With water temperatures slowly easing downward as the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, bass are headed to the shallows in lakes around Alabama. The annual migration presents anglers with an ...

Plenty of hefty smallmouth bass fall for crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, and midsize swimbaits all along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. These more aggressive lures have their time and ...

In early fall, fishing conditions often change as bass transition from summer patterns. Hot summers and heavy pressure make them cautious, which is why slower finesse tactics become crucial. Justin ...

Former Kentucky Afield Television show host Hope Carleton (left) and Charlie Brewer (right) fish the Slider method on Dale Hollow Lake in 1975. Brewer's Slider worm launched the finesse fishing ...

They call it "finesse" bassing, but it looks more like panfishing. Using thread-like line, rods soft as willow switches and baits scarcely big enough to tempt a shellcracker, bass experts pull lunker ...

In this edition of The Starting Spot Daily Bass Fishing Headlines, we’re covering, the Scrounger jig making it’s way back into the bass fishing limelight, a new bait finesse system bladed jig from ...

Picture a sunny spring day, a fine day for fishing. The rods are in the car trunk, but it's a drive to a bait-and-tackle shop to pick up some worms. Head to Falls Township Community Park. The township ...

Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

When drop shot baits first appeared on the mainstream bass scene, having made the long journey from Japan to California and then eastward, anglers generally didn’t appreciate the technique. For the ...