Mike McClelland is well-known as a jerkbait fisherman. Growing up, he liked to tinker with Smithwick Rogues and other jerkbaits of the time, adding weight, changing hooks and split rings to get the right buoyancy and action. Since that time, Mike has designed a series of (4) SPRO jerkbaits (stick...

Are you ready to find bass on a new body of water with a crankbait? Brandon Palaniuk loves using crankbaits as a search tool. In this bass fishing class seminar video, Palaniuk breaks down some maps to demonstrate areas where bass should setup (and places you should look) during different seasons...

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...

In this remastered bass fishing class seminar, George Cochran was recently-retired and ready to share all the fish-catching secrets. George is begins by talking about the tackle that he uses for fishing wacky worms, and he shares that it's not exactly conventional by today's fishing standards. Th...

Bass fishing tournament champion Mike Iaconelli is on the water about a secret bait and technique being used to catch big bass. Known as "flutter spoon fishing" or "structure spoon fishing", this technique of fishing a large cupped spoon is used to fish mid-to-deep depths.

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The percentage triangle is the concept Brandon Palaniuk uses for locating high percentage areas where the bass are likely to be, based on the season and water temperature. The next time you study a lake map, you will be able to utilize the percentage triangle to locate big bass for your upcoming ...

Ott Defoe is known for winning tournaments fishing in the river, including accessing some hard-to-reach places with a jet boat. There are several variables to consider when fishing for bass in a river system. Lots of rivers have navigational hazards, and flow rates and rain can change the depth q...

Even if you don't like fishing clear water, at some point, you'll probably find yourself fishing it, particularly if you're a tournament bass angler. In this bass fishing video seminar, Stetson Blaylock, Bassmaster Elite Series fisherman, shares some seasonal tips for best baits for each season a...

Many people feel that a jerkbait is a Winter or perhaps Winter/Spring fishing lure. Matt Arey was in Anderson, SC to teach a bass fishing class seminar on fishing jerkbaits in every season. It's important to note that you don't fish the same jerkbait, the same way, using the same colors throughou...

Mike McClelland is an 8-time BASS tournament winner, with 32 top-ten finishes. In 2019 he joined the Major League Fishing BPT. In 2019, he also visited Columbus, OH with The Bass University to record a bass fishing educational seminar about a great tournament-winning strategy, finesse power fishi...

Seth Feider loves to fish milfoil for bass. He has so much confidence that he can go days without a bite and still believe the next flip is going to be a big one. Learn tips, tricks and secrets for fishing milfoil from Bassmaster Elite Series angler Seth Feider in this bass fishing vegetation edu...

Mike McClelland didn't grow up with boats and fancy equipment. He did a lot of bank fishing and that allowed him to experience some thing that give him some unique perspectives on river bass fishing. Mike got his first two top-level tournament wins on river systems, so his tips can help you catch...

One of our most popular presenters, "Dollar" Bill Lowen, is back with The Bass University in Kokomo, Indiana to talk about seasonal shallow water cranking. Bill grew up fishing the rivers, and most of the fish were shallow by necessity all year long. Bill Lowen wants to share with Bass University...

Not all bass do the same thing all the time. You can catch a bass on a topwater near the bank, then drive out to 50 feet and catch another one. Bass do have a tendancy to migrate toward deeper water at certain times of the year and that's what John Murray is here to talk about. Maximizing your fi...

FLW Tour bass fishing tournament pro Scott Suggs has won nearly $2m on tour, including a $1m 2007 Forrest Wood Cup win on Lake Ouachita. Now he's joining the Bass University to talk about how he won that event, fishing for suspended bass. What do you do when the fishing gets really tough, and eve...

Bass University co-founder and BASS tournament champion, Mike "Ike" Iaconelli is on the water to talk about casting spoons, like the Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon. When conditions are tough or the baitfish are small, the casting spoon can be dynamite. In this 18-minute video, Mike covers the shares...

In this second sonar bass fishing instructional video seminar, conducted by Brent Ehrler, Brent discusses catching fish using your boat electronics. This seminar is a follow-up to Brent's first sonar video Sonar Bass Fishing - Brent Ehrler, which you may want to watch first. In this 54-minute bas...

In this exciiting episode of Bass University Live we break down Ott DeFoe's incredible win on the Potomac River, revealing his groundbreaking summer "Heat Busters" pattern. This episode dives deep into the intricate world of tidal water bass fishing, especially how to adapt your strategy when fac...

Mark Menendez loves cranking (and fishing a jerkbait). In this video, it's all about water temperature. Mark breaks down the various temperatures where me makes changes to baits, retrieves, locations and more. Winter cold through the heat of summer, Mark discusses which baits excel in those condi...

While there's a whole generation of anglers utilizing electronics to locate big schools of bass offshore, Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fisherman Greg Hackney encourages you not to forget to beat the banks any time of year for some of the biggest tournament bass, especially for a 5 bass...

Swimbaits can really excel during the summer months when fish move back out into deeper water. Don’t get too caught up in the idea that it’s only a deep-water summertime bait, though. Swimbaits not only catch big fish during the dog days of summer, but they can help you put fish in the boat durin...

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...

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 ...

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 ...