How-To

How-To

Stake out the stems

Gone are the greenish canopies that provide shady solace during hot summer days, but don’t assume a pad field’s appeal lies solely in its overhead cover. Come the prespawn, the...

How-To

How Palaniuk selects the perfect spinning reel

Brandon Palaniuk breaks down how selecting the proper spinning reel helps with line capacity, smoothness and more, but it can also increase sensitivity and balance. What do you think of...

How-To

Single out cypress

In most southern bass fisheries, targeting cypress trees makes as much sense as putting the plug in the boat. However, unlike that water-intrusion device, cypress trees are not a one-dimensional...

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Gustafson breaks down the FG knot

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jeff Gustafson breaks down, step by step, how he ties the FG knot. This knot is known as one of the hardest to tie, but is...

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Keep ’em in suspense

Of all the weird things that bass do, not much confounds, confuses and frustrates us more than suspending. Usually a deep-water thing, hovering out there in random land, the fish...

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Good fishing this time of year

This is the time of year when a lot of Elite anglers shift our attention to hunting. I do a lot of deer and duck hunting, but I know that...

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