Mike McClelland is well-known as a jerkbait fisherman. Growing up, he liked to tinker with Smithwick Rogues and other jerkbaits of the time, adding weight, changing hooks and split rings to get the right buoyancy and action. Since that time, Mike has designed a series of (4) SPRO

Tod Castledine found an old bait that he made 1 cast with, then cut it off and forgot about it. Later, he smoked them with it, even though it was an "awful color". Now that bait is available from Strike King. It looks like a crankbait, and it's technically a

In this remastered bass fishing video, George Cochran is recently retired and spilling the beans on the baits that he has confidence in. Sponsors aside, these are the baits, rods & line that George Cochran would buy from the store because they catch fish. Lots of companies make good baits,

Caleb Sumrall is back on the water with The Bass University cameras to talk about flipping and pitching Texas rigs (and to a little bit on jigs). Caleb believes there are 3 key factors when choosing your soft plastic, hook & weight: water clarity, fish activity and forage. In this

Mike Iaconelli is back for part 2 of the "Take it to the Bank" bank bass fishing series of classes. In this segment, Mike talks about packing your tackle to be light and mobile, but having everything you absolutely need to catch bass from the top of the water column

Lee Livesay caught some giant bass fishing a big walking topwater bait this year on Lake Fork. Lee has a lot of reasons to love fishing a topwater, but it's not JUST that the bites are exciting and the fish are often big. Watch this on the water bass fishing

Bassmaster Elite Series angler Caleb Sumrall is on the water with The Bass University comparing and contrasting the swim jig and the chatterbait. Learn which conditions are better for each lures, the best colors for time of year and conditions and when to alternate between the baits. Caleb also shares

Lee Livesay goes out on the water with The Bass University TV. Today's topic is topwater frog fishing. Lee will share information on all the tackle he uses, the areas he fishes and places that are often overlooked. Lee begins by talking about various shapes, sizes and colors of topwater

Fred Roumbanis likes to put his trolling motor on 60-80% and just go all day. Covering water is key and he likes to fish fast. Lots of guys cover water with search baits like crankbaits. Fred believes that a swim jig offers a fast-moving bait with a single hook that

NPFL host Luke Dunkin met up with Pete Gluszek to talk about fishing flooded conditions, specifically with a topwater frog. Pete and Luke discuss some of the finer points of why a frog is a great choice in flooded conditions, color selection, and not missing fish on the strike. Speaking

Hair jigs were a go-to bait for Northern bass anglers, particularly smallmouth in cold water, but was somewhat forgotten about for years. Hair jigs, marabou jigs and bucktail jigs burst back onto the season several years ago, and now they are a prominent fixture again, particularly as the ice begins

Are you ready to find bass on a new body of water with a crankbait? Brandon Palaniuk loves using crankbaits as a search tool. In this bass fishing class seminar video, Palaniuk breaks down some maps to demonstrate areas where bass should setup (and places you should look) during different

Recent bass fishing tournament champion Mike Iaconelli joins The Bass University to talk about 2 topics regularly asked about by Bass University students: color dyes and scent. Two really common questions from students are "Does color really matter to bass?" and "Does scent really matter to bass?". The answer to

Big fish Bobby Lane loves to fish for bass buzzing frogs & toads. In this bass fishing seminar class video, Bobby talks about his 2 favorite soft plastic frogs, and 2 favorite rigging methods. He breaks down the tackle that he uses for each bait and technique, as well as areas where

Pete Gluszek loves to fish soft plastic stick baits, and his paramount confidence bait is a Yamamoto Senko. In this remastered bass fishing class video seminar, "The Dean of The Bass University" shares some of his favorite rigging techniques, what makes the Yamamoto senko special, tackle for

Buddy Gross is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler who uses 3 major brands of electronics on his bass boat. In this bass fishing video class seminar, Buddy shares what features are superior from each manufacturer (Humminbird, Lowrance & Garmin). He goes on to share settings and techniques that get

Shaw Grigsby has been known for many techniques over his career. While he's won tournaments punching mats, and sight fishing, and while he loves topwater frog fishing, the technique that flat out catches fish for him is dropshotting. Primarily braid to light fluorocarbon on spinning tackle is Shaw's setup of

Squarebills (sometimes written square bills) are a great treble hook bait to deflect off cover (and there aren't a lot of those). In this remastered bass fishing seminar class video, Kevin Short provides a great overview of when, where and how to fish plastic and balsa wood squarebill crankbaits. K-Pink shares

Jeff 'Gussy' Gustafson is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishing angler who hails from The Great White North. He's spent most of his life in pursuit of bronzebacks, and his bass fishing experience has translated into solid tournament success as a pro at the top level for nearly a decade.

In this remastered bass fishing class seminar, George Cochran was recently-retired and ready to share all the fish-catching secrets. George is begins by talking about the tackle that he uses for fishing wacky worms, and he shares that it's not exactly conventional by today's fishing standards. This seminar focuses mainly

In this first installment of a 3 part series on bank fishing, Mike Iaconelli talks about preparing for a bank fishing trip. There's a lot of great bass fishing to do from the shore, but, for a boat owner, you'll often need to pare down your equipment to make it

In this remastered bass fishing video class seminar, Fred Roumbanis talks about the two ways he fishes grass mats. Frogging for attacking the surface of the mats and punching for getting a bait under the thicker mats. Fred breaks down the baits, colors and tackle he uses for each technique

Harvey Horne attrinutes a lot of his bass fishing tournament success to fishing a swing head jig or hard head football jighead. In this bass fishing class seminar, Harvey takes a seasonal approach to baits and tackle for this technique, and ends his seminar by answering student questions about: the advantages

Like many bass anglers, topwater bass fishing is Jacob Wheeler's favorite way to catch bass. It's exciting and it wins tournaments. In this remastered bass fishing class seminar video, Jacob Wheeler walks you through his 4 favorite topwater bass fishing baits, the tackle he uses to fish each, the times