Bassmaster Elite Pro Trey McKinney shares his top 3 picks of the best pre-spawn bass baits to help you get your season started with a trophy bass. / Kurt Mazurek I asked reigning Bassmaster Elite ...

Water temps are slowly rising across much of the south and many states are starting to see pre-spawn activity. In Alabama and Tennessee, bass are already cruising shallow areas gorging on bait to ...

Jerkbaits are one of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass all season long, but I’d argue they shine the brightest during the pre-spawn stage of the early season. Their ability to be worked at ...

Bass fishing is just plain fun. But what’s the most fun way to catch them? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I hoped I would ...

Today’s jerkbait rods get a lot more use than their predecessors did. Historically, serious bass anglers tended to fish jerkbaits only during a limited pre-spawn window, but now it’s considered a year ...

April is the most unanimously anticipated month of bass fishing for anglers in the U.S., from one end of the country to the other and as far north and south as you can go. Sure, there are times later ...

BRANSON, Mo. — If you like to get out and enjoy the outdoors, fishing is a great way to spend beautiful day in the Ozarks. That’s for sure. And it’s about the time of year to start game planning to ...

Early season, pre-spawn bass action can be phenomenal — by far the best of the year. But it’s not always that way, so veteran Northeast Florida anglers follow a well-thought-out game plan to tip ...

I asked reigning Bassmaster Elite Rookie of the Year, FXR pro, Trey McKinney to share the Top 3 baits he always has tied on during the pre-spawn. Following are McKinney's best bets for helping you ...

Of all the different ways to catch bass, jerkbaits like the Rapala X-Rap and Jackall Rerange dominate pre-spawn smallmouth fishing as one of my all-time favorites. / Photo by Mike Staggs Bass fishing ...