Mar 7, 2024
Five Best Baits for Prespawn Bass
Spring is the most volatile time of year in bass fishing. Being effective this time of year, more than almost any other time, means being unbeholden to…
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Tackle & Equipment
Bass fishing tackle, lure, electronics, boat, and equipment guides for making informed choices.
Sep 28, 2023
Best Fish Finders Under $100
The budget fish finder is more or less a dying breed. The under-$100 fish finder is already extinct. There is no such thing left on the market, but if…
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Sep 28, 2023
Five Baits to Catch Bass in the Fall
Fall bass fishing can sometimes be feast or famine. It’s a time of year defined by aggressive fish and a certain amount of randomness. When you find…
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Jul 6, 2023
Summer Bass: 4 Tips to Catch Bass on Deep Crankbaits
Deep cranking is almost inarguably the most fun way to catch deep summertime bass. It’s a power fishing technique that can fire up a school and put…
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Jun 6, 2023
How To Install A Fish Finder
Mounting a fish finder on your bass boat is, surprisingly, not actually that difficult of a job. You can absolutely do this yourself. If you’re working…
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May 15, 2023
The Best Deep Diving Crankbaits
Summer is almost here, and with it will come big schools of bass getting down into the depths. Ever since it was popularized in the 2000s, deep cranking…
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Apr 11, 2023
How to Select the Right Gear Ratio Fishing Reel
What is a gear ratio? The gear ratio of a reel measures how many rotations of the reel’s spool are produced by one full turn of the reel’s handle. A…
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Apr 10, 2023
Everything You Need to Know About the Carolina Rig
The Carolina Rig is one of the oldest techniques in bass fishing. It’s been catching bass longer than most people reading this article have been alive,…
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Mar 29, 2023
Best Bass Lures for 2024
Updated for 2024 Part of our goal at BassBlog.org is to clear away the clutter (sometimes this is meant literally) and simplify bass fishing. If you’re…
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Feb 21, 2023
What Makes a Good Bass Jig – Featuring Chris Love of 911 Custom Lures
For the better part of the last decade, Chris Love has been making custom jigs as the founder of 911 Custom Lures. Over that time, he’s developed some…
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Feb 21, 2023
The Different Kinds of Bass Jigs and How to Fish Them
Jigs are some of the most popular bass baits in the world. This is not for no reason. They catch fish. Big tournament bass are most often caught on a…
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Aug 15, 2022
How to Pick The Right Jig Trailer
When I first started bass fishing, I was wary of learning how to fish a jig. They’re kind of inherently more complicated than a texas rig or shaky head…
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Aug 15, 2022
Best Summer Bass Fishing Baits
Summer is my absolute favorite time to catch bass. They group up in large numbers and days of huge numbers of fish aren’t uncommon if you can figure out…
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Jun 28, 2022
Best Batteries for Bass Boats and What You Need to Know.
Boat batteries are a pain in the ass. They’re heavy, expensive, and sometimes confusing devices that are certainly nowhere close to the fun part of bass…
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Feb 11, 2022
The Best Crankbaits for Every Season
Crankbaits can catch fish in all seasons if you have the right bait and the right…
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Feb 11, 2022
The Complete Bass Boat Buying Guide
Buying a boat is complicated and making an uninformed decision can be costly. Here is everything you need to know about bass boats before you enter the…
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Jul 26, 2021
The Best Baitcasting Reel and Spinning Reel for Under $100
A top of the line fishing reel in today’s market can run you over $500, which does very little to fight the perception that bass fishing is becoming a…
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Nov 6, 2020
Building the Budget Bass Boat
As the technological revolution in bass fishing continues to grow, so do the barriers to entry to a sport that was never meant to cost $50,000 to…
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Oct 7, 2020
Understanding the Different Spinnerbaits & Blades
If all the different customizable that exist within the world of spinnerbaits give you anxiety, you’re not alone. Between size, color, blade size, blade…
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Sep 14, 2020
How to Get the Best Deal on a Used Boat
The used boat market is a wild place. If you know what you’re looking for, you can make out like a bandit and get a great boat at a great price. If you…
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Jul 29, 2020
Fish Finder Buying Guide
Fishfinders, depth finders, sonar, electronics, units, whatever you want to call them, there’s no denying the impact innovation in the fishfinder market…
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Jul 7, 2020
Selecting the Right Fishing Line
Line might be one of the most boring topics in bass fishing, but anyone who has ever stuck a 10 pounder only to see it swim away with their bait and a…
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Jun 10, 2020
The Guide for The Perfect Marine Battery Box
Minn Kota – Best on the market Built-in power meter, 2 circuit breakers, 15amp accessory plug Newport Vessels Smart Battery Box Durable,…
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Jun 10, 2020
How to Select the Best Trolling Motor for your Bass Boat
There was once a time when a trolling motor was a relatively simple piece of equipment, but that time has come and gone. Like everything in the sport of…
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Jun 8, 2020
Beginner’s Guide to Crankbaits
The crankbait might be the most recognizable bait in bass fishing. It’s a hard bait, commonly made of hard plastic, but occasionally other materials,…
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May 19, 2020
5 Baits That Will Catch Bass in Any Pond
1. Wacky Rig Slap a hook into the middle of a stick worm and you’ve got an easy wacky rig setup. It’s the easiest bait around to fish and it is an…
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