The spawn is the most exciting time of year to target big bass. As water temperatures warm, largemouth, spotted, and smallmouth bass become more active and move into shallow water to start bedding.

The bass spawn is officially behind us. No more occasional stragglers to be found, and fry balls have busted up into individual baby bass trying to make it on their own. Most of the fish have vacated ...

The idea of trying to catch post spawn bass often puts fear in the heart of many bass anglers. Frequently, you might hear "where did all the bass go?" at local boat launches and tackle shops. Be ...

Spawning season is when bass fishing myths do the most damage. You hear hard rules repeated every spring—dates, temperatures, ...

Fishing for bass on their spawning beds has always been a touchy subject. Though it’s very easy to say that disrupting them while they’re trying to replenish future stocks sounds wrong, the reality is ...

Summer time bass fishing is something everyone loves! In this video, I use my favorite lures for summer pond hopping. The Googan Baits Bandito Bug is a staple in my tackle box all year round! I also ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

ESSEX — Vermont’s catch-and-release bass fishing is underway with what promises to be some of the hottest bass fishing action in New England as the weather starts warming up. “Spring catch-and-release ...

Forrest Fisher shares the fun of springtime catch-and-release smallmouth bass fishing in Dunkirk Harbor — it’s exciting fun. Submitted photo The first time I saw a typical Lake Erie smallmouth bass ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

Shad spawns can pay off big, but bass pros who win big money don’t go all in on them. To catch big bass all day during a shad spawn, you gotta know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em. In an ...