Nothing thrills like a topwater bite, and whether you’re fishing during the early morning feed or prospecting a midday shade pocket, the right topwater bait often tempts the biggest fish. The question ...

Miserable is the most appropriate word I can come up with for the weather this past week. Temperatures over 100 with humidity over 90 just doesn’t work for me. A good friend recently returned from a ...

Follow up your frog strikes with a punch rig and turn blowups into big bass in heavy cover. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek Fishing a frog over the pads and slop is one of my absolute favorite ways to catch ...

You already know there is no more exciting and satisfying way to catch a bass than with a topwater lure, but which one is best, when and where? The following list highlights the five most universally ...

Are the Dogwood or Magnolia trees in your state in bloom? That's a good sign that the bass are becoming active. Spring and topwater action for bass go hand in hand. Here's a how-to to get you started.

We're out here on Rondeau Bay fishing the last hour of that evening bite for some Largemouth Bass. We're going topwater tonight to catch those Largemouth Bass, baited up with pencil/walk-the-dog style ...

Bass fishing on the Susquehanna River and area lakes and ponds is rising in popularity, and so is the number of ways to catch them. Each week local bass angler George Bowers will explain one of the ...

Don’t tell my bass club mentors, my editors or my colleagues on the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, but I’ve been cheating on my first love for five years, and I don’t intend to ...

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 ...

An alligator grunted, a bullfrog drummed, and cooling shadows pulled across the green shoreline. It was topwater time. And it was a long time ago. The old plugger sat in the wooden johnboat and tugged ...