If there’s one thing that bass anglers can agree on, it’s that the hardest fighting bass, pound for pound, is the smallmouth. From the Great Lakes to small stream-fed ponds across the Northern half of ...

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 them - giant smallmouth. Otherwise known ...

Plenty of hefty smallmouth bass fall for crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, and midsize swimbaits all along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. These more aggressive lures have their time and ...

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 ...

Smallmouth bass are brutes. Pound for pound, they are one of the strongest and most aggressive fish that swim in U.S. freshwater. Their fight is one the key reasons why anglers love them so much, but ...

Topwater baits are the most exciting way to catch largemouth and smallmouth bass. Find out why you should stock up on poppers, walking baits, ploppers, buzzbaits, and frogs for the best fishing days ...

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Full pool 1,073 feet. Lake level is at 1,063 1/4 feet, unchanged from last week. Water temperatures are in the mid 80s. Recent tournaments continue to take 15 pounds or more to win. Smallmouth and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The walleye fishing has been very good recently around Lake Erie, but for die-hard bass anglers, it’s all about the smallmouth bass. Now that the bass have moved shallow around the ...

Full pool 1,073 feet. The lake level is at 1,052 3/4 feet and rising, up 1 3/4 feet from last week. Water temperatures are in the upper 50s and low 60s. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass: Good. Fish ...