One of the techniques bass fishing pro Fred Roumbanis is known for is fishing swimbaits. "Boom Boom" as he's also known, made a name for himself as a swimbait fisherman by popularizing the discontinued Bass Pro Shops XPS swimbait by finishing second with it in a Western Open, then catching over

In the Spring of 2020, we started publishing our new series called the BUcket List, where we visit top bass fishing destinations with professional tournament anglers and talk with local guides. In this bonus footage, program director Justin Kimmel and "The Dean" Pete Gluszek are out on Chickamauga taking in

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

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

The Bass University is back on the water with Rob Jordan to talk about fishing hard herring swimbaits on lakes with blueback herring. If you want to catch some of the biggest spotted bass of your life and you live on a blueback herring lake (Clarks Hill, Smith Lake, Chatuge,

Matt Arey is a 12-year FLW pro that moved to the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2019 and qualified for the Bassmaster Classic in his first year on tour. Matt has a 1-2 punch approach to having big females show themselves and using another bait to get them to commit, if

On this episde of The Bass University On the Water from Lake Lanier, we are joined by Rob Jordan, who wants to share some tips for fishing underspins and swimbaits in the late winter and early spring for spotted bass. 0:18 Rob Jordan's 1-2 punch for catching big spotted

Ish Monroe loves fishing for big spawning bass. Ish famously won a tournament on Lake Amistand fishing beds. In that tournament, he caught over 100lbs. of bass in a 4-day Bassmaster event, primarily fishing a giant tube to go after the big spawning females. In this bass fishing instructional class

In this video, MLF bass fishing pro Fred Roumbanis joins Pete Gluszek to talk about the latest braided line developments from Cortland and share some tips for fishing a swimbait, including his ideal conditions for fishing them in open water and for fishing them around cover.  2:10 Fred Roumbanis's

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

2019 Major League Fishing BPT angler Jeff Kriet returns to The Bass University in Tulsa, OK. In this 55-minute bass fishing class seminar video, Jeff Kriet will discuss the finer details of a topic that frightens many bass anglers, fishing for suspended bass. Learn how to locate and catch these

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

4-time FLW angler of the year David Dudley sits down with Pete Gluszek for a Bass Univeristy TV interview. In this year's highly successful season, David fished the swimbait a lot. Learn some tips and tricks for fishing a swimbait and how not to prefish in this 30 minute interview. 

Brandon Palaniuk spent 3 years with Arashi developing a much more affordable glide bait (sub $40) that also met his strict specifications. Learn about this new bait, which is available for pre-order as of the time of this writing, and how to fish glide baits for bass. 0:57

Chris Zaldain did well fishing Megabass Magdraft Swimbaits at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic, in fact, he weighed in the biggest bag of the week. The Magdraft is intended to get tournament-winning bites, it starts at 6 inches and goes up to 10".  Learn lots of tips for

MLF Bass Pro Tour professional bass fishing tournament angler Fred Roumbanis joined Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick live at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic. 5:00 Fred Roumbanis introduces the Optimum Boom Boom Line-Thru Swimbait and talks about what makes it special and the sizes that

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

When Jeff Kriet talks about fishing cold water, he's not talking about 52 degrees, when most people go to a jerkbait and maybe put down their topwaters. He's talking about really cold, like dead-of-winter cold. Just because you get a warm spell, doesn't mean that the water isn't still 39

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

Greg Dipalma co-hosts this episode of The Bass University Live with Pete Gluszek. Carl Jocumsen and Bub Tosh also join the show to talk about fall transition baits.

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