"A Carolina Rig takes too long to tie and it only catches small fish!". John Crews has heard this one too many time, so he's here to tell you that tying up the old ball and chain is well worth the time, and it certainly catches small fish, but it

In this bass fishing instructional video seminar on flipping & pitching, Randall Tharp discusses the mechanics and places to conduct your business in-depth. Learn the proper way to pitch, not scare off fish, get bites and set the hook. Randall Tharp goes on to talk about areas he targets with

Randall Tharp was at a Bass University class early in his fishing, when he heard Denny Brauer talk about flipping and pitching. Randall Tharp has been hooked on the technique ever since. He's won a lot of money and dedicated a lot of time to zeroing in on the right

Bass fishing tournament champion Mike Iaconelli is on the water about a secret bait and technique being used to catch big bass. Known as "flutter spoon fishing" or "structure spoon fishing", this technique of fishing a large cupped spoon is used to fish mid-to-deep depths.

Keith Carson won the 2nd stop on the NPFL bass fishing tournament trail on Wright Patman. Keith joins The Bass University Live to share how he fished the moment to secure his first NPFL tournament victory. Also, we discuss Mike Iaconelli and Big Bass week.

In this remastered bass fishing video class seminar, Davy Hite talks about catching XXL-sized bass on XXL-sized baits. Part of being a trophy hunter is determining: what a trophy is to you, how dedicated you are to catching a trophy, and how it plays a part in your recreational or

Lee Livesay made a 42lb 3oz charge on the final day of the Lake Fork Bassmaster Elite Series bass fishing tournament, the 3rd largest single-day tournament limit in BASS history. Lee dials in to talk about how he won the tournament, joined the century club, and caught the biggest bass in the

Oliver Ngy is back on the water to talk about another, more recent development in big bait bass fishing. Unlike big soft plastic swimbaits, glide baits are usually hard plastic and designed to have a subtle side-to-side swimming action, and Oliver likens them to jerkbaits in how they are fished.

Learn how to pick of spawners with topwater baits in this on the water bass fishing class video featuring JT Kenney.  JT shares some of his favorite topwater baits for aggrevating bass on the bed and getting them to show themselves in areas where you may not be able to

In this remastered video from Harrisburg, PA, Ish Monroe talks about his favorite bait for fishing in the post spawn. Lots of anglers head offshore to find bass moving back to their summering/wintering areas. Ish Monroe believes that enough fish stay up shallow to keep fishing for them, and to

Major League Fishing's "Big Show" Terry Scroggins joins The Bass University to share some insane tips the other pros don't want you to know about making lures and modifying lures to more enticing fish catching action, getting into hard-to-reach places and getting better hookups. Learn how to fish with your

In this on the water bass fishing video, Big Bass Dreams' Oliver Ngy is back to talk about rigging techniques and fishing techniques for big (8"+) swimbaits. In his previous video Become a Big Soft Swimbait Angler, Oliver talked mostly about

John Cox loves sight fishing! In fact, he says it's his favorite part of bass fishing. In this bass fishing class seminar video, John Cox talks about the entire season for sight fishing, which is more than just when fish are locked on beds. Cox talks about the 3 stages

Oliver Ngy from Big Bass Dreams has been hunting trophy bass for a big part of his life. In 2021, he's fishing Bassmaster Open tournaments. In this on the water bass fishing class, Oliver dials it back from giant West Coast trophy swimbaits and talks about getting

Patrick Walters has been fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series since 2019, and had a big win at the Toyota Texas Fest in 2020. In this 2021 Bass University fishing class seminar, Patrick talks about one of his favorite lures for putting kicker bass in the boat, a spinnerbait. Often overlooked

At the Plains Divisional opener of the Major League Fishing Toyota Series on Lake of the Ozarks, Michael Harlin dominated with a 15lb+ winning margin. Watch this recording of our live show form 3/9/21 to learn how Harlin caught most of his tournament-winning bass on an Alabama Rig (aka Umbrella Rig). Later in

John Cox was hesitant to embrace cranking. After some bad experiences, he'd swarn off the technique, until he was introduced to the Berkley Frittside Crankbait & Berkley Warpig Lipless Crankbait. After catching big bass like gangbusters on them, John went down to

In this on the water bass fishing class, professional bass tournament angler Mike "Ike" Iaconelli talks about one of his favorite techniques, fishing matted vegetation (or any other type of heavy matted floating cover). Iaconelli starts by talking about punching components, which include, but are not limited to:

This is a true, fully-comprehensive masterclass on fishing tail spinners! Mike Iaconelli sets the standard that will never be challenged by covering this topic in a nearly 2 hour bass fishing class seminar. Everything you could possibly ever want to know about tail spinners at an hour more for good

Derek Mundy has had 2 tournament wins so far in 2021, in each he's weighed in ~40lb. single day bags of bass, including a couple of 13lb. kickers. In this episode of BU LIVE recorded 2/2/21 at 7PM ET we learn how to target offshore largemouth bass and catch some giants.

Bassmaster Elite Series bass fishing tournament pro Brandon Palaniuk joined The Bass University LIVE 1/12 @ 7PM ET to discuss using big baits for big bass in a tournament situation. Our special guest host is last week's returning guest, Oliver Ngy from Big Bass Dreams. Watch to learn about throwing big

In the first episode of 2021, Oliver Ngy of Big Bass Dreams joins The Bass University Live with Mike Iaconelli in-studio. Mike, Pete Gluszek, Rizz & BTC and Justin Kimmel discuss catching bass on swimbaits and other oversized baits. Watch in to learn how to catch a giant bass with a

The percentage triangle is the concept Brandon Palaniuk uses for locating high percentage areas where the bass are likely to be, based on the season and water temperature. The next time you study a lake map, you will be able to utilize the percentage triangle to locate big bass for

If you follow tournament bass fishing, you're probably aware of Bryan Thrift. With 12 career FLW tournament wins, and 70 top-10 finishes, he's doubtlessly won of the most winning anglers in FLW tournament bass fishing history. Even with that impressive resume, Thrift acknowledges that he was intimidated by crankabaits early