BRANSON, Mo. — If you like to get out and enjoy the outdoors, fishing is a great way to spend beautiful day in the Ozarks. That’s for sure. And it’s about the time of year to start game planning to ...

The bass spawn is officially behind us. No more occasional stragglers to be found, and fry balls have busted up into individual baby bass trying to make it on their own. Most of the fish have vacated ...

—in the spring, bass are reachable and willing to bite. With a few bass fishing tips, you can elevate your spring fishing from good to excellent. Bass move in shallow during springtime to reproduce ...

Beaver Lake: Fishing is on for awhile, then off when cold fronts arrive. Try for crappie around brush. The lake level is dropping, and that could cause crappie to move out deeper than they normally ...

As Corey Sanden reached down to scoop up the small calico bass off the deck of his skiff, it seemed like we both thought the same thing at the same time. As small as it was, this calico was right on ...

Crappie biting in shallow and deep water. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends using minnows or jigs six to 20 feet deep around standing timber or brush piles. Fishing should improve as the water ...

For Natural State anglers, the magic time begins right about now, when all our favorite game fish are biting almost everywhere. Many fish species begin preparing for the spawn in mid-February. They ...

There are hundreds of bass lures lining the compartments of my boat. I’ve spent a small fortune over the years collecting different lure designs, colors, and sizes to ensure that I’m ready for any ...

April is the most unanimously anticipated month of bass fishing for anglers in the U.S., from one end of the country to the other and as far north and south as you can go. Sure, there are times later ...

The Alabama rig is one of the most controversial rigs in bass fishing. When anglers first started throwing it in tournaments, they dominated the competition. However, within just a few years the FLW ...

From south Florida to New York, the temps are rising and the bass are biting. The bite is all over the place right now, though, with smallmouth still spawning in the Great Lakes and lunkers down in ...