If you don’t know how to fish with poppers and get the most from these lures, now’s the perfect time to learn, as the topwater bite is in full swing and will stay good through summer and into fall.

Don’t tell my bass club mentors, my editors or my colleagues on the Board of Directors of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, but I’ve been cheating on my first love for five years, and I don’t intend to ...

Why Fall is Prime Time for Topwater Bass Fishing It starts without warning. While fishing down the shoreline for bass on a glorious autumn day, the water behind you suddenly erupts in chaos. Huge ...

There’s a lot to like about bass, but my favorite thing about them is their willingness to crush a topwater fly. They’re one of the most surface-oriented game fish – and, while trying to raise a fish ...

Miserable is the most appropriate word I can come up with for the weather this past week. Temperatures over 100 with humidity over 90 just doesn’t work for me. A good friend recently returned from a ...

If you’re like me, you love to topwater fish for bass in the late summer and early fall. Bass are active during this period and on the hunt, and a topwater bait can be an entertaining and effective ...

We got ahead of ourselves in the Beginner's Fishing Series. We've covered crankbaits, jerkbaits, blade baits and bottom-contact baits, but heaven forbid, we forgot about topwater baits. Whether you're ...

Bass don’t disappear in winter – they move. Here’s where to find them and how to catch them on a fly rod, when cold water changes everything.

There’s simply no experience in fishing like a topwater strike. Whether it’s a violent eruption of water or a subtle “gulp,” the strike is what keeps anglers coming back. Besides the fact that ...