Bass Fishing
Cooking striped and hybrid bass
One reason why stripers and hybrids have been slow to catch on with more fishermen is that people consider them poor table fare. […]
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Freshwater Fishing
Best techniques for stripers and hybrid bass
There are two ways to catch stripers and hybrid bass. Here are the basics. […]
Freshwater Fishing
On top
When the big stripes or hybrids are schooling on top, it can get wild. They will hit most anything, including a crankbait because a lot of the fish in a school will be down under the surface action. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Ultra-light fun
Many of the surface schools you find in late May or early June will be the fish stocked the previous year, and they will not have reached the legal size limit of 15 inches. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Size limits
Striped bass and hybrid striped bass are counted together, with an aggregate limit of six per fishermen allowed each day. There is a 15-inch minimum length limit on both. […]
Bass Fishing
Beat stubborn bass by following transition routes
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. […]
Bass Fishing
Summertime bass care
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. […]
Bass Fishing
Yard crashers – How to fish grass beds for bass
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. […]
Bass Fishing
Hop to it
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). […]
Bass Fishing
Swimming plastics
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. […]
Bass Fishing
Heavy handed
Similar to the jig approach, but tailored for reaching deeper into the slop, punching enables anglers to scare up some mean grass action. […]
Bass Fishing
The jig is up
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. […]