Current breaks, channel swings, ledges or rapids are other areas where smallmouth bass can be found on rivers. Basically anywhere the current is being slowed down is a place you can catch smallmouths.

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 ...

We hit the water locked in on smallmouth bass. The structure looked perfect, the conditions were right, but the bronzebacks ...

Catching the biggest smallmouth bass ever on film using a glide bait in a landmark catch under perfect conditions.

As an elementary STEM teacher by trade, I spend a lot of time teaching my students about structural stability. After all, strong foundations lead to better results in the design process. In a way, ...

Thankfully, I live in the Northeast, a hotbed for smallmouth lakes, rivers, and streams. I’ve grown up catching these incredible fish and have chased them across the country in tournaments since. I’ve ...

It’s time for another edition of 18 Sports’ Big Fish Summer. Presented by the Elmira Pioneers, we showcase Kevin Earley’s ...

Be aware that we'll want something more than a claimed weight and a fuzzy photo. Entries should include the exact weight of the bass, the name of the angler and contact information, date of the catch, ...

In 1802 the noted French naturalist, Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède, made an honest mistake. The first volume of his recently published "Natural History of Fish" had ...

Decades of efforts to eradicate invasive smallmouth bass from a midsized Adirondack lake have led to a surprising result: The bass rapidly evolved to grow faster and invest more in early reproduction, ...

The smallmouth bass has established itself as America’s fish. Makes me proud to be an American since it has been my favorite fish for as long as I can remember. And it’s not just me saying it. That ...

Bresler Reservoir is one of the handful of manmade lakes in northwest Ohio that has walleyes stocked on an annual basis.