Bass Fishing

Teams launch at sunrise during an iKon Tailgate Tour qualifier, part of the 2026 grassroots bass tournament series offering $10,000 payouts and a championship boat prize.

The 2026 iKon Tailgate Tour features four Southeast qualifiers with $10,000 payouts and a no-entry-fee championship for non-pro anglers.

Bass Fishing

The 2026 iKon Tailgate Tour features four Southeast qualifiers with $10,000 payouts and a no-entry-fee championship for non-pro anglers.

Recent Articles

A jighead minnow may look simple, but subtle adjustments in casting distance, leader length, and rod action can dramatically improve landing percentage in the world of forward-facing sonar fishing.

Bass Fishing

Losing bass on a jighead minnow? These three subtle adjustments with casting distance, leader length, and rod action boost landing percentage.

Fishing in central Florida offered a reminder that timing, conditions, and local knowledge often matter more than reputation.

Destinations

A lifelong goal to fish Lake Okeechobee led to the same advice eight years apart: listen to conditions, not reputation, when chasing Florida bass.

Bass Fishing

A new neutral world championship brings Bassmaster and MLF anglers together to settle the debate over who’s truly the best in pro bass fishing.

Bass Fishing

The 2026 Bass Fishing Hall of Fame ballot highlights the many ways anglers, innovators, and trailblazers have shaped the sport’s legacy.

This collection of fishing lures are sure to be a hit with the forward facing sonar crowd.

Bass Fishing

The best fishing lures for forward-facing sonar users, featuring baits that show up clearly, stay visible, and trigger bites in real time.

Fans gather for the final weigh-in of the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series, setting the stage for a 2026 season shaped by schedule changes and new sonar limits.

Bass Fishing

The 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series begins with new forward-facing sonar limits, a diverse schedule, and unfamiliar challenges that could reshape the season.

The author reflects on the winning fishing lures that made a difference to his bass game success this past season.

Bass Fishing

A season recap of the bass baits and techniques that helped me fish smarter, slow down, and catch more and bigger largemouth bass in 2025.

Bass Fishing

Glidebait fishing can feel intimidating. One small shift finally built confidence—and led to a fish that changed everything. Here’s what made it click.

Freshwater

Small changes can transform your time on the water. Here’s how a few new simple fishing ideas brought balance, fun, and adventure back into my season.

Motocross and fishing may not seem connected—until you hear Malcolm Stewart’s story.

Bass Fishing

Motocross star Malcolm Stewart launches Rivell Fishing, a premium fishing apparel brand rooted in performance, individuality, and a lifelong passion for the water.

Here's the world's youngest bait shop owner, Easton.

Bass Fishing

A five-year-old builds a mobile bait shop with a lemonade stand—and offers a hopeful reminder of how passion and mentorship will shape fishing’s future.

From bass pro JT Kenney revealing what really triggers bass to spawn in Florida, to the truth about the best sunglasses, to an AI fishing app vs. a real bass pro, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention on Fishing on SI this past week.

Bass Fishing

JT Kenney revealing what really triggers bass to spawn in Florida; the truth about the best sunglasses; an AI fishing app vs. a real bass pro

The plan looked good on paper. Life on the road would decide.

Destinations

We designed a 30-day, 1,600-mile Florida fishing and camping road trip to test whether an electric RV could truly handle real-world outdoor travel.

Big streamers catching big smallmouth on the Lower Niagara River

Destinations

I went in skeptical., I didn’t expect much from the Lower Niagara. Fly fishing it for smallmouth bass, and staying in Lewiston, changed my mind completely.

I let an AI-powered fishing app plan my entire day on unfamiliar Florida water, then tested that plan on the water with a veteran bass pro. The results were surprisingly close.

Bass Fishing

An AI-powered fishing app built a full game plan in seconds. Then I put it to the test on the water with a veteran bass pro.

It's not a gradual warming trend and it's not the moon phase that triggers Florida’s biggest bass spawning waves. JT Kenney explains how to time the best fishing days of the year.

Bass Fishing

It's not a gradual warming trend or the moon phase that triggers Florida’s biggest bass spawning waves. JT Kenney explains how to time the best fishing days of the year.

Gear Reviews

We’re living in an all-electric RV for 30 days to see if electric camper life can truly support a fishing-first outdoor lifestyle.

Gear Reviews

Even the best polarized lenses fail when sunlight sneaks in from the side. Here’s why frame design—and side shields—make a difference.

Bass Fishing

Not sure what to buy the angler who has everything? These tested gift ideas—from sunglasses and whiskey to eBikes and cameras—go beyond fishing tackle.

Bass Fishing

Bass Pro Tour 2026 Schedule Lake Hartwell, How to Be a Bass Angler, Best Drop Shot Baits for Bass and How to Fish Them

Gear Reviews

It’s not flashy, but it matters. This simple first-aid kit covers the real problems fly anglers face—and makes a smart, thoughtful Christmas gift.

Bass Fishing

BPT Pro Wesley Strader shares his new perspective on tournament fishing, 5 bass casting techniques you should know, vertical jigging for winter bass

This Lure That’s Banned In Some Tournaments Can Catch You a Lot of Bass This Winter: Heavy Metal Lures for Winter Smallmouth; and How Ice Fishing Can Make You a Better Open Water Bass Anlger

Bass Fishing

How to catch winter bass on the A-rig; metal blade baits for winter Great Lakes smallmouth bass; ice fishing can teach you about catching more open water bass

Bass Fishing

Kevin VanDam Predicts the Future of the Sport of Bass Fishing, Tim Little's Personal Best Smallmouth Bass caught on Video, and Cold Water Buzzbait Tips from bass pro Casey Scanlon