In the world of American fishing, bass is king. While largemouth may be the more sought after variety, the smallmouth bass ...

From a story on GameAndFishMag.com: Curious and aggressive smallmouth bass deliver on the sporting expectations with feisty ...

Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

The 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake St. Clair in Michigan revealed three standout finesse lures. It’s a late-summer event on a giant, basically flat, relatively featureless Lake St Clair.

Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be worked at ...

From their looks to their fighting style to how we catch them to where they live, here’s how America’s favorite fish stack up and which one reigns supreme ...

The closest thing to a guarantee of catching fish is to cast into an Ozark stream. Anglers don't usually catch one fish, but many fish from the flowing water. Normally they don't catch one kind of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The walleye fishing has been very good recently around Lake Erie, but for die-hard bass anglers, it’s all about the smallmouth bass. Now that the bass have moved shallow around the ...

There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...