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May 1, 2026

Lake Jocassee has a history of producing jaw-dropping largemouth bass, with summer nights offering an especially good chance for a real lunker.

Jocassee After Hours

For many anglers, fishing under a dome of glistening stars on a quiet summer night represents their best chance at catching the bass of a lifetime. […]

Paul Elias of Laurel, Miss., landed 132 pounds, 8 ounces of bass in Texas to shatter the former four-day BASS total weight record.

Elias Sets Four-day BASS Record in Texas

From News Reports

ZAPATA, Texas — Falcon Lake was full of big surprises, but maybe none bigger than Paul Elias jumping from fifth place April 6 to win the Bassmaster Elite Series Lone Star Shootout with a record BASS four-day tournament total of 132 pounds, 8 ounces of largemouth bass.
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Soft-plastic lures such as a Zoom Trick Worm are good choices for April bass that are in the prespawn mode.

Bass fishing is pedal-to-metal

David Fritts

I like to call April the “plastic month.” It’s also the month when you really have to put the pedal to the metal. […]

This April bass attacked a Culprit jerk worm, which is an ace-in-the-hole lure for the author.

April not cruel month for bass

Dustin Wilks

With apologies to T.S. Eliott, April is a wonderful month for bass anglers as the waste land of winter starts to blossom with fishing possibilities. […]

March is when a largemouth bass’s metabolism — and lure chasing — heats up because he’s not been eating much during colder months.

It’s prime time for big bass in N.C.

David Fritts

It seems like I talk about the same thing each March. I’d love to focus on something else — maybe how to rig your new boat or how to get your tackle ready for the season — but I just can’t. […]

It Happens Every Spring

Marc N. McGlade

A fine line exists between finding early-season bass once in a while at Kerr Lake and consistently landing quality limits. […]

Old-Time Revival

Tim Mead

During the late 1980s, Jordan Lake, an impoundment divided by U.S. 64 east of Pittsboro, was the hottest largemouth reservoir in North Carolina. […]

A majority of the biggest female bass in any reservoir will be moving out of deep water this month, then moving to areas where they will eventually spawn. That makes March the best big-fish month of the year.

The best big-bass month? March

Davy Hite

Guys who are deer hunters will understand why March is such an important month for bass fishermen. […]

On the Move

Dan Kibler

On the calendar, March occupies 31 days — like a lot of the other months.

But for bass fisherman, March covers an awful lot of ground. […]

Alton Jones of Waco, Texas, celebrates his victory in the Bassmasters Classic at Lake Hartwell, S.C.

Texas’ Jones Captures Bassmasters Classic

From News Reports

GREENVILLE, S.C. — When Alton Jones motored to Lake Hartwell’s Portman Marina, he was pretty sure he didn’t have enough fish weight in his livewell Feb. 24 to win the Bassmasters Classic.
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