Bass Fishing
Hack attacks Sabine River, wins Bassmaster Elite Series stop
Greg Hackney completed his wire-to-wire domination on the Sabine River, sealing the deal Sunday afternoon for his sixth B.A.S.S. win.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Perfecting your pocket hopping
Think of a scavenger hunt: You’re trying to locate a specific objective and the task requires a lot of looking. Random scrambling wastes too much time, so you try to mentally break down the search by likely parameters — where would the hunted items likely exist?[…]
Bass Fishing
Kahara Diving Frog
The Kahara Diving Frog is a great summertime bass lure, especially on waters that get choked with surface weeds this time of year. Unlike traditional hollow-body frog lures which stay on the surface full time, this one dives underwater, and even under lily pads every time the angler moves the lure.[…]
Bass Fishing
River rattin’
“Ya ever been on the river before?” drawled the laconic 48-year-old.
“Nah,” I had to answer.[…]
Big Bass
Tournament scouting trip yields 11-pound lunker
Stephen Ell and Joe Fleming were scouting for this weekend’s BOSS Tournament Trail championship on May 26 when the fish of a lifetime picked up Ell’s lure.[…]
Bass Fishing
Postspawn tactics for Toledo Bend
After a prolonged cool and wet spring, I’m ready for the next season on Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Father vs. son in one-boat bass tournament
My son Joel and I had a week off of our bass-fishing club, but we still had the itch for competition, so we set off on the Tchefuncte River battling each other, as well as the clock. […]
Bass Fishing
Greg Hackney Catching Bass in Deep Hydrilla
Lake Okissa near Brookhaven, Mississippi is the stop for this week’s episode of Sportsman TV. Host Greg Hackney got together with Bernie Reed, the owner of Reed’s Metals. Hackney was excited to discover a lake with deep water within a couple hour drive of his house.[…]
Bass Fishing
Brand new Sportsman TV: Bass fishing in Lake Okhissa
The Sportsman TV crew loaded up and traveled over to near Brookhaven, Mississippi for this week’s episode featuring bass fishing on Lake Okhissa.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dazzle ‘em with the Damiki rig
Bass anglers know that few scenarios rival the hair-pulling frustration of suspended fish. Maybe it’s largemouth fleeing heavy fishing pressure on their offshore humps and contour breaks; or perhaps we’re talking about Toledo Bend’s spotted bass suspending in open water because they enjoy being difficult.[…]
Bass Fishing
Rapala’s Scatter Rap Glass Shad
Some anglers refer to the plastic lip recently added to the Rapala Glass Shad crankbait as a “potato chip lip,” which is what it closely resembles.[…]
Bass Fishing
Get the jump on topwater frogs
Not much can match the pulse-pounding thrill of a giant bass breaking the surface and engulfing a topwater frog.[…]
Bass Fishing
Head south for late Toledo Bend spawners
You get an idea of what a huge, sprawling impoundment Toledo Bend is when you consider that, for the most part, the spawn is a done deal on much of the lake shared by Louisiana and Texas.[…]
Big Bass
Father/son team up for whopping 33-pound Toledo Bend stringer
Derek Mong and his dad Dave have been fishing bass tournaments together since he was just a 4-year-old kid. […]
Bass Fishing
Small bait … big results – How to use a finesse jig to catch more bass
When you ask a specialist to design a tool, they’ll likely give you a prototype with the details that matter most. That’s what Bassmaster Elite Series pro David Walker did for Z-Man when he designed the Cross EyeZ Power Finesse Jig.[…]
Bass Fishing
Feelin’ the buzz … Froggy style – Add a frog to your buzzbait to catch more bass
Kenny Covington was watching a bass tournament on television a while back when he noticed something he just knew he had to incorporate into his own fishing.[…]