When it first showed up on the scene, the Alabama rig (aka umbrella rig, aka the chandelier) would catch them pretty much anywhere you threw it. As it's aged, it's fallen into it's own niche. There are great times to throw this rig where/when it will catch them far better

A consistent FLW top 10 finisher for years, and 2019 MLF Bass Pro Tour angler, Cody Meyer is also once held the world record for spotted bass at 10.8lbs. In this video, Cody joins The Bass University to talk about fishing clear water. 3:37 Fishing clear water can be

2019 FLW Cup Champion Bryan Thrift is on the water to talk about effectively using your marine electronics to locate, mark and catch bass. Bryan takes you through how he uses side-scan, down-scan and 360 scan for fishing offshore, which he dedicates a lot of his tournament time to doing.

Gerald Swindle is back on Lake Guntersville with The Bass University to talk about offshore structure fishing. Ride along as Gerald looks for some bass schools on offshore structure and targets them with a Rapala DT Series Crankbait. 0:33 Color selection on ledge fishing

Carl Jocumsen has spent a load of time working with his Humminbird and Minn Kota electronics to be able to get spot-locked or shallow water anchored on a great spot and milk it for all it's worth. He demonstrated this with the biggest catch in our 

iCast 2019, the biggest sport fishing tradeshow in the world, wrapped up last week. Mike Iaconelli, Pete Gluszek and Brian "The Carpenter" from Ike Live discuss some of the best bass fishing tackle from the show. Check out the iCast 2019 Bass University awards: 9:04 The year of

Pete Gluszek is the Dean of The Bass University, and in 2019, he was in Columbus, OH to teach a bass fishing class titled "Fishing on the Edge", which is also the title of another angler's autobiography. In this class, Pete talks about the best times to fish edges, baits

Miles Burghoff (aka "Sonar"), a 2019 FLW Tour pro and Bass University alumni, joins Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick. Miles, as of April 29th, 2019, is leading the FLW Tour points race, having finished in the top 50 in all 5 events, to-date. One thing Miles is known for is

Carl Jocumsen is on the Harris Chain in Florida in January. He's going to go over how he uses his Humminbird Solix electronics to locate offshore grass clumps, which is how he finished well in the first Bassmaster Open of 2019. 0:35 Sonar transducer and display setup 1:48

Jamie Hartman is back with The Bass University to talk about fishing finesse jigs. A finesse jig is a very versatile bait that catches a lot of fish. Whether it's a smallmouth, largemouth or spotted bass, they will all bite a finesse jig. If you're looking for a great alternative

Pete Gluszek is on the water with a Humminbird 998c to talk about using sonar electronics on your boat. Electronics is one of our most requested fishing eductional topics and Pete is here to ensure you're up-to-speed on how to use these units as your "eyes under the water" to

Previously, bass fishing tournament angler Paul Mueller located some areas of interest in Finesse Swimbait Fishing & Sonar Electronics. In this video, he's up on the deck and fishing for some of the smallmouth bass that he's located with his electronics. This on the water

Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishing pro Paul Mueller joins The Bass Univeristy on the water to talk about finesse swimbait fishing. Paul Mueller is the 2014 BASS Nation National Champion and 2-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier and he loves cold water finesse fishing. Main Finesse Swimbait Fishing Topics 0:45 Swimbait

John Crews is on a new lake that has no contour map. He's going to show you how he uses his electronics to determine the structure/contours and begin to identify the available cover. This particular lake is deep and clear and appears to have characteristics of a quarry lake. Because

Mark Zona is on the water for the first time with The Bass University TV. He's here to share secrets about something he spends hours doing almost every time out, and that's "finding the juice" using his Humminbird Helix 10 sonar and side imaging electronics. After locating and marking waypoints

Bassmaster Elite Series professional tournament angler and Oklahoma St. University Alumnus James Elam joined The Bass University in Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk about fishing mid-depth. Elam starts off this 50-minute bass fishing video with a primer on the general mentality of fising, general rules or guidelines to keep in mind to both

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

Not all bass do the same thing all the time. You can catch a bass on a topwater near the bank, then drive out to 50 feet and catch another one. Bass do have a tendancy to migrate toward deeper water at certain times of the year and that's what

Bassmaster Classic bass fishing tournament champion Mark Davis joins The Bass University in Gadsden, Alabama to talk about deep water structure fishing. Some anglers get structure and cover confused. Structure is the bottom contour, the makeup of the bottom, which can best be represented with contour lines on a map.

Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishermen Jamie Hartman joins The Bass University in Lawrenceburg, Indiana to talk about fishing offshore. Jamie Hartman is the type of angler that doesn't want to be up on the shore, beating the banks for bass. He'd rather be offshore on the humps, breaks and

Bass University instructor, Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler and Lowrance Pro Staff member Jamie Hartman is on the water talking about using Lowrance sonar electronics. In this video, Jamie will teach you how to setup your Lowrance for video game fishing, catching fish real-time that are directly under your boat.

2017 Bassmaster Classic champion Jordan Lee joins The Bass University in his first fishing instructional seminar video, recorded in Tulsa, OK in early 2018. In this video, Jordan Lee will discuss using the latest sonar/gps electronics. Jordan starts with talking about his preferred electronics setup and configuration for sonar, gps

This Bass University Live was recorded August 16th, 2017 with special guests Kurt Dove and 2017 FLW Outdoors Forrest Wood Cup Champion Justin Atkins, who caught nearly 60lbs. using a Ima Little Stik to win the tournament at Lake Murray. Justin

With 9 wins and $2m+ in bass fishing tournament winnings on the FLW tour, Bryan Thrift knows a thing a or two about how to win fishing tournaments and it starts with great preparation and efficient practice time. In this 40-minute video, Bryan breaks down how he begins to research a