The hot and humid months of summer always seem to transform bass fishing lakes into a downright mess — ­impoundments ...

Gear up for a quick release. A small net and good pliers will help you release fish unharmed. If you want to keep bass to eat, the best tasting fish are mid-sized and caught from cold water. Bass are ...

Pennsylvania anglers share their best tips for catching smallmouth and largemouth bass during the hot summer months.

When it comes to smallmouth vs largemouth bass, there are probably more similarities between the species than there are differences. Both are among the most sought after freshwater game fish in the ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Johnny Morris and Bass Pro Shops’ Gone Fishing event kicks off with a rod and reel donation and a series of Kids’ Fishing Events on June 13. Bass Pro Shops is donating more than ...

Smallmouth bass are turning up in Lake Allatoona, but Georgia wildlife officials say the fish are not supposed to be there and are likely being illegally introduced into the lake. The Georgia ...

My go-to waterway when in quest of smallmouth bass is the West Branch of the Brandywine Creek conveniently located just across the road from our house in Northbrook. It’s a location that makes for an ...

My guest for the day cast a soft-plastic jerkbait toward the sandy, gravelly spot tucked alongside a midriver island. A subsurface swirl followed, at which point Joe set the hook into an 18-inch ...

Don’t let the smell fool you—this stinky spillway is a hidden goldmine for smallmouth bass. The Cuyahoga River is alive with hard-hitting fish, and the action never stops. From fast strikes to ...

The fish took its own sweet time, as smallmouth bass will sometimes do, eyeballing the rubber-legged popper as it drifted along the edge of a grass bed. I followed with the rod tip. You can’t rush ...

Mike Ress, an environmental research technician at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, said he was anxious at first to work in the Cal-Sag Channel, as his south suburban ...