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 ...

My guest for the day cast a soft-plastic jerkbait toward the sandy, gravelly spot tucked alongside a midriver island. A ...

Don’t know what to throw for smallmouth? From rivers to lakes, the best smallmouth bass lures will put more bass in the boat.

The doldrums of summer aren't quite here, which means the smallmouth bite is still on in most of the U.S. If your part of the country hasn't become too hot, then you can still catch smallmouth ...

In today’s 6-24-25 edition of The Starting Spot: -In most places around the country, the smallmouth bass spawn is just about done, but the bass haven’t really fallen into their summer patterns yet.

The Drunk and Disorderly streamer, created by Tommy Lynch. The light brown with silver flash, tied by Joe Cermele, is what I had most of my success on. | photo by Ken Baldwin I just wrapped up a week ...

There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...

According to a story on Wired2Fish.com: Whether it’s a crystal-clear glacial lake, a swift-moving river, one of the great lakes, or a desert reservoir, there is one species likely swimming in all of ...

This finesse fishing tactic has been catching bass for decades. Learn why it works, how to rig it, and when to fish it ...

GILES COUNTY, Va. – The New River in Giles County is scenic and, as it turns out, is full of fish. Chris Thompson invited me to go fishing with a promise we would have a better-than-average chance of ...

Fly Fishing With Big Streamers For Big Smallies During this time of the season, my favorite and most productive ways to catch large smallies are by throwing big streamers. But that by itself is not ...