We're going to spend a little bit of time, only an hour, running live bait on a T-Turn bait rig. The water is about 15 feet deep here in the river, and we're just going to toss our line in, get it all ...

Last July I missed opening smallmouth bass day due to terrible weather, though this video more than makes up for it. The water is nice and calm, and super clear here on Lake Erie. I'm fishing in about ...

Delta stripers, bass and sturgeon bites good, Alan Fong said. Don Pedro trout biting, Aaron Jones reported. Isabella bass and trout are best bets , Copes Tackle said. McSwain trout plants produce ...

From their looks to their fighting style to how we catch them to where they live, here’s how America’s favorite fish species stack up and which one reigns supreme. Bass anglers love bass, right? But ...

MONTPELIER — If Andrew Oestringer had brought his bass to a certified scale before filleting the fish, he would probably hold a new state record. “It’s rare but not unheard of for anglers who plan to ...

A Vermont angler has set an unofficial record for the largest smallmouth bass ever caught in the state.The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said Andrew Oestringer recently caught a smallmouth bass ...

If Andrew Oestringer had brought his bass to a certified scale before filleting the fish, he would probably hold a new state record. "It's rare but not unheard of for anglers who plan to keep a nice ...

A group of Cornell University scientists have been outmaneuvered by a formidable (and genetically supercharged) adversary: the smallmouth bass of Little Moose Lake in New York State’s Adirondack ...

New study suggests that smallmouth bass and channel catfish are changing what they eat to avoid having to compete with or being eaten by the invader UNIVERSITY PARK — Flathead catfish, opportunistic ...

From the unsurprising domination of a jig-and-minnow to the rising popularity of the dice bait, here’s what the pros used to haul in trophy smallmouth during the August 2025 Bassmaster Elite stop in ...

As anglers compete in the 2025 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite competition on Lake St. Clair from Aug. 7-10, they’ll likely bring some pretty prize catches to weigh-ins. That’s because the ...

Smallmouth bass may be a native North American species, but the species was only introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1900s. After their introduction, the smallmouth bass did what invasive species do ...