As the days grow longer, temperatures get hotter, and kids start getting out of school, you know one thing is coming: Summer is officially here! This is the time that many bass anglers across the ...

isn’t all that appealing to you. Maybe your thinking, Who wants to go out among all the pleasure boaters and endure 100-degree temperatures to chase around a little green fish that would rather ...

Per an article on Bassmaster.com: When summer sets in and temperatures rise, I am at my best as an angler. Sure, the spring and fall fishing is good and can be fun, but summertime makes the search for ...

Bob Downey targets late-summer offshore bass on humps, points, and rock transitions near deep basins. He starts with a crankbait. Then he shifts to a Carolina rig and a drop shot to clean up finicky ...

A common misconception among many bass anglers is that largemouth bass always retreat to deeper waters during the summer months. While this may be partially true, under certain conditions, some of the ...

Stalking smallmouth bass in creeks and small rivers is a top summertime angling opportunity. Trout are great. Bass are, too. Bluegills, catfish and even carp are fun to catch. But in my opinion, ...

"Indicator fishing . . . becomes a more important method for me when bank fishing. Pulling flies will generate an “eat or be spooked” response from trout as your flies streak by them. This is great ...

These were the bass baits—and mindset shifts—that defined my 2025 season and helped me catch more and bigger largemouth bass.

This story, “Nights of Passage,” appeared in the July 1993 issue of Outdoor Life. During the summer nights of my childhood, the largemouth bass that had been driven into hiding all day were on patrol ...

"It's full blown summertime fishing," said Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Jones recommends fishing 20 feet deep for black bass with plastic worms rigged Texas, Carolina or shaky-head ...

Black bass are starting to move deeper as the water warms, said Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Try top-water lures at sunrise and sunset. Prime time is the period between first light ...

Maybe the idea of summer bass fishing isn’t all that appealing to you. Maybe your thinking, Who wants to go out among all the pleasure boaters and endure 100-degree temperatures to chase around a ...