Columbus, OH

Field & Stream

Current is key when targeting bass during the summer. Moving water is cooler and more oxygenated than still water, and fish often congregate in these spots when water temperatures rise. This can be anything from ledges and dams to stream riffles and storm drainages. Moving water will attract fish and serve as a highway delivering food right to their mouths.

How to Fish Different Types of Current for Summer Bass

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›. There’s no indication that Shakespeare’s Juliet was into bass fishing, but her famous line: “A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet,” applies perfectly to one of the sport’s hottest and most efficient rigs—the jighead minnow.

Jighead Minnow: The Simple Rig Taking Bass Fishing By Storm

Texas State

ESPN Lafayette

Lea Anne Powell has made history in Texas by breaking the world record for the biggest largemouth bass ever caught in her line class. After months of anticipation, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) confirmed her record, making O.H. Ivie Lake, the reservoir in Texas, America's Best Bass Lake for the first time ever.

World Record Largemouth Bass Caught In Texas

Minnesota State

Plymouth, MN

BroBible

A Minnesota man set the state’s fishing record for Black Crappie back in April with a literal saucer of a fish, a 16.25″ Black Crappie, and the state’s Fish & Wildlife Department announced that he just broke his own fishing record with an even bigger fish a month later. Nolan Sprengeler from Plymouth, Minnesota caught […]
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Minnesota Man Breaks His Own State Fishing Record With A Bulbous Black Crappie

See Elite pro Will Davis Jr. fish a mystery lake in the latest Day on the Lake feature. Of all possible qualifying routes to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Jockey Outdoors and the Elite Series, the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation presented by Lowrance is the toughest row to hoe. B.A.S.S. Nation anglers compete against 30,000 other fishermen from over 2,100 B.A.S.S. Nation clubs in 47 states and 10 countries! Yet that’s the path Will Davis Jr., a member of the Pro Line Bassmasters, chose to follow. “I was born into the bass industry,” Davis says. “My dad [William Davis] has had a successful lure-building business [Davis Bait Co.] for 40 years. He put a rod in my hands as soon as I could walk; we were fishing tournaments together by the time I was 8.” To earn boat gas money, young Will helped out at the bait company, “putting swivels on spinnerbait blades and weedguards on jigs.” After a stint on Bethel University’s nationally acclaimed bass squad, he fished the St. Croix Bassmaster Southern Opens presented by SEVIIN while remaining a loyal member of the Pro Line Bassmasters. Davis’ victory at the 2022 B.A.S.S. Nation Championship elevated him to bass fishing’s biggest stage. Bringing the story full circle, Davis used Davis Bait Co. lures to win the May 2023 Elite event at Lay Lake! How will this B.A.S.S. Nation hero fare on a mystery lake during the tricky postspawn period? You’re about to find out!

Day On The Lake: Will Davis Jr.

A-Z-Animals

The ridgeback shark, also known as the silky shark, is a large shark belonging to the Carchahinidae family and bears the scientific name “C. falciformis.” The great white shark, on the other hand, is known scientifically as the Carcharodon carcharias and belongs to the Lamnidae family. They are both prominent shark species with tons of […]

Ridgeback Hammerhead Shark vs Great White Shark

Wisconsin State

Whiskey Riff

Frog season is upon us.

The beginning of summer marks a lot of things around the country... better weather, kids are out of school, all that good stuff... but for us bass anglers, it also marks the start of frog season. Granted, it's all dependent on where you live... the folks down in Florida have been fishing a hollow-body frog for a couple months now. But now that June is here, it's pretty much frog season across the country. I'm up in Wisconsin, and the frog bite has been FIRE lately now that lily pads, duckweed, and grass mats are providing...

Frog Fishing 101: How To Fish A Frog For Largemouth Bass

Research shows that circle hooks are more effective and safer on nearly every fish species. This article was originally titled "Circle Hooks" in the March 2002 issue of Fly Fisherman. Captain Dan Marini motored slowly out of Chatham, Massachusetts, toward some of his favorite striped bass waters. In the boat...

Catch More and Injure Fewer with Circle Hooks

Welling, OK

Pro bass angler Jason Christie fishes for crappies to stay sharp for his bass efforts. There was a time when Jason Christie considered crappie fishing a “free day”—a break from his off-season bass fishing. That’s no longer the case; and not for any declining commitment. Rather, it’s just the opposite.

Crappie For Bass Training

Arkansas State

An angler trolling for striped bass hauled in a 127-pound, 6-ounce Arkansas state record paddlefish on June 15. The monster fish came from Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas, and it crushed the existing record of 118 pounds. Mike Schleeper inked his name in the record books while trolling brooder minnows,...

Striper Angler Snags Record Paddlefish

He’s got a passenger.

Lampreys are a weird creature that are eel-like in appearance, except for their mouth. These creepy fish have jawless mouths, that are circular and have rows of sharp teeth. The mouth acts like a suction cup to attach to their hosts.

When attached these lampreys bore a hole into their prey and pretty much suck out blood and fluids to feed on them. Lampreys will attach themselves to pretty much any fish they can, and while they might not kill their victims, they can leave damaging wounds.

Largemouth bass are no different than any other fish in this matter. This fisherman caught himself a nice bass but discovered it had something else attached.

The lamprey is seen stuck to the back of the bass and this guy has himself a 2-for-1 catch.

"Ever seen a bass with one of these? First time catching a largemouth bass with a lamprey. Figured I’d do the bass a solid and free him from it. It’s funny the bass would probably eat this guy if he got the chance."

The lamprey left a pretty nasty wound, but the fish should be ok going forward:

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Fisherman Catches Largemouth Bass With Lamprey Attached, Pulls It Off To Reveal Nasty Wound

Few situations are more fun than encountering a school of Spanish mackerel or bluefish that are churning the water, busting through hapless bait-balls. One that is even more fun, however, is finding a mixed school that includes both species tearing through the bait. Many anglers don’t realize it, but the...

Mixed Mackerel and Bluefish: What You Need to Know

This article is part of our Cocktail Chatter series, where we dive into the wild, weird, and wondrous corners of history to share over a cocktail and impress your friends. You may have noticed that coolers — especially the larger, more rugged-looking ones — have inch-long notches spanning the length of their lids. You also may have wondered why a vessel primarily used for keeping food and drinks cold comes equipped with a ruler.

Why Do Hard Coolers Have Rulers on Their Lids?

Following the internal principle of continuous refinement, G. Loomis has released a newly revamped lineup of GLX BASS series rods. Handcrafted in Woodland, Wash., these rods feature a proprietary blend of high-modulus graphite and advanced resin technologies, which create rod blanks with boosted strength-to-weight ratios, superb balance and maximum sensitivity. For optimal performance, each rod is rolled on stepped mandrels machined with micro-tapers within the overall taper. This isolates and reinforces areas that could fail under load and enhances them for maximum durability.

Gear Review: G Loomis GLX

Special delivery: Sign up for the free Marlin email newsletter. Subscribe to Marlin magazine and get a year of highly collectible, keepsake editions – plus access to the digital edition and archives. The first time I ventured offshore on a sport-fishing boat was in Watamu, Kenya, in 2006, and...

Chasing Giant Bluefin Tuna in Africa

Social media is good for some things, but it does have its downfalls—like scrolling aimlessly until I wind up in such a deep rabbit hole of videos that I forget why I even opened the app. However, one of those rabbit holes led me to Roger Aye’s Instagram profile, @cookingandfishing, where post after post demonstrated his prowess with a style of fluke fishing I had never seen before. Instead of the standard bucktails and Gulp, or squid and spearing, Roger does a majority of his shore-based fluke fishing with jerkbaits designed for freshwater bass fishing.

Fluke Fishing with Jerkbaits in the Back Bays

Blue fish are unique and special-looking since blue is found in nature much more rarely than other colors. In fact, some cultures cannot even “see” blue—meaning that they cannot easily differentiate it from green! This fascinating color palette also belongs to some incredible species, as you’ll see here on our list of the top 12 […]

12 Types of Blue Fish: Different Aquarium Fish that are Blue

When we finally reached the bank of the spillway, I gathered up my charges: four freckled, tow-headed boys, jabbering with excitement, all hyped up on soda and candy, rods at the ready. We’d stopped at the convenience store for nightcrawlers, where the kids begged for drinks. I almost said no....

Bluegill Basics: How to Fish Like a Kid Again

Oregon State

Gearhart, OR

NBC News

A giant species of fish that was first discovered seven years ago washed ashore in Oregon last week, according to marine biologists who study the animal. Beachgoers in Gearhart, a small town just south of the Washington border, found the 7.3-foot-long hoodwinker sunfish, also called a mola tecta, on June 3.

A giant 'sunbathing' fish that washed ashore in Oregon turned out to be an unexpected oddity

If given the choice between hitting the field for one snap in football pads against the Florida Gators' defense, or having a chance encounter on a golf course with an actual alligator in the Sunshine State, I'd take my chances on the former option. Even without pads, perhaps.

Because my goodness, I couldn't want any less part of this gator who emerged from the water with a massive fish in tow.

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Florida golf does indeed hit different. The good news is, this brave videographer who captured the gator having a feast just on the shore of the golf course was far enough...

Alligator Emerges From Florida Golf Course Pond With Big Ol’ Suckermouth Catfish In Its Jaws

NewsBreak

My swim jig system

You may have heard … I love throwing a swim jig. Growing up fishing on the Ohio River, a swim jig became my go-to technique because...

My swim jig system

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