By Chris Schneider BassFan Staff Writer Time is ticking down. The pattern that worked yesterday isn’t working today. It’s crunch time. There’s an hour left in the day. Nerves are starting to fray. What do you reach for when you absolutely more
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The BassFan staff recently had the opportunity to spend a day on Lake Erie out of Dunkirk, N.Y. with Great Lakes smallmouth guru Joe Balog. November on Lake more
Summer tournaments have their pitfalls. The fish are often on a feeding schedule and can be tough to catch. The big fish typically pull a disappearing act. Suspended more
Most fishing tips center on what you should throw under a particular set of conditions. But tournament anglers know that it can be just as important, sometimes more
Change – it's in the air. All across the country, the past few months of stable, predictable conditions are giving way to fall. Cold nights and wild temperature more
Anybody who's followed pro bass fishing for very long knows that Rick Clunn doesn't think like the average angler. And the average angler certainly hasn't won more
Some BassFans fish the Great Lakes all the time. Others visit only occasionally. If you're the former, you know that the bite's all about the "feel." more
With bass retreating to their deeper, summer environs around much of the country, there may no better time than the present to start employing a technique that's more
Bass are at various stages of the spawn around the country this time of year, but just about everywhere they swim has a few things in common right now. For one, more
Maybe the spawn 's long gone where you live, but based on the bulk of North American geography, the spawn's likely about to happen, happening, or just finished more
There's been a lot of talk lately about yo-yoing lipless cranks. Part of the reason is it's the lipless crank season. Another part is that Kevin VanDam recently more
You may have never put much thought into it, but several of the most productive baits in the history of bass fishing have one thing in common: They all wear skirts. more
It's that time of year throughout much of the southern United States. The bass are slowly inching their way out of their deep-water wintertime haunts into the shallows more
It's that time of year where BASS pros and BassFans alike have one thing on their minds: The Bassmaster Classic. The hype is ramping up and soon the wire will be more
South Carolina's Lake Hartwell will host the 2008 Bassmaster Classic on Feb. 22-24. It's a deep, mostly clear reservoir on the Savannah River that was formed by more
BassFan recently reported that Bassmaster Elite Series pro Randy Howell signed a new sponsorship deal with South Carolina-based Vertical Lures for 2008. The deal more
