Every topwater strike makes bass fishing more fun. But there’s something about topwater frog fishing—watching that almost comical-looking bait hop and sputter and then get suddenly obliterated—that ...

Fishing a frog over the pads and slop is one of my absolute favorite ways to catch bass. The visual strikes are absolutely explosive. When the bite is on, a day of frog fishing is a great day. It’s ...

I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

From trolling spinners for weed walleye, to swinging streamers for big browns, to frog fishing for summer bass, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on ...

There's nothing dull about casting a frog around lily pads and over weed beds. A frog lure, that is. Bass anglers like to begin their fishing day bay by tying on a top water lure. Largemouth bass have ...

NACOGDOCHES — Water level is about three feet low and clear. Water temp in the upper 80s. Bass fishermen are reporting a few fish on topwaters and frogs around shallow grass and pads at first light.

Finesse techniques catch fish when aggressive moving baits fail to get bites, especially if you’ve created a secret rig that the fish haven’t seen before. But great techniques, like the Ned rig, ...

The free rig is a cross between the ever-popular Texas rig and the seemingly forgotten Carolina rig. As far as bass fishing techniques go, it doesn’t get much hype, but occasionally sees some ...

Learn how to fish a spinner crawler harness over weed beds for walleyes—creating the best rig, bullet sinker tips, and shallow water trolling techniques. | Joe Shead Spinner harnesses are some of the ...