Aaron Martens and David Swendseid from Duo Realis join The Bass University to talk about something they are both passionate about, designing effective hardbaits for catching bass. Duo Realis has been hard at work making hard baits that meet Aaron's exacting expectations of baits he fishes on

Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler Carl Jocumsen is in Tulsa, OK to talk about one of his favorite ways to target big bass, fishing with big swimbaits. Carl has been known to fish "keeper-sized" swimbaits (baits over 12" in length) in pursuit of giant bass. Watch this nearly 1 hour

Fishing for shallow smallmouth bass in the Summer is one of Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Seth Feider's favorite ways to catch bass. Seth explains that most anglers know to fish for smallmouth in the spring during the prespawn and spawning periods, but the bass that stay shallow throughout the summer

Do you like to frog fish? Are you ready to be an expert frog fisherman? A real big bass specialist, Ish Monroe has years of experience catching tournament-winning bass with a frog. Main Advanced Frog Fishing Topics 1:06 Ish Monroe's equipment for frog fishing (rod, reel, line size and type

JT Kenney loves to fish for big bass in the grass with a jig. Of course, not all jigs are the same, you don't throw a grass jig in the wood cover, or you can expect to lose that jig. By the same token, you don't tie on a regular

Gerald Swindle is one of our top instructors at The Bass University. His combination of fishing knowledge and wit make for an enjoyable learning experience. Gerald Swindle loves to fish a jig, particularly a ball head jig, but there are other great ways to catch bass. In

Major League Fishihng (MLF) Bass Pro Tour tournament angler James Watson was in Tulsa, OK to talk about "spoon jacking". Had James been able to keep his mouth shut, which he admits that he can't, he would have made a lot more money with this technique before letting the cat

Major League Fishing pro Jared Lintner loves punching grass mats for big bass. In this video, he's fishing Lake Seminole in the late winter/early spring. Learn the secret bass fishing tips, tactics and techniques for punching matted vegetation in this 30-minute seminar. 0:29 Some of Jared Lintner's favorite things

After the first Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour event, Jared Lintner heads out with Justin and Jeff for a couple of hours of punching mats and fishing a topwater bait on Lake Seminole. Jared spends some time hunting big bass in the grass with a Jackall

2016 Bassmaster Classic champion Edwin Evers was in Tulsa, OK in January to talk about something he and bass both love, the shad spawn. There are some things we don't exactly know about the shad spawn, but it's a magical time, when hungry bass gorge on easy prey. If you

Our most popular piece from the 2018 Bassmaster Classic was Munenori Kajiwara talking about Japan Import Tackle. Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick welcome Munenori back for the 2019 Bassmaster Classic with more imported Japanese secret baits for catching bass. Munenori bring everything from ultra-finesse, finesse fishing lures like you've never seen,

While some top-level bass fishing tournament trails have outlawed the umbrella rig, and some states have a limit of the number of baits that can have hooks, the umbrella rig (aka Alabama rig) is a great way to catch numbers of fish and trigger bites from big bass. The rig

 Ott Defoe joins the Bass University Live in March 2019 to talk about tournaments and big bass. Pete Gluszek and Ott Defoe field loads of questions from Bass University subscribers along with a new "Who Fished it Better" challenge.

Bryan Thrift returned to The Bass University in Gadsden, AL in January. Bryan Thrift is a top FLW bass tournament angler with over $2.5 million dollars in FLW tournament winnings. In this bass fishing class, Thrift is talking about finesse swimbaits. Learn how Thrift is going behind people and catching

MLF Bass Pro Tour commentator JT Kenney is in Florida to teach you how to punch matted vegetation for bass. Sometimes there's miles and miles of matted vegetation. Learn from multi-time tournament champion JT Kenney how to effectively fish the high percentage areas to catch some really big bass. JT

Former FLW tournament angler and 2019 MLF Bass Pro Tour commentator JT Kenney joins The Bass University on the water to talk about punching matted vegetation, which is one of his favorite ways to catch fish. In this 19-minute bass fishing class, JT Kenney goes through all the key concepts

Fred Roumbanis joined The Bass University in Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk about his top 5 favorite ways to finesse fish for bass. Fred is mostly knows as a power fisherman who loves going after big bass with frogs and swimbaits. He laments that not all tournament finishes "in the money"

Professional bass fishing tournament angler Ott Defoe joins the Bass University in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Most anglers think of larger baits when they think about swimbaits. Ott Defoe categorizes small swimbaits as a bait that is 4" or less, and they can be deadly for catching bass. Ott starts the seminar by

You want to learn how to select a crankbait for bass fishing? John Crews knows a lot about crankbaits from the Mann's 1-Minus, which runs just under the surface, to the Strike King 10XD which cranks down to

John Crews joins The Bass University in Kokomo, Indiana to talk about super deep diving crankbaits. Super deep cranking (reaching 17ft+) is a relatively new technique, thanks to baits like the Strike King 10XD Crankbait, designed by Phil Marks, who won some serious cash with

Main Swim Jig Fishing Topics 1:20 Swim jig fishing equipment recommendations from Mark Davis 4:15 Swim jig types 15:20 Shad spawn and why it's important for swim jig fishing 23:35 Fishing swim jigs deep 26:50 Swim jig fishing speed   Bassmaster Classic champion Mark Davis joins

Why does BASS tournament champion Justin Lucas love sight fishing for spawning bass? Justin talks about how he loves to target spawning bass for big tournament bags, partcularly in the early spring, and how this is a great time to win, particularly local 1-day tournament. He discusses the conditions to

Fred Roumbanis is with "The Dean" Pete Gluszek on the lunker-bass-filled Lake El Salto with Anglers Inn. Fred is out demonstrating different ways to fish his topwater frog Stanford Baits Boom Boom Hollow Body Frog. Walk-the-dog or side-to-side - Fred talks about the equipment

Legend of the Jordan Lee Comeback Jig Jordan Lee is the 2017 Bassmaster Classic champion, as we head into the 2018 Bassmaster Classic, Jordan shares details on the bait he used to make his comeback to champion, the Strike King J-Lee Comeback