This story, “The Last Big Bass: Old Fighter,” appeared in the October 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. The river was quiet. An owl had been calling earlier in the evening, but now it was close to midnight, ...

Although throwing topwater baits is exciting, expecting those explosive blow-ups, reaction baits with better hook-up ratios will put more fish in your boat during Tennessee River reservoir shad-spawns ...

In an early May Bass Pro Tour tournament on the Tennessee River, Major League Fishing pro David Walker explained the importance of playing your cards right when a shad-spawn bite goes bust, switching ...

When the blistering summer sun settles over Scurry and Borden counties, piscatorial titans to shock the imagination go on the prowl on lakes across Texas. Lake J.B. Thomas is an especially dangerous ...

Travis Harrell (right) with the new Flint River record striped bass and his dad (left), who taught him everything he knows about striper fishing. Georgia angler Travis Harrell made a long, 150-foot ...

The bass fishing world this week lost a popular pro angler who was influential in the popularization of modern techniques. Dion Hibdon, son of a famous Lake of the Ozarks clan of anglers, passed away ...