There’s a reason former Field & Stream Fishing Editor, A.J. McClane called the river smallmouth “the greatest freshwater gamefish of all.” If you’ve come under this fish’s spell in its river ...

Hello folks, this week we come at you from the freshwaters of Lake St. Clair, positioned between Detroit and Windsor Canada. Today we're baited up with crankbaits and monolfilament fishing line, while ...

From about as far back as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed a fascination with hard-body fishing lures. Some call them plugs, while others know them as crankbaits. Regardless of the nomenclature, the ...

Hello folks, this week we're coming at you from within the waters of Lake Eerie where we waded out into the shoreline, waist ...

The 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake St. Clair in Michigan revealed three standout finesse lures. It’s a late-summer event on a giant, basically flat, relatively featureless Lake St Clair.

When it comes to catching bass, crankbaits deserve a treasured spot in every anglers tackle tray. Lifelike in all attributes, including size, profile, sound, swimming action, and colour, the crankbait ...

ISLE, Minn. - Mike Verdeja whips his Shadow Rap crankbait to the edge of a submerged rock pile on Mille Lacs Lake. Another smallmouth bass slams it. “Little guy,” says Verdeja, a Mille Lacs fishing ...

At Conchas Lake, Jim Scaggs caught 14 largemouth bass using a crankbait on May 3. … Jared Fishburn caught seven smallmouth bass using spinnerbaits on April 27. JR Chapman caught four trout at ...

For novice anglers, the crankbait is an excellent entry point into the world of bass fishing. The crankbait is easy to use and easy to master. You can use it in all weather, in most waters and, ...