Bass Fishing Archives - Page 87 of 155

May 5, 2026

Bass will bite through the winter under a variety of the right conditions.

Don’t store your tackle

If this January proves to be like last year, maybe we all need to get some 2-foot, ice-fishing poles and some lessons from our northern friends. […]

Bassmaster Elite Series pro and reigning Bassmaster Classic champ Randy Howell can’t wait to put the Kut Tail Worm to the test this year.

The 7¾-inch Kut Tail Worm

Don Shoopman

Alabama pro bass angler Randy Howell got what he wanted and more in 2014. […]

Relatively low numbers of bass and lots of blueback herring contribute to an equation that makes for trophy bass like this one.

How do bass grow so big in Jocassee?

Pat Robertson

Although it is the most-infertile of all the major reservoirs in South Carolina, Lake Jocassee in the Upstate mountains has produced the state records for three of the four black bass species recognized by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. […]

This fish has the distinctive markings of a redeye — white tips on the fins and lower tail fin and white half moon in the eye — but it likely is a redeye/spotted bass hybrid.

How “citizen science” is eradicating redeye bass

Pat Robertson

On April 4, 2001, Randy Dickson of Westminster caught a 5-pound, 2.5-ounce redeye bass from Lake Jocassee that stands as the state record for the species and has been recognized by the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as the world record. […]

A big, broke-back swimbait is often the best lure with which to target Lake Jocassee’s lunker bass.

Tactics for Jocassee bass

Pat Robertson

The 11-pound, 2-ounce largemouth that Rob McComas caught in November 2008 fell for a big swimbait, a lure he believes is key to landing trophy bass in Lake Jocassee. […]

Greg Darr and George Buckner catch plenty of nice smallmouth and largemouth bass on winter trips to Lake Monticello.

Making winter water warm

Terry Madewell

Lake Monticello is unique in many ways, one being that it’s a pump-back type reservoir that puts warm water into the lake during cold weather. […]

Pour Mountain Dew down the throat of a bass that’s bleeding, and it will often help the fish survive.

Dew will do to aid bleeding bass

Craig Holt

Bass anglers who use soft-plastic worms or lizards, often see fish suck down hooks that cause deep wounds and blood loss. […]

Andy Wicker’s go-to bait for Lake Monticello’s winter bass is a drop-shot rig with a Zoom trick worm.

Get the drop on bass with a drop-shot rig

Terry Madewell

Andy Wicker said that his go-to lure when conditions are tough on Lake Monticello in January is a drop-shot rig with a green-pumpkin Zoom trick worm. […]