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When bass are feeding around bream beds, Pete Ponds uses a shallow square bill crankbait on the outside edges to catch lurking largemouths.

Beat stubborn bass by following transition routes

June 14, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Like any bass fisherman, B.A.S.S. Elite Series pro Pete Ponds struggles to find largemouth during the spring transition, when fish move from shallow spring spawning grounds to their deep summer haunts. […]

Keeping bass healthy in a livewell is just a matter of a following a few simple steps.

Summertime bass care

June 6, 2013 Hal Schramm

It’s June and the waters where our sport fish live have warmed into the 80s. Although temperatures a little above 80 degrees approximate the preferred temperatures for bass, anglers intending to keep fish alive in livewells need to understand that these fish not only have to be given good conditions to survive confinement, but they also have to recover from the stress of capture — primarily the oxygen debt that results from playing the fish until it can be landed. […]

Yard crashers – How to fish grass beds for bass

June 1, 2013 David A. Brown

When bass hide in vegetation as thick as your back yard, take the game to them by following these experts’ advice for utilizing grass environments. […]

For extra motion, rig a swimming tail like the Gambler Big EZ for your chatterbait trailer.

Swimming plastics

May 31, 2013 David A. Brown

Streamlined swimbaits like the Berkley Havoc Grass Pig, Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper, Yum Lil’ Suzee and Yamamoto Swim Senko offer a lot of versatility for grass fishing. […]

Bobber stoppers keep heavy weights in place for punching thick mats.

Heavy handed

May 31, 2013 David A. Brown

Similar to the jig approach, but tailored for reaching deeper into the slop, punching enables anglers to scare up some mean grass action. […]

Heavy jigs fall fast and any bass staking out the edge of a grass line will usually strike out of aggressive reaction.

The jig is up

May 31, 2013 David A. Brown

Hackney’s approach for warm-season grass jigging is all about forcing the issue: He’ll flip the ¾-ounce version of his signature Strike King Hack Attack jig with either a Rage Craw or Twin Tail Menace Grub trailer, targeting those edges, points and gaps where fish will be looking for easy meals that don’t require much effort. […]

Hollow body frogs do a great job of sliding and walking across grass beds and tempting bass below.

Hop to it

May 31, 2013 David A. Brown

Is there anything more dazzling, spectacular or spellbinding in the bass fishing world than a big mossback monster blowing up on a topwater frog? It’s kind of like fishing’s Jack in the Box — can you hear that tune in your head? Da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da-da (“Pop Goes the Weasel,” if you need to Google it). […]