Bass Fishing Archives - Page 118 of 155

June 27, 2026

Different styles of shakey head jigs serve different purposes (clockwise from top left: round head, football head, standup head, small head.

Shaky head designs and uses

The standard, round-head design (top left) is for all-around use with spinning tackle in its smaller sizes and for baitcasting gear in its larger sizes. […]

Shaky-head worm rigs have proved to be effective not only in clear water but in lakes with stained water.

Where to find shaky head jigs

Tony Garitta

Shaky Head jigs can be purchased at tackle stores, discount houses, and online at the following sites: […]

Any number of factors may go into a bass striking a lure when it’s not hungry.

Much is written about bass and reaction strikes. Making a bass bite when it is not actively feeding is what separates a good fishing for a whole day from good fishing for a few minutes. Tricking bass into biting that are not in the “feeding mode” is one of the things that makes fishing so fun. […]

Guide Inky Davis has been finding limits of largemouth bass in the upper end of Santee Cooper's Lake Marion in recent days.

Upper end of Lake Marion producing regular limits of largemouth bass

Terry Madewell

The bass-fishing action in upper Lake Marion may not be as red-hot as it was early in the spring, but it’s very consistent, and guide Inky Davis is regularly catching limits of quality largemouths in the area above the I-95 bridge. […]

Belews Lake is spitting out a lot of quality bass like this one, according to guide Joel Richardson, despite the summer heat and surface temperatures in the high-90s caused in part by the lake's warm-water discharge.

Hot or not, Belews Lake producing good shallow-water bass bite

Craig Holt

Maybe the warm, early spring weather forced bass to become more acclimated to heat, but even now in the middle of a torrid summer, with surface temperatures at most North Carolina piedmont lakes hot enough to boil shrimp, largemouth bass are active in shallow water. […]

Pre-dawn bass action on Lake Murray has keyed on the presence of blueback herring and a good topwater bait, according to guide Chris Heinning.

Find the bait and find Lake Murray bass

Terry Madewell

Lake Murray’s big largemouth bass are busting topwater baits early and late, and they’re also being caught during the middle of the day by fishermen willing to work through the heat and humidity.

According to guide Chris Heinning, it’s all about the bait, specifically blueblack herring.
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