Flip Putthoff/NWA Democrat-Gazette Bruce Darr isn’t a fishing guide, but he caught this dandy striped bass on a fly rod in ...

Closing out the year with our last "Baits of the Month" blog of 2025. If you're like me and live up north, you probably just got a foot of snow dumped on you and won't be fishing anything other than ...

Imagine this scenario: you’re allowed to fish for bass every day for the rest of your life, but you can only use one lure.

Check out the top-producing bass lures used by the best anglers in the 2025 Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, Florida. Although the Bassmaster Elite Series fished out of Palatka, Florida just last ...

Striped bass are going for live bait. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends trolling for stripers between Prairie Creek and Rocky Branch parks. Shad or brood minnows are the best bait. Look for ...

Although big minnow imitating lures have been around for over a century, it seems like they really became part of big bass fishing culture in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Since then, there’s been an ...

The expert anglers at Milliken Fishing showcase a new cold-water lure that beats live bait for consistent strikes.

A sentimental favorite, this lure just flat-out catches fish and is ideal for the tributary streams white bass run into in the spring to spawn. Selecting lures for white bass—also known as sand bass, ...

Soft plastic lures are mainstays for catching bass 12 months out of the year, and the angler who doesn’t have a good selection of the best producers in proven colors—and an ample supply of the hot one ...

Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using plastic worms, jig and pigs or spinner baits for black bass. Top-water lures may work at dawn and dusk. Bluegill and redear are biting worms.

Spring is the absolute best time of year to catch bass near the bank. Smallmouths, largemouths, and spotted bass all flood the shallows each spring to spawn. As part of their annual ritual, the bass ...