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Smallmouth knowledge can mean spotted bass success

Canada is known for having some of the best deer hunting and smallmouth bass fishing in the world. Of the many accolades showered upon its fertile lands and waters, you’ll...

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Brandon Palaniuk’s tips for drop shotting everywhere

No Bassmaster Elite Series pro deploys a drop shot in more situations than Idaho’s Brandon Palaniuk. His drop-shot mastery with smallmouth bass is well-documented. But you may not know that...

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Catching bass out of water willow

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Matt Herren of Alabama puts on a happy face whenever he clutches one of his beloved flipping rods. If he is about to use the rod...

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Flipping grass in the summertime

Early on day one of the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series event at Lake Guntersville in June, veteran Alabama pro Matt Herren dropped his trolling motor and started making pitches into...

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Using a popper in the early summer

Even though he finished just short of his first career Bassmaster Elite Series win with a second-place finish during the April 2019 Lake Hartwell event, Stetson Blaylock captured the awe...

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Oversized baits for oversized bass

As a guide on Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn, Bassmaster Elite Series newcomer Darold Gleason has seen firsthand how intimidating oversized baits can be for the weekend angler. In fact,...

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Jerkbait fishing with live sonar

Before the advent of forward-facing sonar like Garmin LiveScope, Santee Cooper native Patrick Walters used a jerkbait as a situational tool, picking it up in high-percentage areas before putting it...

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How to fish standing timber

Bass fisheries bristle with countless dock posts and bridge pilings, but while the man-made stuff proves undeniably relevant, naturally vertical wood provides fish with key habitat. From prespawn staging areas...

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How to catch bass outside of your region

Paul Mueller is one of the Bassmaster Elite Series’ most technically proficient anglers, but he openly admits he’s faced a significant challenge: learning to transform a New Englander into a...

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Pitching soft stickbaits

The chief advantage of an unweighted soft stickbait like the Senko is its tantalizing, slow-sinking shimmy. A soft stickbait’s fat profile also has proven bass appeal, but it is the...