Live bait is best for catching striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends using brood minnows or shad. The south half of the lake is best for wintertime stripers. Locate shad schools with ...

, there’s a good chance you can do a 360 and touch 20 different bass fishing jigs, all designed for specific applications. The old-faithful designs have been around for decades, like flipping jigs and ...

There’s something about flipping, pitching, dragging, swimming, and casting a jig that screams bass fishing. And there’s a good chance that even as you’re reading this, you can recall the thump of the ...

Water level is 4.12 feet low and clear. Water temperature in the low 50s. Fishing guide Stephen Johnston says bass are good shallow using swim jigs, bladed jigs and a few on topwaters. Deeper bite ...

Many anglers think of what's known as the "shaky head" jig as a deep, clear water finesse lure, but for North Alabama anglers in search of the silver bullet for bass in the shallow spawning areas, it ...