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 ...

Jesse Wiggins is about to load up his boat and go fishing on Smith Lake in Alabama for some spawning spotted bass. In some lakes in the country, spotted bass can win tournaments and targeting spotted bass you can't see on likely spawning cover you can see is a great way to catch some big spotted ...

Brandon Palaniuk is back on a highland reservoir in the early Spring pre spawn targeting bass in ~57 degree water with a glide bait, jig, dropshot and jerkbait. The lake he is fishing is clear and deep, so he's using his Humminbird electronics and LakeMaster Maps to locate prime pre spawn areas. ...

In the Spring, during the spawn and when bass are guarding fry, it's a great time to catch bass on topwater and baits that are just barely subsurface. Jesse Wiggins likes a popper bait and a wakebait the best. Watch this on the water bass fishing class and learn the tackle that Jesse uses to fish...

Bill Lowen is know for catching a limit and fishing a swim jig. In the Spring, Bill Lowen has 2-3 swim jigs tied up on his deck. As bass move back to spawning flats, they'll be feeding on shad a bluegill in the shallows. Bill uses a careful combination or lure selection, color selection and techn...

As bass head in and out of spawning flats, they can often be found under docks, sometimes over really deep water. In this bass fishing on the water class video, Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour champion Jesse Wiggins talks about his 2 favorite baits to fish for these transitioning bass, along w...

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...

Pete Gluszek loves all sizes of the Senko. In this on the water bass fishing class, Pete is ready to show how he rigs a 3" Senko to catch finicky Spring bass around the spawn. Fishing pressure, cold fronts and bass being focused on spawning can put fish in a negative mood and this finesse rig wil...

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...

Creature baits like the Biffle Bug and the smaller Rage Bug are great fish catchers, but flipping and pitching around targets isn't the only way to catch bass with these baits. In this on the water bass fishing class, Pete Gluszek will show you the tackle he uses and the technique of swimming a c...

The Carolina Rig is one of the most overlooked rigs in all of bass fishing.
The ball-and-chain has been around for a long time, but it still produces quality fish for a number of anglers.
“The Carolina Rig [has] almost faded away,” said Pete Gluszek. “You don't see a lot of people talking abo...

While offshore cranking is a great way to target summertime bass in deep water, it’s also a technique that can be used throughout the year. Getting away from the banks to target offshore structure provides anglers a chance to target not only fish that not everything is finding, but oftentimes put...

When many anglers decide to go flipping and pitching for bass, they decide between using a jig or a soft plastic bait. However, there is a often a place for both when targeting bass throughout the year. In this seminar, Taylor Watkins explains the different times type of lure may succeed, and whe...

Flooding conditions can be difficult for any angler to overcome – especially when that water turns cold and muddy. However, difficult does not mean impossible. In this seminar, Bill Lowen breaks down just how flooding impacts different bodies of water, and how fish react to those conditions. Lowe...

Shallow crankbait fishing should be a part of any angler’s arsenal, especially for late winter and early springtime bass fishing. While bass are transitioning from their winter patterns to pre-spawn, many are gorging on crawfish and other baitfish. This pre-spawn feeding frenzy makes shallow cran...

Plenty of anglers like throwing lipless crankbaits early in the year, but did you know you can catch fish on them all season long? The early spring lipless bite is something many anglers look forward to all year, but once those spawning bass move out to deeper water, a lot of anglers reach for de...

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...

Breaking down a new body of water and finding fish can be challenging. That job becomes much easier if you have a system of confidence baits to pick an area apart.
“It's always good to have three main baits,” said Greg Hackney. “Something that you have confidence in that you feel like you can ...

The spawning season provides anglers with a terrific opportunity to catch a once-and-a-lifetime bass.
While many anglers want to spend that time sight fishing, being able to see the fish isn’t always as easy as we would like.
“You cannot visually see the bass spawning most of the time,” said ...

As the water begins to warm in the early spring, bass start making their way to the shallows to spawn. The spawning season allows anglers an opportunity to catch a once-and-a-lifetime fish if they can locate them. As bass leave their wintering areas for the backs of creeks to spawn, it can be cha...

Do you want to learn how to better locate and catch bass offshore? While many anglers consider offshore fishing strictly a summer-time activity, it’s a variable strategy in many lakes all year long. “Offshore fishing, for really anything I've won in my career, that's the technique that I've leane...

How much thought do you give the water column you’re targeting while fishing? As anglers, we spend plenty of time thinking about baits and techniques, but the positioning of the fish in the water column can often be just as – if not more – important when it comes to catching fish.
“Throughout th...

How confident are you with a jerkbait? It’s a proven fish-catching technique for many, but plenty of anglers still shy away from the bait – especially in the warmer months. “There’s a common misconception about a jerbait – ‘It's only a wintertime bait,’” said John Hunter. “‘It's only a prespawn t...

Do you know how to catch bass deep cranking? While often only looked at as a way to catch bass in the summer, this power-fishing technique can be utilized all year to help put more fish in the boat.
“When you think about deep cranking, most people are going to think about ledge season on the Ten...