From a video on Tactical Bassin’s YouTube channel: Today begins our 2025 Buyer's Guide series. There will be new videos every day, 7 days a week, for the next few weeks. Today's video is all about jig ...

Bass fishing has seen a lot of big changes in recent years, from new baits, to crazy electronic advancements. These changes have led to some of the old reliable baits our fathers and grandfathers ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Effective chatterbait trailers can increase reaction strikes from big bass. They are a ...

The last time the Bassmaster Elite Series visited Lake Okeechobee was almost exactly two years ago in mid-February of 2023. Similar to the recent 2025 event, catchable bass were available in all three ...

The morning’s action had been steady, a multi-species assortment that included largemouth bass, a modest sized musky, and an oversized bullhead. When my partner Sid Brown’s casting rod bent into a ...

Though a swim jig is a great tool for targeting all black bass species, it is typically associated most with fishing for largemouth around shallow vegetation. Yes, you can catch spotted, smallmouth, ...

Bass fishermen have a lot of tools in their tackle box, and many more in the tackle shop if they ever need another option. Budget and familiarity are often the limiting factor on just how many ...

1. In Lakeland, bluegill and bass are active off the banks of Lake Parker. Bluegill and shellcracker are active just about anywhere on crickets and grass shrimp. At Saddle Creek, deep-diving crankbait ...

The best chatterbait trailers make a dominant lure even better. When this category of lures — now referred to generically as “vibrating jigs” — first burst onto the scene in the mid-2000s, anglers ...

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Photos PennazA.jpg The ‘roller coaster’ swim jig technique offers multiple triggering points on every cast — there’s strike potential during the sweep, drop and pause. PennazColB.jpg Grubs and ...

Most anglers believe they know all about jigs just because jigs have been around since man first pinched lead shot on a hook. But that's just not so. Jigging basics may seem simple enough and ...