Bassmaster

The Worldwide Authority on Bass Fishing

Bassmaster is the worldwide authority on bass fishing and the official publication of B.A.S.S. Our mission is to educate, inform and entertain bass anglers while promoting and enhancing the sport of bass fishing, remembering the legacy of our sport and spearheading trends for its future.

Bassmaster

When The Elements Win

In Our Next 20 Years

Dakota Ebare • Brookeland, Texas

Datebook

State Of The Nation

On The Tournament Trail

Bass City, USA - Paris, Tenn.

Best Fishing Times

Conservation

Mail Call

You Write The Caption

Facebook.com

Twitter Poll

What’s It Worth?

You Ask, Pro’s Answer

Bass Boating

Scientific Angle

Fish Hard, Fish Warm

Fine-Tuning Your Flipping • This tried-and-true technique is even more effective with gear and bait advances

River Rat Rules • Moving water creates a constantly changing habitat for bass. It also creates new angling opportunities by the second

A Modest Proposal • World records were once decided by the numbers on a scale. But in this DNA-driven world, things have gotten much more complicated

Defining: The Perfect Dock • There are thousands of boat docks on most lakes around the country. But what is it that makes one more fishable than another?

Swim Jiggin’ Slow and Low • If you aren’t fishing swim jigs in deep water, you may be missing the boat

Smash & Grab • While it may not seem like topwater time, it just might be

Brad Whatley • DOTL Challenge: Put a Bassmaster Elite Series pro on a small lakehe’s never seen before. Give him seven hours to locate and catch bass while we log his every move

Zlinking Down Southern Spawning Highways • Buddy Gross combines a baitcaster and a finesse bait to target game-changing early spawners down south

On Your Marks, Get Set • Intercepting bass on their way to spawning flats is a deadly method in March

Studs From Springtime Grass

Lunker Club

Westward, Paddlemen

The Games We Play