Zoom has made something special

(a twitch bait that hates to be twitched)

A four-pounder says fall is here

(what I'm throwing in September)

They fixed the urchin’s only flaw

(urchins just leveled up for anglers who fish the ugly cover)

I ranked all 10 pond features

(and applied them to a map)

What El Niño is about to do to your fall

(a farm-pond bass, a north wind, and a pattern worth watching)

Urchins are coming to a pond near you

(the weird new bait that took over ICAST 2026)

Use these bugs to your advantage

(the late July hatch that flips the whole food chain)

Fish tonight

(forget the green light, and fish at night this way)

Your lake is set to a clock

(5 different times. 5 different locations)

I hit the brakes for this

(no plans to fish, then I saw it ripping)

There's bass under that overpass

(20 roadside fishing spots)

Fuzzy craws = bass

(micro-movement is everything)

Find the service road, find the bass

(what's hiding in plain sight might surprise you)

Interstate ponds

(and other worst-kept secrets)

Bama, Cali, Florida, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia

(your favorite spots to fish from land)

Our readers gave up their secret spots

(bank fishing spots submitted by subscribers across the country)

It's time to put the jig down

(how a church retreat reminded me why I love this time of year)

Stop skipping this pond

(what's actually making that water black)

Get more out of every frog you throw

(what Jason Pittman does before a frog ever hits the water)

A black cloud near the bank isn't what you think

Bass won't bite?

(wait till night!)

Pond bass haven't seen this yet

(the rig that shines after the spawn)

Like fishing with live bait

(Berkley flew me in to demonstrate the next gen of Powerbait)

Bass not on their beds?

(try the pre-spawn highway)

Stop fighting March winds

(the wind knows where the bass are)