Bass Fishing

Minnesotans Joshua Douglas and Corey Brant weighed a monstrous 23.53-pound, 5-fish basket to win $7,500 in cash and top honors at the North American Bass Circuit’s Lake Minnetonka tournament against more than 80 of the Midwest’s top bass anglers. 

How you get a 10-pound-plus largemouth out of a hydrilla bed? Check out author/fishing guide Jeffrey Knapp's article on timeless topwaters!

The hotter the weather, the more difficult it is to keep bass in livewells healthy, especially during tournaments, when heavy limits of fish may be held for several hours until weigh-in. That said, anglers are being encouraged to consider oxygen injection in livewells. Read on ...
 

Brad Rubin and Chris Jones carved their names in bass fishing history by sacking an impressive 17.58-pound, 5-fish limit to win the North American Bass Circuit’s first-ever tournament, held on Wisconsin’s mighty Lake Winnebago chain.
 

MN Teen Challenge Fishing Tournament Raises Record Funds: NAFC's Steve Pennaz and Partner Dale Anderson Take First Place In Bass Division!

Sixty-seven lakes and reservoirs, in 19 states, hold specially tagged fish that could turn into cash or prizes for lucky anglers! Read on!

The NABC is open to all anglers. And its popular team format—which lets you choose your partner and cut your costs—has stood the test of time for 26 tournament seasons on our sister tournament trail, the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC).

Use this map to key in on smallmouth bass spawning times for your geographic location.

What’s more fun than hammering skinny water largemouths—those fish that bust your topwater over shallow, emerging weeds, or inhale a spinnerbait helicoptered beside a dock piling? Not much.

Long before the arrival of precision tuned suspending lures, anglers were catching awakening springtime bass on modified spoonbill-style hardbaits.