An angler holding a big spring largemouth bass. Whenever I scroll through my photo gallery of big bass, I’m always struck by ...

The arrival of spring has brought some dramatic changes to our local waterways since my last column. Just a few short weeks ago, many of the lakes and ponds in our area were still locked up with ice.

Bass fishing starts off with a bang. Bass breed in spring, building beds, laying eggs and protecting their young. This is a famous time to find bass with a growing appetite as the water temperature ...

As the ice recedes, early spring bass movements are driven by a singular, urgent need to feed. This transition makes both largemouth and smallmouth bass particularly vulnerable to a “two-fisted” ...

Whenever I scroll through my photo gallery of big bass, I’m always struck by the fact that I catch my biggest bass of the year in spring. Now, it’s not a groundbreaking statement to say that spring is ...