Bass Fishing Articles from Lurenet

B.A.S.S. Elite Pros Terry Scroggins and Gerald Swindle act up like 14 year olds on the PAA stage; two guys enjoying life. The two friends fished as a team in the tournament; more fun than the last major event the two fished -- the B.A.S.S. Elite Post Season -- when... Read Complete Article

In a span of just a couple of days Pickwick Lake, known more for trophy smallmouth fishing than its largemouth, gave up not one but two double-digit bass. One weighed 14.5 pounds! Both were caught on the same lure, a YUMbrella rigged with YUM Money Minnows. The 14.5 would have... Read Complete Article

Five PRADCO-sponsored professional anglers will vie for the biggest title in bass fishing next week at the Bassmaster's Classic in Shreveport, La. Those anglers are: Alton Jones of Waco, Texas; Matt Reed, Madisonville, Texas; Edwin Evers, Talala, Okla., Tim Horton, Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Terry Scoggins, Palatka, Fla. Edwin Evers is... Read Complete Article

Editor's note: Philip (Sandy) and Audrey Greene visit this acclaimed "fly fishing" destination every year, and prove each time that their prowess with a spinning rod and a Rebel lure surpasses that of the "Orvis crowd's" fly gear. Dear Rebel Lures, It was another fantastic 10 days in Jackson Hole, Wyo.... Read Complete Article

I've won twice there. The last time I was there, the first day of the tournament I threw a Zell Pop. I pulled into a pocket I knew I could get a limit out of and started down the bank. Before I was halfway around I had five 4-pounders in... Read Complete Article

There's probably not a person in the world that has made more casts and caught more smallmouth on the Rebel Teeny Wee Crawfish than Bill Schultz. Here is some of his best advice on fishing the diminutive crawfish imitator. The equipment: Rod – 6'6" or 7' light action. Ultra-light is also fine,... Read Complete Article

You know, we didn't know where we were headed when we got on the plane for that first Classic. They provided us tackle boxes and we could only have 10 pounds of tackle, and they weighed those boxes before blast off. I think Ray Scott got away with a bunch... Read Complete Article

The questions in the Bassmaster article were: "Why this topwater? What makes this bait different than the multitude of similar baits?" The answers were that most anglers had no idea how to work the Pop-R. They used it like they would a normal popper/chugger – slowly twitching and chugging it... Read Complete Article

Hughes knew the men most responsible for the lure's rebirth and tremendous success. Without Zell Rowland, Rick Clunn and Tommy Martin winning tournaments on the bait and finally letting the cat out of the bag for the Bassmaster article, the Pop R would have remained destined to be a footnote... Read Complete Article

Regardless of the "how," the secret of the Pop-R was out. Two other pros admitted their success came on a Pop-R -- Rick Clunn and Tommy Martin. It became the first lure-focused article Bassmaster magazine ever ran (January 1987 issue), but a lure so special that the pros kept it... Read Complete Article