Gear up for a quick release. A small net and good pliers will help you release fish unharmed. If you want to keep bass to eat ...

Techniques refined off the deck of a bass boat can be successfully applied off a dock or in a pond, writes Oak Duke.

When the sun goes down, flip on the lights and get in on summer’s best bass fishing. One of the first steps in creating a ...

Tubes are Tops.  Big summer bass snatch tubes up when they’re worked around structure like timber and docks.  Simonson Photo.

One of the most recognizable aquatic structures to hold largemouth bass is undoubtedly the lily pad. Offering up shade and a cooler water environment, defined and hidden ambush points for picking off ...

Kurt Mazurek writes about all things fishing and the outdoor lifestyle for Fishing On SI -a division of Sports Illustrated. Before writing On SI he enjoyed a successful career in the fishing industry, ...

Pennsylvania anglers share their best tips for catching smallmouth and largemouth bass during the hot summer months.

In this edition of The Starting Spot: -Big changes coming for Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour next year. First, the field is going to be cut to just 51 pros for 2026, but we already knew that was ...