Shaw Grigsby loves sight fishing. During the spawn in the Spring of each year is certainly the time when sight fishing is most popular, but it's not the only time of the year when you can catch fish you can see, particularly in clear water. In this bass fishing class seminar Shaw shares tips on t...

For years, Joe Balog has been at the top of the leaderboard in tournaments on big Northern waters. Popular big water smallmouth destinations include places like Lake Erie, St. Clair, Sturgeon Bay and Lake Champlain. Joe Balog admits, dropshotting is not his favorite way to catch smallmouth bass, ...

Tips, tackle, and tech for targeting the true giants in the water. If you want to catch more trophy bass, this is the bass fishing class for you!
Catching bass is fun, but catching big bass is even better. While everyone wants to land their personal best every time they hit the water, not everyo...

Ish Monroe loves to catch big bass and win tournaments. Some days you just want to go out and consistently catch fish, maybe not giant bass, but every time out, you want to catch fish. This bass fishing class seminar focuses on the baits and techniques that Ish Monroe relies on when he needs to g...

Crankbait fishing is one of the most popular techniques for anglers of any skill level. During the early spring and fall months, shallow cranking can really help you find and put more fish in the boat. Few anglers excel at shallow cranking more than John Crews. In this seminar, Crews dives into t...

Lipless crankbaits are looked at primarily as spring and fall baits, but don’t let that stop you from throwing them all during the year. While they do excel in those seasons, Rat-L-Traps are versatile enough to be used in a variety of conditions all season. In this seminar, Cliff Crochet explains...

As much fun as flipping a 1 ounce jig into the mats can be, flipping and pitching doesn’t always have to be about heavy gear. Flipping smaller, and lighter, baits can provide anglers with the opportunity to put a different type of presentation in front of pressured bass. In this seminar, John Cre...

Have you ever wanted a combination of a floating behavior of a hollow-body frog with the enticing action of a buzz toad? We thought so, and Bryan Thrift dreamed about that combination as well. While studying the Air Craw, he and Damiki devised a pontoon system for a topwater frog that will right ...

Finesse swimbait bass fishing is a hot versatile clear water technique. A small boot tail swimbait is a great choice for a variety a tough fishing situations: very clear water, suspended bass, high pressure situations, etc. It's also extrememly versatile, so you don't have to constantly switch ba...

Patrick Walters' home water is Santee Cooper, which has cypress trees for miles. In fact, there were so many during the construction of the Santee River dam, loads of them were cut and just anchored to the ground to save time of hauling them out. Patrick Walters has learned to look past the trees...

In this bass fishing class seminar, Bassmaste Elite Series tournament angler Matt Arey joins us to share some of his fishing tips and bait recommendations for fishing underspins all year. Arey shares his general tackle setup, then offers a breakdown of what soft plastic trailer he uses, where he ...

Gerald Swindle is one of the more interesting characters in professional bass fishing, and this is one of his most interesting seminars, and it's certainly the most entertaining lipless crankbait bass fishing class you'll ever watch. Gerald talks about everything from reaching your personal limit...

Understanding what the bass eat may be one of the most overlooked elements in bass fishing! Pete Gluszek will teach about forage such as shad, herring, crawfish, gobies, perch, sunfish, etc. Understanding the forage will help you to become more effective at selecting lures with the action, size, ...

Selecting the proper sonar setup for your fishing needs isn’t the same for every fisherman, and finding the right gear is only half the battle. Learning how to properly use your electronics takes time out in the boat, often without your rod in hand. In this seminar, Pete Gluszek walks through the...

Missile Baits owner John Crews just won the Bassmaster Elite Series toournament on the St. Johns River in Florida. This bass fishing class seminar video was recorded right before that event. In this class, John Crews discusses the main types of non-bladed & skirted jigs. So, essentially rubber or...

Recent Santee Cooper Bassmaster Elite Series tournament champion Drew Cook joins The Bass University to share his knowledge on sight fishing for bass. Drew has a lot of experience fishing for bass on beds and when Spring rolls around, he has a system for marking fish for tournaments and a couple ...

Versatility isn't just having every bait and tying on what's supposed to catch fish in that body of water. Like Matt Lee says, "You're probably going to do more casting than catching". There is a process to becoming versatile. You need to build confidence in new baits and techniques. If you've fi...

Bassmaster Wes Logan grew up fishing bank grass. In this bass fishing class seminar video, Wes talks about his 4 primary techniques for fishing bank grass. He offers 2 reaction techniques and 2 slow and methodical techniques to use in relation to the season, weather conditions, water clarity and ...

Major League Fishing pro Clabion Johns joined The Bass University in early 2022 to talk about bass that love to eat sunfish, particularly "bream", a sort of catch-all name for bluegill, red ear, green sunfish, pumpkinseed, etc. In many lakes, these fish are the ideal forage for big bass, especial...

Natural panfish/sunfish swimbaits like the Berkley Powerbait Gilly have really taken the bass fishing world by storm. During Mike Iaconelli's year off of top-level professional tournament bass fishing in 2021, he spent a lot of time tinkering with this bait. From that, Mike has determined what he...

In the post spawn, Bassmaster Elite Brandon Cobb likes to stay shallow, but he does have a bait handy for offshore brushpiles. In this bass fishing class seminar video, Brandon goes over the baits, colors & tackle he uses to fish his 4 favorite shallow water techniques and his favorite deeper wat...

Do you throw topwater baits during the pre-spawn? For many anglers, those early months of the year are too early to break out the buzzbaits and prop baits. However, those techniques can help target some of the bigger bass in your lakes as they begin feeding up for the spawn. In this seminar, Greg...

Many anglers think of swim jigs as a shallow water bait that's only effective at certain times of the year. Drew Cook believes otherwise. Growing up, he was successful with several sneaky ways to fish a swim jig in places where other baits were harder to fish or bass were used to seeing those bai...

Frog fishing isn't just for Summer. In this bass fishing class seminar video, Clabion Johns explains the seasonal "where, when & how to catch bass" patterns for frog fishing the whole year. Before breaking down the seasons, Clabion explains that having the right equipment is the most crucial aspe...