Sight Fishing Strategies
This collection breaks down sight fishing (bed fishing) for bass from start to finish, showing how to locate beds, read fish behavior, and trigger bites from pressured spawners. You’ll see real on-the-water examples and learn how pros position the boat, pick targets on the bed, and keep a fish committed. It’s all about patience, accuracy, and understanding what the bass is reacting to — not just what bait you throw.
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Sight Fishing in Summer & Fall - Bryan New
Bryan New's home lake is Lake Wylie, and something that he's confident about on lakes in the Carolinas is the ability to sight fish all the way through to Fall. Now, he's not targeting the traditional bass on the bed when sight fishing, but there are other things going on in the lake, and pattern...
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Tournament Bed Fishing for Spawners - Drew Cook
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 ...
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3 Stages of Sight Fishing for Bass - John Cox
John Cox loves sight fishing! In fact, he says it's his favorite part of bass fishing. In this bass fishing class seminar video, John Cox talks about the entire season for sight fishing, which is more than just when fish are locked on beds. Cox talks about the 3 stages of sight fishing and the wi...
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Find & Catch Spawning Bass Off Beds - Justin Lucas
Why does BASS tournament champion Justin Lucas love sight fishing for spawning bass? Justin talks about how he loves to target spawning bass for big tournament bags, partcularly in the early spring, and how this is a great time to win, particularly local 1-day tournament. He discusses the conditi...
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Spawning Smallmouth - Kyle Patrick
Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Bassmaster Open Winner Kyle Patrick is on the water with Bass University in New York targeting clear water smallmouth.
Kyle breaks down spawning smallmouth, how to catch them, and his go-to equipment. “Trusting your equipment is the most important thing when bed ... -
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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Bed Fishing for Spawning Bass - Powroznik : Remastered
Bed fishing is Jacob Powroznik's favorite time of for bass fishing. In this video, Powroznik talks about some of his favorite baits and colors for catching bass while sight fishing. He shares some tips about approaching bass and determining the big female's willingness to bite. He also breaks dow...
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Finding & Catching Spawning Bass - JT Kenney
In this on the water video, JT Kenney is in Florida getting ready to go fishing for spawning bass. Before heading out to fish, JT shares some information on what bass are looking for in a spawning area. With these places in mind, JT shares his favorite baits to catch spawning bass, or at least ge...
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Sight Fishing for Bedding Bass - Suggs
FLW tournament bass fishing angler Scott Suggs joins The Bass Univeristy in Kokomo, Indiana to talk about sight fishing for bedding bass. Scott starts by talking about eyewear and how lens color needs change with water clarity and weather conditions. He also talks about what baits he uses to catc...
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How to Find Spawning Bass on Beds - Pete Gluszek
This is an 11-minute bass fishing instructional video on how to locate spawning bass and how to identify bass on beds. Bass University's "Dean" Pete Gluszek takes you on the water to talk about areas to target when looking for bedding bass. He will help you determine how to efficiently survey an ...
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How to Find & Catch Spawning Bass - Greg DiPalma
Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishing angler Greg DiPalma is ready to take you through a day of bed fishing for spawning bass. Getting started in the parking lot, Greg talks about the Humminbird/Minn Kota electronics he relies on to locate bass and stay in place while sight fishing. DiP...
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Sight Fishing & Spawning Bass - Shaw Grigsby : Remastered
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...
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Smallmouth Spawn: Pursuit of Bedding Bronzebacks - Pete Gluszek
How confident do you feel targeting smallmouth during their spawning season? Many anglers love sight-fishing for largemouth in the spring, but chasing smallmouth offers a different challenge entirely. Smallmouth typically spawn before largemouth and often – but not always – will spawn in much dee...
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Take it to the Bank : Ep 6 - Sight Fishing Spawners
Iaconelli is back fishing the bank. He's done his internet research, he knows the areas of the water he can access from the bank. It turns out, the bass are spawning and Ike locates a few bass on beds. In this bank bass fishing class, Iaconelli talks about looking for and identifying bass beds. A...