If you follow tournament bass fishing, you know that a lot of tournaments are won fishing tailraces (the area just below a hydroelectric dam). You may wonder what attracts bass to this area, why bass are easier to target in tailraces, or how pros catch bass and win tournaments in

Two anglers who are successful fishing tournaments from the back of the boat, Justin Kimmel and Chad Smith join Pete Gluszek and Mike Iaconelli on Bass University Live to discuss winning tactics and strategies for fishing tournaments as a co-angler. Learn how to catch bass from the back of the

2019 Major League Fishing BPT angler Jeff Kriet returns to The Bass University in Tulsa, OK. In this 55-minute bass fishing class, 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 elusive bass

In today's bass fishing tournament scene, if you want to be competitive in various parts of the country, you need to be prepared to make adjustments on-the-fly. As conditions change, you need to be ready to switch tackle and tactics immediately. Learn how the younger generation fishing top-level bass tournaments

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

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. 

Bassmaster Elite Series angler Carl Jocumsen joins The Bass University on the water to talk about fishing big glide baits. Because of their size, some anglers are wary to throw these fish-catching baits. Learn the secret tips and tactics to gain confidence in throwing a big glide bait. Main Topics in

Matt Herren is a veteran of 126 BASS fishing tournaments. He's made 7 Bassmaster Classic appearances and finished in the money in 84 of his BASS tournaments. A lot of the money he's won in tournaments has come from fishing a jig. He joined The Bass University in Gadsden, AL

Bryan Thrift has won over $2.5M in professional bass fishing tournaments, primarily with the FLW Tour. He has 10 FLW wins and 63 top ten tournament finishes. A lot of his success has come from fishing various types of brush from brush under docks to offshore brush on humps and

A squarebill crankbait wins a lot of tournaments! They differ from traditional round-lipped diving crankbaits, for instance, most other crankbaits, if tossed into a laydown, are not coming back to you. So, while the squarebill is known for catching fish out of shoreline cover, Mark Zona is here to share

Gerald Swindle is a 2x Bassmaster Angler-of-the-Year who, in 2019, switched to fishing the MLF Bass Pro Tour. Gman lives on Guntersville and has spent a fair amount of time fishing for bass on ledges. In this informative and entertaining 1 hour and 8 minute bass fishing class, Gerald will

James Elam joined The Bass University in Tulsa, OK to talk about an important topic for everyone from the weekend angler to the top-level tournament pros, preparation. When you're out there fishing, you want to be able to concetrate on fishing, not mechanical or electrical issues on the boat, not

MLF Bass Pro Tour angler Brandon Coulter joined Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick live at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic for some questions and answers from Bass University subscribers. 5:43 Fishing rising water on the Tennessee River (the conditions of the 2019 Bassmaster Classic) 9:11 (2) of the most

Gerald Swindle places well in many tournaments, and often he's noted as having been "junk fishing" in the event. When you're not really "On 'em", but you need to catch 5 bass, that's when junk fishing can really come in handy. In this bass fishing class, you will learn:

Recent MLF Summit Cup champion Mike Iaconelli was in Edison NJ this winter to talk about one of the key concepts he's used in several of his top-level bass fishing tournament wins, that concept is "fishing the moment". Mike believes that there are times when your instincts tell you to

Fresh off a huge, emotional win with the FLW Tour on Lake Seminole, Brian Latimer joined The Bass University Live at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic. Brian talks about all the appreciation he has for the support and congratulations he's gotten in his professional tournament career. Brian also discusses his experience

 Ott Defoe joins the Bass University Live in March 2019 to talk about tournaments and big bass. Pete Gluszek and Ott Defoe field loads of questions from Bass University subscribers along with a new "Who Fished it Better" challenge.

Big Fish Bobby Lane talks about his 12th place finish at the fish MLF Bass Pro Tour bass fishing tournament in Florida. Justin Kimmel asks Bobby some questions about the format change and his approach to fishing this tournament. Bobby shares some of the baits he used to advance to

MLF Bass Pro Tour angler Jeff Kriet is one of our most popular instructors at the Bass University. His video classes on fishing a floating worm and winning winter fishing tournaments are some of our most popular releases from 2018.

After recording some pieces about spinnerbaiting in tannic water and punching matted vegetation in Florida, MLF Bass Pro Tour commentator JT Kenney sits down with The Bass University's Pete Gluszek around the campfire to talk about how JT Kenney got started in fishing. He shares

In January 2019, Missile Baits founder John Crews joined The Bass University in Edison, NJ to talk about the top 5 soft plastic baits and share some tips on fishing them. John starts off with some history of the soft plastic lure, including some of the pioneers, like Nick Creme,

MLF Bass Pro Tour angler Gerald Swindle joined The Bass University in Gadsden, AL the weekend of January 19th, 2019 to teach an hour-long in-depth class on flipping & pitching grass. Gerald Swindle, aside from being one of our most requested instructors, is a 2-time BASS Elite Series angler of the year,

For the new year, we've got some information that will help you start off 2019 on the right foot. We're re-releasing this special 1-piece digitally-remastered high definition version of the original "Positive Mental Attitude" (PMA) class by Gerald Swindle. Improve your bass fishing and improve your overall quality of life

Bassmaster angler of the year Brandon Palaniuk joined The Bass University in Lawrenceburg, IN to teach a class he called "Drop Shot 101". Brandon estimates that he's won about $300,000 in fishing a drop shot rig in bass fishing tournaments.  In this class, you will learn: What is a drop shot