish on the Rez.

Bumping the stems at Ross Barnett

April 14, 2014 Paul Elias

April is a magic month, with bass readying to go on the bed, turkeys gobbling and everything in nature turning green. […]

Taking the time to properly rig a worm will produce a lot of big bass and smiles, as Pete Ponds can attest.

Pete Ponds: The perfect Texas rig

April 3, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

The Texas-rigged worm — or lizard, crawworm, critter bait or any other soft plastic lure — is one of the most basic bass baits, used by millions of fishermen of all skill levels. […]

Bass pro Pete Ponds, who is sponsored by Duckett Rods on the B.A.S.S. Elite Series, knows every lure has a matching rod. For a frog, he goes to battle with a 7-foot-2 heavy action rod because feel is not as important.

Bass 101: Finding the right stick

April 3, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Like most tournament bass fishermen, B.A.S.S. Elite Series pro Pete Ponds will have as many as 10 or 12 different rods in his boat, rigged and ready to throw. […]

Pete Ponds enjoys the one-on-one challenge of catching big female bass on their beds.

Bedtime — How to catch spawning bass

April 1, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Pete Ponds slid his big bass boat into position, with the bow pointed right into a little nook of a cove on the upper end of Okhissa Lake. He was kneeling on the front deck working the trolling motor with his hands. […]