Bass Fishing Articles from Lurenet

Two bass fishing tactics are commonly used to pull big bass from massive grass mats, throwing a hollow body frog for those fish willing to smash through the "roof," and punching through the grass for those holding below. If bass aren't hitting the top, the choice is already made. Put... Read Complete Article

Bass anglers often fly wide open right past one of the best locations on almost any lake, and it's so easy to see that even non-fishermen know where to find it. It's riprap, those rocks and chunks of concrete stacked along shore to prevent erosion, and there are a bunch... Read Complete Article

When you see bass fry riding high in the water column, it's time to fish a topwater lure. B.A.S.S. Elite angler Zell Rowland says the post-spawn is prime time for his style of bass fishing. "The easiest time to catch bass on topwater is when males are up protecting fry,"... Read Complete Article

When Pflugerville, Texas, bass angler Donnie O'Neal set the hook Sunday, April 28, he was hoping for a 13-pound-plus largemouth bass to donate to the Texas ShareLunker Program. What he landed weighed more than 19 pounds, but he still didn't qualify for the Program. That's because it wasn't a single... Read Complete Article

Basketball fans have "March Madness," but there's madness in May, too, on the storied reservoirs of the Tennessee River. It's time for Crankbait Madness. "By mid-May, bass are done spawning and they come out from the shallows and gang up on offshore structure to recuperate," said Jimmy Mason, Bassmaster pro who... Read Complete Article

Everything eats crawfish, and in many cases there is no more-effective way to get a fish to eat than with a crawfish-imitating lure. Of course that's no secret. Just look at how many lures have been designed primarily to imitate crawfish. Lures that imitate crawfish do so with shape, action... Read Complete Article

The spinnerbait seems a little bland in today's brave new bass fishing world, but make no mistake, these little packages of metal and skirt are potent tools in any bass angler's tackle box. Few lures can cover so much water and pick off big bass as well as the spinnerbait. Their... Read Complete Article

There are hollow-body frogs, hard-plastic frogs, frogs that pop and spit, soft-plastic frogs…so many choices that anglers may have a difficult time selecting the right one for the job. Here's a brief rundown of when and where to use each type of frog lure to catch big bass. Hollow Bodies The hollow-body... Read Complete Article

FLW Tour Pro David Dudley has won more than $2 million by catching more and bigger bass than anyone else, but he's never caught a fish like the one he boated Tuesday, April 16, 2013. He set a new personal best, and to top it off, it was on a... Read Complete Article

Oklahoma's Jason Christie threw a YUM Flash Mob Jr. for the win this weekend at the FLW Tour Event on Arkansas' Beaver Lake. He also set the record for largest total weight for a Beaver Lake FLW event, and caught "big bass" of the tournament. Christie's win comes on the... Read Complete Article