While the best time to catch the biggest Dworshak Reservoir smallmouth is early spring, anglers find good numbers of big fish during the summer months if they fish deeper. Late autumn and early winter ...

Are you ready for some football? That’s the war cry heard across much of the country throughout the fall, and the uninitiated think it refers to a sporting event involving a pigskin. The truly savvy ...

(For years, I’ve interviewed top anglers and have noticed many talk more about the little things that make such a big difference, such as proper hook set or netting. This is the third in a series of ...

Ditch pickles and bronzebacks, bucketmouths and smalljaws. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass go by many names, and when most Americans think about bass fishing, they picture one (or both) of these ...

Gregg Gallagher is uneasy with his newfound fame after catching the Great Lakes’ first double-digit smallmouth bass. The fishing world is abuzz about Gallagher’s 10.15-pound smallmouth from Lake Erie.

From their looks to their fighting style to how we catch them to where they live, here’s how America’s favorite fish species stack up and which one reigns supreme. Bass anglers love bass, right? But ...