Classic Winners' Secrets
The title "Classic Champion" is reserved for the select few that have mastered consistency enough to qualify and an aggressive enough mindset to edge out an Elite field over 3 days. It's a rare breed, and we've got classes from the best-of-the-best, teaching you their winning techniques and tournament strategies.
Jordan Lee Classic Champion photo by BASS
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Classic-Winning Round Rubber Mop Jig Fishing - Jordan Lee
Legend of the Jordan Lee Comeback Jig
Jordan Lee is the 2017 Bassmaster Classic champion, as we head into the 2018 Bassmaster Classic, Jordan shares details on the bait he used to make his comeback to champion, the Strike King J-Lee Comeback Stand Up Football Jig. Jordan weighed in less than 9 p... -
KVD's Power Finesse Fishing Techniques - Kevin VanDam
Kevin VanDam attributes a lot of his success in bass fishing to being efficient and covering water. With advancements in electronics, fishing pressure and fishing against some of the top anglers in the world, Kevin knows that there are times when traditional power techniques are simply not going ...
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Bass Migration Routes: Find & Catch Fish Anytime - Alton Jones
Locating bass in practice can be hard enough, but when they’ve moved by tournament day in can complicate things in a hurry.
If you understand the migration routes that bass take, it can make relocating them much easier.
“We've all been on fish and lose track of them, 'Man, they were there yes... -
Fishing a Swim Jig All Year - Hank Cherry
2020 Bassmaster Classic champion Hank Cherry joins The Bass University to talk about a dynamite technique that catches a lot of big fish, swimming a jig. In this 41-minute bass fishing class seminar, Hank shares tackle, tips and tricks for fishing a swim jig throughout all 4 seasons. You'll learn...
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Finding Productive Bass Fishing Water - Jordan Lee
Jordan Lee is back with a brand new Bass University bass fishing class seminar. This time he's sharing tips on locating productive bass fishing water. Whether you're out fun fishing or marking spots in tournament prefishing, everyone wants to eliminate dead water (or water with no bass in it). Th...
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Flipping Pro Secrets - Skeet Reese
Recent MLF bass fishing tournament winner Skeet Reese joins The Bass University to talk about a technique largely attributed to being invented and developed by Dee Thomas, a West Coast angler. That technique is flipping. Skeet talks about learning to flip on the California Delta, and how intimida...
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Master Topwater Bass Fishing - Chris Lane
Bassmaster Classic Champion and 7-time BASS fishing tournament champion Chris Lane talks about how to catch more bass in this 58-minute seminar, "Master Topwater Class". In this video, filled with tips, tactics, techniques and secrets for anglers from beginners to pros, Chris Lane will talk about...
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River Fishing - Justin Hamner
Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Bassmaster Classic Champion Justin Hamner brings you this seminar with Bass University on River Fishing.
The Alabama local loves fishing river systems and shares some secrets to success in this seminar. Hamner dives into how to fish current, his bait selection, b... -
Lipless and Lipped Prespawn Cranking - Ott Defoe
The Bass University welcomes 2019 Bassmaster Classic Champion Ott Defoe to our classes in Gadsden, AL in the winter of 2020. Ott loves to fish the prespawn and his favorite tools are crankbaits. In this bass fishing educational class seminar, Defoe talks about the differences in lipless and divin...
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Breaking Down a New Lake - Jason Christie
Jason Christie joins The Bass University for another information bass fishing seminar. In this video, Jason Christie talks about breaking down a body of water. This focuses on a new body of water, but often applying these principles to places you fish all the time, to help break your pattern. Don...
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Exclusive Sight Fishing Secrets for Bedding Bass - Alton Jones
Alton Jones is a highly skilled veteran in bass fishing, recently winning the Heavy Hitter event in the Bass Pro Tour. In this seminar with Bass University, Alton shares valuable insights on sight fishing and targeting bass on beds.
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Preparing to Fish New Bodies of Water - Jeff Gustafson
Jeff Gustafson is a Canadian Bassmaster Elite Series angler. He fishes the Elite tournament trail in the US, often held at lakes on which he has no previous time practicing before the official practice. As a result, "Gussy" has a lot of experience preparing for fishing a new body of water. In thi...
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Blueback Herring & Suspended Bass Fishing - Casey Ashley
Casey Ashley is here to talk about how a bass behave differently in lakes that have blueback herring. "The bass will behave a lot more like stripers", Ashley says, "growing up with that, I've learn how to target and catch suspended fish". So, in this seminar, Casey will cover fishing blueback her...
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Seasonal Lipless Crankbait Fishing - Randy Howell
From the Livingston Pro Ripper to the Old Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap, Randy Howell loves to fish lipless crankbaits. If there's no ice on the water, it's rarely too cold to catch them on a lipless crankbait, and it's never too hot. In this remastered bass fishing seminar video, the 2014 Bassmaster Cla...
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Customized Approach to Jig Fishing - Edwin Evers
As a professional bass angler, Edwin Evers is often asked, "What is the best lure?" or "If you had to choose one lure, what would it be?". Bassmaster Classic champion Evers believes, for him, that one lure would be a jig. It's versatile, and can be fishing in all seasons. He believes that bass pr...
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Swimbait Fishing SUCCESS! - Skeet Reese
For the first time, 2009 Bassmaster Classic tournament champion and 2007 BASS angler-of-the-year Skeet Reese joins The Bass University to talk about swimbait fishing for bass. As of the time of this writing, Skeet has won 8 BASS events and finished in the top 10 an amazing 72 times. Many people r...
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Cranking Grass - Kevin VanDam
Kevin VanDam takes Bass University students out on the water to discuss and demonstrate how to crank grass for bass. Lots of anglers will avoid fishing grass with crankbaits because it's easy to get the bait fouled up and vegetation balled up on your lure. Kevin VanDam shares that there are a few...
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Equipment Equation - Chris Lane
Chris Lane, Bassmaster Classic Champion and BASS Elite Series angler, joins The Bass University to talk about equipment preparation. In general, things you can control. You can't control the weather, or the mood of the fish, but you can be prepared for those situations with the right rods, reels,...
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Shallow to Mid-Depth Cranking - Randy Howell
Randy Howell has made a living in fishing for decades, primarily with shallow and mid-depth cranking. Randy has worked with Livingston Lures for several years to develop lures that provide the actions with proven fish-catching ability with the addition of Livingston's sound. In this bass fishing ...
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Bluff Wall Bass Fishing - Casey Ashley
Bassmaster Classic Champion Casey Ashley joined The Bass University for the first time in Gadsden, AL to teach a class on fishing bluffs. Not all bluffs are alike, some hold bass at different times of the year and you fish them differently. In this bass fishing class, Casey Ashley will tell you t...
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Fishing the Shad Spawn - Edwin Evers
2016 Bassmaster Classic champion Edwin Evers was in Tulsa, OK in January to talk about something he and bass both love, the shad spawn. There are some things we don't exactly know about the shad spawn, but it's a magical time, when hungry bass gorge on easy prey. If you have shad in your lake, yo...
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Conquering Current - Ott Defoe
Bassmaster Classic Champion and Bass Pro Tour Champion Ott Defoe joins Bass University for an in-depth seminar focused on the art of fishing in current. Ott, who recently secured victory at the BPT on the Potomac River, credits his success to his expert understanding of current and inflows, which...
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Jerkbait Flow - Hank Cherry
Bassmaster Classic champion Hank Cherry loves fishing a jerkbait. His favorite season for fishing one might surprise you. Like many anglers, he certainly sees the fish-catching power of the jerkbait in the late Winter and early Spring months, but for Hank, there's a better time of year and a more...
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Understanding Post Spawn Funk - Jason Christie
Bassmaster Elite Series professional tournament angler and Bassmaster Classic champion Jason Christie was in Oklahoma to present a bass fishing educational seminar on a funky period of bass fishing, the post spawn. The spawning process is tough on bass, and that season often increases fishing pre...