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January and February can be tough months for finding and catching bass, but this is one of the best times for fishing shallow Bogue Homa Lake.

How to fish Bogue Homa in January

January 17, 2019 Paul Elias

January and February can be tough months for finding and catching bass, but this is one of the best times for fishing shallow Bogue Homa Lake. […]

Put a skirt on – and punch that jig

November 21, 2018 Todd Masson

Punch skirts are popular with many bass anglers because they turn normal creature baits into essentially jig presentations. […]

Vanishing act

October 9, 2018 Hal Schramm

A few years ago, I was fishing for smallmouth bass with Steve Quinn, a fisheries biologist and editor of In-Fisherman. We had caught plenty of fish throughout the sunny day. In the middle of the afternoon, we began fishing a bank that was partly shaded. I could easily see large rocks and boulders 5 feet deep in the clear water. […]

How to use weightless worms to catch more bass

September 15, 2018 Andy Crawford

During the summer, Todd “Marsh Man” Masson catches numbers of marsh bass using weightless worms in clear water. […]

Mississippi bass on all fronts

September 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

September’s tactics for bass fishing on small ponds, big lakes and rivers. Learn how to approach these different but similar fisheries. […]

Hot topics

August 15, 2018 David A. Brown

When planning your summer bass outing, keep these points in mind about shallow water fishing from bass pro Jason Christie. […]

Bass after dark

August 1, 2018 Michael O. Giles

Summer fishing trips are much more productive when you want until the sun sets to hit the water. Here are some nighttime tips for more bass. […]

July: frog time at Ross Barnett

July 12, 2018 Paul Elias

July is when bass in Ross Barnett go to the lily pads that are plentiful in the reservoir, which is a relatively shallow lake, holding numbers of 5- to 6-pound fish. […]

Bet on Pickwick’s ledges during June

June 12, 2018 Paul Elias

Pickwick Lake is a great ledge lake. Although you primarily will be fishing for and catching largemouths there in June, when you get a strike, you don’t know what you’ll reel in, because all types of fish and baitfish will be running those ledges. […]

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