Lipless crankbaits for winter bass
Most weekend anglers use lipless crankbaits like the Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap, Lucky Craft LVR and Strike King Red Eye Shad mainly when targeting active bass during spring and fall. But...
Follow the food for fall success
Throughout the year, Jason Christie invests significant time and effort into locating the structures that hold the biggest bass. That objective doesn’t end during the year’s final quarter, but it...
Trimming jigs
If you’ve ever seen The Nutcracker with a full orchestra, you know that the dancers and musicians get way more attention than the lighting crew; unless the latter screws up...
Jerkbaits for every season
In my six years on the Bassmaster Elite Series, many of my best finishes have come on hard jerkbaits. They’ve occurred on a pretty wide variety of fisheries – everywhere...
When to use a snell knot
Winter jig wisdom
Your nose and ears tingle, steam marks your every breath and frost — if not ice — glistens the deck. This is wintertime fishing and one of your best choices...
Trained for transition fishing
Change is good, they say, but that’s more than mere motivational mutterings; for a bass angler, transition areas often hold the juice. We’ll look at four to five examples of...
