Discover how to catch more fall bass on topwater lures. Learn where to find schooling fish, which baits work best, and how to trigger explosive strikes.

We're targeting largemouth bass and potentially pike using the peeper frog top water lure. We're drifting over a vast weed flat, focusing on a specific point off the shoreline that we're hoping will ...

And, last week, two LSU-Shreveport teams earned berths in the 2026 Collegiate Bass Fishing championship presented by Bass Pro Shops after finishing in the top 10 in an Association of Collegiate ...

HINTON, W.Va. — Dark clouds hung low over the New River Gorge as I cast a top water lure to a stand of grass near the bank just down stream from Sandstone Falls. Fog in the air of the August morning ...

Freshwater anglers have lots of topwater options. In the bass game especially, those looking for surface eruptions can dip into practically any lure genre and find the perfect bait to call up a hog.

If a smallmouth bass striking a top-water lure is not the pinnacle of freshwater fishing, it's right up there. Unlike the typical submarine bite, which at best an angler only feels, a bass leaping ...

Word from the water is that top-water action for black bass is getting livelier now that it's autumn. A morning of first-light fishing at Beaver Lake found me searching the tackle box for just the ...

The lure with a funny name is serious business when it comes to catching fish in cold water. Jerk baits find favor among anglers when water temperatures dip below 50 degrees. These long, minnow-shaped ...

There’s simply no experience in fishing like a topwater strike. Whether it’s a violent eruption of water or a subtle “gulp,” the strike is what keeps anglers coming back. Besides the fact that ...

Chug Bug. Jitterbug. Hula Popper. Creek Chub Knuckle-Head. Zara Spook. They all have creative names and designs by the companies that manufacture them. They imitate every conceivable critter that ...

Targeting fall crappies can be surprisingly fun and effective. That's because they school up and get aggressive. Here's how to catch them.