Matt Arey is a 12-year FLW pro that moved to the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2019 and qualified for the Bassmaster Classic in his first year on tour. Matt has a 1-2 punch approach to having big females show themselves and using another bait to get them to commit, if needed, from the immediate pres...

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...

In this video, MLF bass fishing pro Fred Roumbanis joins Pete Gluszek to talk about the latest braided line developments from Cortland and share some tips for fishing a swimbait, including his ideal conditions for fishing them in open water and for fishing them around cover.

2:10 Fred Roumban...

2019 Major League Fishing BPT angler Jeff Kriet returns to The Bass University in Tulsa, OK. In this 55-minute bass fishing class seminar video, Jeff Kriet will discuss the finer details of a topic that frightens many bass anglers, fishing for suspended bass. Learn how to locate and catch these e...

Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler Carl Jocumsen is in Tulsa, OK to talk about one of his favorite ways to target big bass, fishing with big swimbaits. Carl has been known to fish "keeper-sized" swimbaits (baits over 12" in length) in pursuit of giant bass. Watch this nearly 1 hour & 30 mi...

4-time FLW angler of the year David Dudley sits down with Pete Gluszek for a Bass Univeristy TV interview. In this year's highly successful season, David fished the swimbait a lot. Learn some tips and tricks for fishing a swimbait and how not to prefish in this 30 minute interview.

0:19 David...

Brandon Palaniuk spent 3 years with Arashi developing a much more affordable glide bait (sub $40) that also met his strict specifications. Learn about this new bait, which is available for pre-order as of the time of this writing, and how to fish glide baits for bass.

0:57 The Arashi 'Glide' G...

Chris Zaldain did well fishing Megabass Magdraft Swimbaits at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic, in fact, he weighed in the biggest bag of the week. The Magdraft is intended to get tournament-winning bites, it starts at 6 inches and goes up to 10". Learn lots of tips for a Megabass swimbait expert in ...

MLF Bass Pro Tour professional bass fishing tournament angler Fred Roumbanis joined Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick live at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic.

5:00 Fred Roumbanis introduces the Optimum Boom Boom Line-Thru Swimbait and talks about what makes it special and the sizes that are available
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Bryan Thrift returned to The Bass University in Gadsden, AL in January. Bryan Thrift is a top FLW bass tournament angler with over $2.5 million dollars in FLW tournament winnings. In this bass fishing class, Thrift is talking about finesse swimbaits. Learn how Thrift is going behind people and ca...

Greg Dipalma co-hosts this episode of The Bass University Live with Pete Gluszek. Carl Jocumsen and Bub Tosh also join the show to talk about fall transition baits.

Professional bass fishing tournament angler Ott Defoe joins the Bass University in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Most anglers think of larger baits when they think about swimbaits. Ott Defoe categorizes small swimbaits as a bait that is 4" or less, and they can be deadly for catching bass.
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For the first time, 2009 Bassmaster Classic tournament champion and 2007 BASS angler-of-the-year Skeet Reese joins The Bass University to talk about swimbait fishing for bass. As of the time of this writing, Skeet has won 8 BASS events and finished in the top 10 an amazing 72 times. Many people r...

For the first time presenting with The Bass University, Zona's Awesome Fishing Show host Mark Zona was in Kokomo, Indiana to talk about fishing docks differently. Mark Zona is an experienced bass angler, Bassmaster sportscaster/commentator/emcee and entertaining fishing show host. He's all about ...

Bass fishing tournament angler Pete Gluszek is often at the top of the rankings in Bassmaster Opens. In this nearly 1-hour instructional fishing video, "The Dean" is talking about simple swimbait fishing. Knowing win to pick this bait up, and when to put it down.
Why/When/Where to Fish a Swimbai...

Fred Roumbanis, a frequent Bass University instructor, joins Pete at The Bass University Live booth at iCast 2017 to talk about his new Optimum Baby Boom swimbait, which will be available from Tackle Warehouse in August. This swimbait is 4.5" long, where the original was 6". Watch this video to l...

Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass angler Fred "Boom Boom" Roumbanis reveals his top 5 kicker bass baits in this 1 hour bass fishing instructional video seminar, aimed at helping you catch giant bass. In this video, Fred reveals these top 5 baits, which are listed below, but more importantly...

Bassmaster Elite John Cox sits down with Bass University to talk about the confidence he has in fishing shallow. John has a history of accessing hard-to-reach waters, even if it meant bringing along a chainsaw, in pursuit of tournament-winning bags. In this Bass University LIVE, John shares:

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Paul "Big Bait Bailey" is a well-known angler, especially recognized in the West Coast fishing scene for his expertise in fishing Clear Lake and catching giant bass. Clear Lake, located in Lake County, California, is the largest natural freshwater lake wholly within the state and is believed to b...

Want to know the bait hacks that trigger big bites? Dive into expert lure modifications, from buzzbait tuning to adding flash and beyond, discussed on this episode of Bass University Live with Epic Eric & Rob Jordan.
Unlock More Bites with Expert Lure Modification for Bass Fishing!
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Shane Lehew of Shane's Baits is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler and an avid Alabama rig fisherman. His style of fishing Alabama rigs (also known as umbrella rigs) doesn't involve big hollow-belly swimbaits. Watch as Shane talks about the fish-catching power of 5 and 9 bait rigs with 3...

There are few places where 8" swimbaits will play consistently for bass fishing tournaments. If you're not in one of those places (places that take 30lb bags to win), you'll probably experience more tournament success with what Justin Lucas refers to as "tournament-sizes swimbaits", primarily 2.8...

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...

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...