On The Water

On The Water

Bass University On The Water Classes - Learn from your favorite professional anglers on the water, with real situational instruction to help you catch more and bigger bass.

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  • Methodically Dissecting Marinas - Pete Gluszek

    Pete Gluszek is on the water to teach you how to break down various types of fixed pole-dock-style marinas. Some marinas have seawalls and some are far more exposed to the current, waves and wind. In this on the water bass fishing class, Pete will share tips about these different types of structu...

  • Punching Grass Mats - Pete Gluszek

    Peter Gluszek, the Dean of The Bass University, is on the water with a flipping stick and some big tungsten weights, ready to punch through some grass mats. In this on the water class, Pete will take you around to different types of grass you might encounter. Pete uses mostly the same equipment, ...

  • Fully Utilize Your Electronics - Greg DiPalma

    Bassmaster Elite Series angler and frequent Bass University Live co-host Greg DiPalma is on the water to take you through setting up and properly utilizing your Humminbird electronics. In this class, Greg talks about everything from setting up the unit to optional charting and mapping SD card add...

  • 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 ...

  • Chatterbait vs Spinnerbait in Grass - Gluszek

    Sometimes there's not a clear-cut answer to when to fish one lure over the other, but, as Pete Gluszek shares in this on the water video, you can't fish what you don't have. Many anglers have put their spinnerbaits away, in favor of chatterbaits (or vibrating jigs), but hat could be a mistake. Ea...

  • Finesse Chicken Rig - Mike Iaconelli

    Mike "Ike" Iaconelli is on the water to do a demonstration of a hot finesse fishing technique called the chicken rig. This rig is unlike any other finesse rig. It has elements of several other techniques, namely the Neko rig, the shakey head techniques, but with decided advantages over both. Lear...

  • Bass Fishing Rocky Rip Rap - Gluszek

    Rip rap is traditionally what people call rocks, cynderblocks, chunks of concrete or any sort of stone-like material that's used to stop erosion around shorelines, bridge pilings, etc. They are also great habitat for bass! In this on the water bass fishing class video, Pete Gluszek will share tip...

  • Finesse Tiny Child Rig - Mike Iaconelli

    The Ned rig is a great finesse fishing technique, but it excels in open water situations. What about when you want to fish a finesse technique like the Ned rig around vegetation and skip it around cover without getting hung up? Mike Iaconelli introduces a new finesse bass fishing technique develo...

  • Hollow Body Frogs vs Buzz Toads - Gluszek

    In this on the water bass fishing video class, "The Dean" of The Bass University Pete Gluszek, is out fishing over matted vegetation with 2 highly-effective summer fishing lures, a hollow body frog and a buzz toad. While these 2 baits are both frog lures and are both fished on the surface, that's...

  • Swim Jig Fishing - BU Vault

    In this episode of BU Vault, Jeff has fished up some juicy on the water swim jig tips with Mike and Pete. Learn about swim jig fishing, where it originated, great places and times to fish it, the tackle you'll need, selecting the right swim jig and customizing it out of the pack.

    0:57 What is...

  • Finesse Fishing Situations & Techniques - Mike Iaconelli

    There are a lot of factors that can cause fish to be less active, and more susceptible to being caught using finesse fishing techniques. Situations like boat traffic, fishing pressure and weather, to name a few. Major League Fishing BPT tournament bass fisherman Mike Iaconelli is on the water in ...

  • Hard Blueback Herring Swimbaits - Rob Jordan

    The Bass University is back on the water with Rob Jordan to talk about fishing hard herring swimbaits on lakes with blueback herring. If you want to catch some of the biggest spotted bass of your life and you live on a blueback herring lake (Clarks Hill, Smith Lake, Chatuge, Keowee, Hartwell and ...

  • Learn to Fish Spinnerbaits Well - Wesley Strader

    Wesley Strader is on Lake Chickamauga in April to share what he's learned about fishing spinnerbaits. Wesley starts out with tips on maximizing your spinnerbait arsenal and adjusting the the exact current conditions. Then he takes you out on the water to demonstrate casting, retrieving and fish c...

  • Schooling Bass - Brian Latimer

    How many times have you see birds diving in a feeding frenzy on your home lake? In this video, filmed in the early spring on Lake Hartwell, Brian Latimer spots some bass schooling on threadfin shad. B-Lat discusses how Hartwell is perceived as a blueback herring lake, and how that throws lots of ...

  • Underspins & Swimbaits - Rob Jordan

    On this episde of The Bass University On the Water from Lake Lanier, we are joined by Rob Jordan, who wants to share some tips for fishing underspins and swimbaits in the late winter and early spring for spotted bass.

    0:18 Rob Jordan's 1-2 punch for catching big spotted bass in the winter thro...

  • Prespawn Cranking for Spotted Bass - Latimer

    Brian Latimer is back on Lake Hartwell to show you how to catch prespawn spotted bass with a crankbait. Hartwell has a mix of bass, this video will focus on locating and targeting spotted bass while cranking before the spawn.

    0:25 Targeting spotted bass with a crankbait
    0:49 Equipment for cat...

  • Prespawn Cranking for Largemouth Bass - Latimer

    FLW bass fishing tournament champion Brian Latimer is on the waters of Lake Hartwell with The Bass University to talk about a cranking for largemouth in the prespawn.

    0:17 Targeting largemouth bass while cranking in the prespawn
    0:57 Breaking down the characteristics of a largemouth bass, an...

  • Locate & Catch Winter Bass on a Jigging Spoon - Brian Latimer

    Brian Latimer is back on the water with The Bass University to teach you how to fish a jigging spoon. Lots of anglers aren't familiar with or have never fished a jigging spoon. Brian grew up fishing this bait and has a lot of confidence in its ability to catch bass. Hop in the boat with Brian as ...

  • Spotted Bass Fishing in Clear Lake Ditches - Rob Jordan

    Professional bass fishing tournament angler Rob Jordan is on the water on Lake Lanier to fish clear water ditches for spotted bass. In this bass fishing video, Rob shares his 3-tiered approach to looking for spotted bass in clear water and how he likes to locate them and catch them.

    0:21 3-tie...

  • Shallow Cranking - Rob Digh

    Bassmaster Elite Series & Cashion Rods bass fishing pro Rob Digh joined The Bass University in late fall to talk about shallow cranking. In this bass fishing video, Rob shares tips for selecting crankbait colors, what tackle to use and where to set out to look for shallow water bass that will eat...

  • Tokyo Rig Revisited - John Crews

    Last year, professional bass fishing angler John Crews did an instructional video on the VMC Tokyo Rig, called How to Fish a Punchshot Rig / Tokyo Rig - Crews. That video focused primarily on punchshotting, which is flipping the Tokyo rig into cover. In this video, John returns to talk about anot...

  • Fishing Riprap Banks - Dunkin

    FLW Tour professional tournament bass fisherman Luke Dunkin is back with The Bass University on the water to talk about fishing riprap banks. Luke talks about how he approaches riprap banks and the lures he employs to catch bass. After discussing his favorite baits, Luke goes out and demonstrates...

  • Getting Into Skinny Backwater for Hungry Bass - Cox

    In this bass fishing video, John Cox will share tips for getting to less-pressured bass in shallow backwaters. John, and other anglers, have had great bass fishing tournament success by pushing their boat equipment to the limits to access the hardest-to-reach areas. Often old creek channels or ox...

  • Best Tips & Techniques for Bluff Bank Fishing - Dunkin

    Luke Dunkin joins The Bass University on the Tennessee River in this bass fishing video to talk about fishing bluff banks. Luke believes that bluffs are a great spot to fish for bass throughout the entire year and he's here to share all the secret tips from his years of fishing the Tennessee Rive...