On a beautiful fishing day with a 5ft swell, low tide at 2.8 and high tide at 3.4, I utilized two poles: one rigged with ...

These were the bass baits—and mindset shifts—that defined my 2025 season and helped me catch more and bigger largemouth bass.

For a shot at California's mega-croakers, head to the Channel Islands and sight-fish with soft-plastic fluke-style lures. The ...