Editor’s note: This is another in a series featuring favorite flies of Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited Chapter members. In the late 1980s successful Susquehanna River smallmouth bass guide Bob ...

Dianne Tattitch figures she put in her time for the trophy smallmouth bass she caught recently on the Meramec River. She started floating the river 30 years ago when she began dating the man she would ...

Some people live for the blow of a big largemouth creaming a swimbait. Others can’t get enough smallmouths erupting on Spooks walking across the surface. And, sure, I love those things too, but come ...

I live in one of the most trout-rich states. Idaho is chock-full of blue-ribbon waters, and fly anglers descend upon them ­every spring. I like to target trout as much as the next guy, but I can only ...

From the unsurprising domination of a jig-and-minnow to the rising popularity of the dice bait, here’s what the pros used to haul in trophy smallmouth during the August 2025 Bassmaster Elite stop in ...

When anglers think about fishing during the summer months, one word comes to mind: tough! Being cool-water fish, smallmouth bass tolerate the warm waters of the summer, but don't exactly thrive. It's ...