By his estimation, Justin Lucas has won between 25% - 33% of his tournament bass fishing money fishing a wacky rig. In this bass fishing instructional video seminar, Justin Lucas shares his favorite 3 ways to wacky rig a soft plastic worm or stick bait. He breaks down the tackle

Bed fishing is Jacob Powroznik's favorite time of for bass fishing. In this video, Powroznik talks about some of his favorite baits and colors for catching bass while sight fishing. He shares some tips about approaching bass and determining the big female's willingness to bite. He also breaks down studying

Seth Feider was in Canada to share some of his tips for catching big smallmouth on a soft plastic swimbait. Seth is known for putting the hammer down on 6lb+ smallmouth in Northern lakes, like Mille Lacs. In this bass fishing seminar class video, Seth talks about various ways he

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

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

Bass fishing tournament angler, fishing guide and YouTube fishing content creator Travis Manson (aka SmallmouthCrush) joined The Bass University to discuss tackle storage and tackle organization. 

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

John Murray was in Boxborough, MA a few years back to share some of his favorite lures and techniques for catching smallmouth bass. Some are "old school" techniques that he learned growing up, and they still catch fish. There are also the "new school" techniques that are more finesse-oriented. In

Gary Klein has decades of bass fishing experience, but he started with 1 spinning rod, a small tackle box and 3 lures. Over the years, he has learned new techniques and learned to employ new tools to aid his God-given ability to catch fish. In this bass fishing class seminar

2X Bassmaster Classic champion tournament bass fishing champion Jordan Lee returns to The Bass University in Gadsden, AL in the winter to talk about finesse swimbait fishing. This technique will catch largemouth, but it's outstanding for spotted bass and smallmouth. In this bass fishing master class video seminar, Jordan Lee

Recently Bass University was on Lake Norman with local angler Bryan Thrift. In this on the water bass fishing class, Bryan shares an awesome technique for hard-to-catch bass that are feeding on small forage. This is a situational/seasonal tip, but when it happens (and it often does in the fall),

Ott Defoe is known for winning tournaments fishing in the river, including accessing some hard-to-reach places with a jet boat. There are several variables to consider when fishing for bass in a river system. Lots of rivers have navigational hazards, and flow rates and rain can change the depth quickly, which

In this 1 hour + master class from a true jerkbait fishing master, Kevin VanDam breaks down everything you need to know to go from zero to hero as a jerkbait bass angler. This is truly a gold mine of information for either someone looking to get started with, or

Kevin VanDam prefers to use heavier-than-average weights when it comes to fishing tubes and finesse swimbaits. Like everything else within his finesse fishing arsenal, Kevin's approach is to make more casts, create contact with the cover and generate reaction strikes from larger bass. Tubes and Finesse Swimbaits work almost anywhere

Kevin VanDam attributes a lot of his success in bass fishing to being efficient and covering water. With advancements in electronics, fishing pressure and fishing against some of the top anglers in the world, Kevin knows that there are times when traditional power techniques are simply not going to trigger

On an exciting final day, filled with 4lb.+ smallmouth bass, Brandon Palaniuk hit the scales with 21lbs. 6oz. of bass to displace the previous day leader to take home the Bassmaster Elite Series trophy from the Lake Champlain bass fishing tournament. Hear all about how Palaniuk caught his fish in

Andrew Upshaw scored 2 big wins in his tournament career in 2019, he won a pro circuit event on Charokee Lake and a FLW Series Championship on Lake Cumberland. In both events he targeted primarily smallmouth bass, but he employed a different approach for his Cherokee Lake win in the spring and

James Watson loves the post spawn and summer seasons for bass fishing. Admittedly, pre spawn is not his strongest season, but he has some bass fishing tips for that time too. In this bass fishing educational & instructional seminar class video, James shares lots of fishing tips for selecting locations

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

John Murray started as a West coast angler and moved to TVA lakes in Tennessee. Through his tournament bass fishing career, he's fished all over the country and found that crankbaits will catch them anywhere, but not always the same crankbaits, same colors, same angles or same retrieves. Check out

In this episode of The Bass University Live, hosted by Pete Gluszek, Greg Dipalma and Rizz, the topic is spawning smallmouth. Bassmaster Elite Series tournament anglers Chad Pipkens and Garrett Paquette, along with the hosts all have extensive experience, especially in northern fisheries, locating and catching smallmouth bass on beds.

Ryan Salzman is an FLW bass fishing tournament pro and a full-time guide on Lake Guntersville in Alabama. Ryan is also the owner of True Bass Swimbaits. In this video, Ryan sits down with Pete Gluszek at the 2020 Bassmaster Classic to talk

7-Time Forrest Wood Cup qualifier Stetson Blaylock joined The Bass University in Tulsa, OK in early 2020 to talk about fishing wacky rigs. Unlike many pros, Stetson Blaylock admits that most of his winnings have come on a spinning rod, and his love of fishing a wacky rig is part

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