Bryan Thrift has been winning tournaments with the original chatterbait, designed by Ron Davis, for well over a decade. After Z-man bought the rights and patents to the original chatterbait, Bryan has continued to fish them, because he has confidence that they are the best vibrating jigs on the market.

Sometimes there's not a clear-cut answer to when to fish one lure over the other, but, as Pete Gluszek shares in this on the water video, you can't fish what you don't have. Many anglers have put their spinnerbaits away, in favor of chatterbaits (or vibrating jigs), but hat could

Brett Hite won over $250,000 in bass fishing tournaments over a few weeks fishing a chatterbait (or vibrating jig) and has won over $400,000 total. In this bass fishing class seminar video, which was recorded in Florida, Brett Hite shares some of the tips on what he looks for in

Rip rap is traditionally what people call rocks, cynderblocks, chunks of concrete or any sort of stone-like material that's used to stop erosion around shorelines, bridge pilings, etc. They are also great habitat for bass! In this on the water bass fishing class video, Pete Gluszek will share tips for

Mike Iaconelli loves to fish for bass all summer, but there are days when it seems like it's too hot get a bite, no matter what you do. Thankfully, bass are predictable, and there just a few things that will determine where you will find bass, and they'll be in

Jeff Gustafson (aka Gussy) is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament with a couple of unique characteristics: he fishes from a Lund aluminum bass boat and he's from Ontario, Canada. Jeff fished in the Bassmaster Classic back in March on Lake Guntersville, and recently finished 12th at the St. Lawrence River where

Bassmaster Elite Series Shane Lineberger sits down for an interview with Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick in this video from the 2020 Bassmaster Classic. Shane is from Lake Norman, NC, which is a lake known for dock fishing. Watch as Shane share some tips for fishing a jig around docks

In this remastered bass fishing instructional class video seminar, Gerald Swindle, aka G-Man, is sharing with The Bass University students how the simple way of how to fish a jig. Gerald shares his approach to color selection, sizes, trailer selection, rod selection, reel speed, line choice, skirt materials and other considerations

2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Scott Canterbury was in Gadsden, AL in the winter to share his tips and tactics for fishing a swim jig. In this bass fishing instructional training seminar, Scott will help you learn how to fish a swim jig with confidence and help

In this episode of BU Vault, Jeff has fished up some juicy on the water swim jig tips with Mike and Pete. Learn about swim jig fishing, where it originated, great places and times to fish it, the tackle you'll need, selecting the right swim jig and customizing it out

Harvey Horne is a Bassmaster Elite Series angler, who, like many other professional anglers has the ultimate goal of lifting the Bassmaster Classic trophy one day. Harvey shares his history with past champions, fisihng the Federation and fishing the Opens. 1:06 Harvey Horne's Federation bass fishing tournament history and

FLW BFL champion and Bassmaster Elite Series rookie Wes Logan joins The Bass University in this interview to talk about his love for swim jig fishing. Learn when and where to fish a swim jig, what swim jigs that Wes Logan likes to fish, the trailers he uses and why

FLW Tour professional tournament bass fisherman Hunter Freeman joins Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick to talk about fishing deep water. 1:04 Fishing in deep water and finding the fish deep can be intimidating 3:30 Fishing deep with a Carolina rig 4:09 Deep is a relative term, learn

David Dudley is one of the winningest bass tournament anglers of all time, with over $4m in earnings, 9 pro level wins and 3 FLW AOY titles. In this bass fishing seminar, David shares his approach to simple color selection, and notes the handful of exceptions. Lurn about David's color

Derek Hudnall is fishing his sophomore season on The Bassmaster Elite Series. Derek did well in the 2019 season, but, due to a disqualification, he did not qualify for the 2020 Bassmaster Classic.  0:45 Pete Gluszek introduced Derek Hudnall and talks about how his 2019 DQ caused him to

Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour rookie and $3m FLW winner Bryan Thrift joined The Bass University in Kokomo, IN in the winter of 2020. Previously, Bryan conducted a seminar on Skipping Baits. In this video, Thrift wants to share some other tricks for fishing

Major League Fishing bass tournament pro and 2x Bassmaster Classic champion Jordan Lee is in Gadsden, AL with The Bass University to talk about fishing muddy water for bass in this bass fishing educational class seminar.  0:21 Why talk about fishing muddy water in Alabama? 1:11 Water temperature

BASS angler Brandon Palaniuk joins Mike Iaconelli and The Bass University to talk about the new Molix GT Football Jigs. Brandon talks about what features he looks for in a football jig and what makes this Molix jig well suited for bass fishing. Brandon

Luke Dunkin joins The Bass University on the Tennessee River in this bass fishing video to talk about fishing bluff banks. Luke believes that bluffs are a great spot to fish for bass throughout the entire year and he's here to share all the secret tips from his years of

In this bass fishing video, FLW bass fishing pro John Cox is sharing some secrets for success when fishing a swim jig. He shares what he thinks are: the best jig for swimming, the best trailer for swim jigs, the best 3 colors of jigs (and the trailer colors to

Scott Canterbury is a long-time FLW $1m+ winner, who joined the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2019. Scott had a great rookie year by finishing 2nd at Winyah Bay on his way to being named the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship tournament on

FLW veteran and Bassmaster Elite Series 2019 rookie Matt Arey sits down with The Bass University to talk about his near-win on Guntersville earlier in the season, and his 2 wins on the FLW tour. 0:15 Matt Arey's professional bass fishing career and how when it's your turn to win,

Bryan Thrift grew up skipping jigs under docks in North Carolina and took what he learned to launch his FLW career with a 2nd place finish in Texas, using those techniques. In this video, Bryan Thrift will teach you how to skip docks to catch more and bigger bass. Learn

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