Summer · Field Guide
The Complete Field Guide for Serious Bass Anglers.
Get lake-specific bass techniques, a simple catch log, and a trip planner that tells you exactly what to throw and how to rig it.
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Bass 101
New to bass fishing or filling gaps? Eleven chapters on the gear, water, and fish behavior everything else on this site is built on — rods, reels, line, knots, electronics, seasonal patterns, structure, and how to read what the bass are doing.
Latest Tackle Report · August 2026
Bass Tackle Intelligence Report — August 2026
The urchin is finally buyable at a fair price, tungsten costs are reshaping terminal tackle, and Champlain's Top 10 says jighead minnows never left. Plus ICAST's official winners and a new Ryugi jighead that proposes dart as the next presentation.
The Lure Files · No. 002
The Creme Wiggle Worm
A machinist and his wife cooked the first soft plastic worm on a kitchen stove in Akron, Ohio — and every Ned, wacky, Texas, and dropshot rig you throw today descends from it.
Curiosities
A duck? A rat? A sea urchin?
What those weird animal lures actually are — and when they outfish the normal stuff.
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World Tour: Bass Tackle Beyond Japan
Molix, Fiiish, Savage Gear, and the Cheburashka rig — a scouting report on what’s coming from overseas.
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Three for August
Three picks that earn their place right now — bug baits, buzzbaits, and mid-strolling — plus why each is working and what to tie on.
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