Lake Erie, Dale Hollow Lake, and the St. Lawrence River are just a few locations in the U.S. that grow giant smallmouth. These are iconic places to fish, but to truly be effective on those waters, you ...

Today we're out on the water with Enzo out on Lake Eerie's eastern basin at 5am, trolling for smallmouth bass. We're trolling with the misty minnows, which are realistically shaped crankbait minnows.

Last July I missed opening smallmouth bass day due to terrible weather, though this video more than makes up for it. The water is nice and calm, and super clear here on Lake Erie. I'm fishing in about ...

The Juniata River, flanked by trees glowing in neon reds, yellows and greens, flowed low and slow last Wednesday morning, with a light mist rising from the water’s surface. It was the day before ...

When most people think of topwater smallmouth takes, they envision something violent: A slashing blow and shot of whitewater spraying into the air. Hits like that get the blood pumping for sure, but I ...

Smallmouths are simple homebodies, really. Though you may have found them difficult to catch just a month or two ago, they were there. Likely they were in the deeper water, sulking on the bottom until ...

This story is adapted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has enacted an emergency ...

CLEARWATER COUNTY, Idaho — While many Idaho anglers may have spent the recent cold December days ice fishing or looking for winter steelhead, Joey Walton was chasing a record for smallmouth bass.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana officials approved a rule that requires anglers to kill and report any smallmouth bass ...