Spring is fat bass season in the Great Lakes region, as the big, egg-laden females get ready to spawn. It’s during this time of year that some of the heaviest smallmouth bass are typically landed, and ...

LANSING – Every spring for the last 15 years, Gene Gilliland and some friends have gone smallmouth bass fishing in Lake St. Clair in Southeast Michigan for a week. He and one friend travel from ...

Smallmouth bass are my favorite fish to chase after. Pound-for-pound, smallies are the hardest fighting fish to swim in freshwater. They are revered by smallmouth fishermen and most are gently ...

From the unsurprising domination of a jig-and-minnow to the rising popularity of the dice bait, here’s what the pros used to haul in trophy smallmouth during the August 2025 Bassmaster Elite stop in ...

A lake on the Michigan-Canada border is being recognized for its immaculate fishing for the second time this year. Bassmaster Magazine unveiled its 2025 list of the 100 Best Bass Lakes in America on ...