Yesterday, we released James Watson's interview on spoon jackin', as he joked, he's known for one other thing, fishing a Whopper Plopper. In this 37-minute bass fishing class, James Watson is here to share seasonal secrets for fishing a Whopper Plopper (and other topwater baits). He talks about where to

Bassmaster Elite Series angler Matt Herren returned to The Bass University in Gadsden, AL to discuss a old school bait, that many anglers have put away, and many young anglers have never thrown. Proven fish-catchers, balsa baits have often been displaced by plastic-bodied plugs in the modern tackle box. Learn

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

Jacob Powroznik is on the water, thick in some matted vegetation, with The Bass University. In this 12-minute bass fishing class, Jacob will teach you how to fish a topwater frog in the mats. 0:26 Forg fishing or flipping mats on a tidal river system 1:39 Jacob's summer

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

Do you like to frog fish? Are you ready to be an expert frog fisherman? A real big bass specialist, Ish Monroe has years of experience catching tournament-winning bass with a frog. Main Advanced Frog Fishing Topics 1:06 Ish Monroe's equipment for frog fishing (rod, reel, line size and type

After the first Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour event, Jared Lintner heads out with Justin and Jeff for a couple of hours of punching mats and fishing a topwater bait on Lake Seminole. Jared spends some time hunting big bass in the grass with a Jackall

JT Kenney is on the water in Florida to show you how to fish (and not over-fish) a topwater prop bait around grass mats in Florida.  0:40 How JT Kenney likes to fish a topwater prop bait - locations and technique 5:17 Close up on the bait on

MLF Bass Pro Tour color commentator JT Kenney is with the Bass University during the winter on a lake in Florida. JT wants to share some important information about catching bass on topwater baits, specifically prop baits, while the bass are spawning. 0:27 The mistake that most people make fishing

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

Mark Zona is back on the water to talk about fishing topwater poppers, like Strike King HC KVD Splash Popper and pencil baits (walk-the-dog-style baits) like Strike King KVD Sexy Dawg. He talks about how he utilizes each bait during

 Mark Zona return to The Bass University on the water to talk about when to use a walking pencil-style topwater bait (like the Megabass Dog-X Diamante) vs a topwater chugger or popper (like a Strike King HC KVD Splash Popper).

Bassmaster Elite Series bass tournament angler and smallmouth expert Seth Feider joins Pete Gluszek and The Bass University at ICAST 2018. Seth talks about some smallmouth secrets, like what conditions to expect to find smallmouth up shallow and looking for food. Pete and Seth talk about their success or lack

Main Topics in this Winning Bass Tournaments Class 1:15 Approaching a lake 4:20 The tournament-winning 1-2 punch 10:10 Spring examples 11:00 Summer examples 12:15 Fall examples 14:50 Winter examples 17:20 Multi-species lakes 19:05 Fishing resident fish vs. pattern fish 24:20 Weather

Be Successful Topwater Frog Fishing 2:05 Fred Roumbanis's froggin' equipment 10:05 Boom booms frog 15:20 Frog fishing season 27:20 Retrieve for topwater frog fishing  36:05 Frog color choices 43:00 Topwater frog fishing question & answer For Fred Roumbanis, throwing a frog is a confidence

Pete Gluszek is joined by Munenori Kajiwara from Japan Import Tackle and Pat Renwick from Stray Casts. Munenori is also captain of the Japan ice fishing national team, a carp angler, and more. Munenori talks about the top 3 fish-catching baits from Japan with results from January 2018. The first

Fred Roumbanis is with "The Dean" Pete Gluszek on the lunker-bass-filled Lake El Salto with Anglers Inn. Fred is out demonstrating different ways to fish his topwater frog Stanford Baits Boom Boom Hollow Body Frog. Walk-the-dog or side-to-side - Fred talks about the equipment

Fred "Boom Boom" Roumbanis & Pete Gluszek our out on big bass paradise, El Salto with Anglers Inn talking about fishing topwater frogs. Fred and Pete talk about how you don't have to fish a frog just in cases where you feel like bass are eating frogs. This is important

Pete "The Dean of the Bass University" Gluszek is on the water to talk about the Storm Arashi Cover Pop Topwater Popper. Fishing at dusk is a great time to for topwater lures and Pete demonstrates 2 different ways to fish the bait to

Bassmaster Elite Series angler Bobby Lane is back to talk about a bait he helped design for Berkley called the Berkley Powerbait Rib Toad. Bobby previously talked about the tackle he uses to fish the Rib Toad. In this

Bobby Lane is a Elite Series professional bass tournament angler and first-time on-the-water Bass University instructor. Bobby has won well over $1m in BASS tournaments, including an Elite Series win. He's also made 10 Bassmaster Classic appearances, as of the time of this writing. An impressive resume. On top of

Here to talk about the Forrest Wood Cup winning bait, Ima Little Stik Topwater Bait, which tournament tour rookie Justin Atkins used at Lake Murray, is bass fishing tournament angler Kurt Dove. Atkins was using a chrome & blue (the American Shad color) of this bait. Kurt

Every day, James Watson, BASS and FLW professional tournament angler, strives to be a better angler. He is known, in part, for his tournament success with the topwater phenomenon the River2Sea Whopper Plopper. He is constantly learning and in this 50-minute topwater bass fishing instructional video, he

FLW bass fishing tournament pro, Open champion and 2-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier Wesley Strader presents a 32-minute in-depth seminar on fishing buzzbaits. Fishing topwater lures is exciting, and fishing buzzbaits is one of the most exciting ways to fish topwaters. If you love to see explosive strikes from aggressive fish,