Following the last couple of weeks where extreme low nighttime temperatures has caused water temps to dip into the low 40s, ...

Posted: October 21, 2025 | Last updated: October 21, 2025 Today I'd like to show you a perfect and easy way to rig up a plastic shad.

When water temperatures drop and schools of shad grow scarce, bass enthusiasts targeting the heaviest fish switch to an umbrella rig that imitates a small cloud of shad to turn the bite on. The best ...

To catch boatloads of big Tennessee River bass during a shad spawn, Major League Fishing Pro David Walker spends his mornings casting reaction baits and finesse rigs at freshwater mussel beds on the ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

Jerk baits, Alabama rigs, crank baits or jig and pigs are good lure choices for black bass, said Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Work them along rock or gravel points and rocky banks.

The last two weeks’ articles have touched on how extremely focused Belton Lake’s gamefish are right now on pursuing and consuming the small, young-of the-year shad which are so abundant following this ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Mike Webb, Bass Pro Shops sponsored angler and owner of Webb’s Guide Service, shares a look at fishing on area lakes. The water temps have not changed much this week. The most ...

Water level is 6.47 feet low and stained. Water temperature in the upper 60s. Fishing guide Brian Branum says bass fishing has been good. Fish are being caught shallow and deep. Some are spawning, ...

As air and water temps drop, both you and the bass will slow down. It won’t be long before we’ll be looking for ice to punch holes in. You can also take advantage of the fact that by now most anglers ...