There is a traditional bass fishing theorem that asserts the biggest bass are caught in the spring of the year. As the old timers used to say, springtime is when the big sows come up shallow to spawn. Indeed, the bedding season has produced many record-breaking catches in tournaments through
In the world of tournament bass fishing, the month of January is synonymous with Florida. For many years, a majority of the fishing tours and circuits held their season openers in Florida. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, professional anglers spent the month of January in the Sunshine State,
Two thousand twenty-six has arrived. It’s time to go fishing in the new year, but the pond is cold! Really cold. Maybe even solid cold. There is no denying it, January is straight up winter across much of the country. For the next month, most bass anglers will be
With the holidays upon us, Deep Dive is giving back in 2026 with the advent of the Deep Dive Contingency Program. It’s a little extra “Ho, Ho, Ho!” in the form of Deep Dive dollars for high school anglers, college anglers, and regional team trail anglers in the new
The Rise of Technology in Tournament Bass Fishing Ever since forward-facing sonar turned the sport of professional bass fishing up on its transom, tournament-fishing leagues have become more vigilant about the amount of technology flowing into bass tournaments. With the acceleration of Artificial Intelligence and the development of apps that
Bass are conditioned creatures. Many times, their desire to feed is stimulated by some larger change in their environment. As an angler, if you can predict or detect that change ahead of time, you can be at the right place at the right time to take advantage of that stimulus.
The month of December is the final transition from the last of the fall season into true winter. Up until this point, water temperatures have been steadily declining from the 70s into the 60s. Now, more intense fronts of winter will squash water temperatures into the low 50s and over
Current is one of the last great secrets in bass fishing. Current is mysterious, ambiguous, and hard to quantify, yet it plays such a strong role in bass behavior, especially in power-generating reservoirs. Most reservoirs in a power-producing chain of lakes have both an outflow and an inflow dam. To
Deep Dive continues to make waves in their quest to be the best app in the fishing business by adding yet another valuable tool to their pro suite of real-time fishing conditions for lakes across the country. This time, they have effectively addressed an angler’s incessant need to know
For much of the United States, November means quickly falling water temperatures. It’s a transition time between summer and winter. Bass have snapped out of their sluggish summer mood, and shad are on the move. With that, November is the time to become a little more shad-centric in your
Autumn is underway across the U.S., and that means lakes, particularly reservoirs, are changing fast. As vibrant leaves float on the breeze, water temperatures are dropping, bait is migrating, thermoclines are collapsing, and drawdowns are exposing bare banks. In terms of fishing conditions, the lake you are fishing today
How many times has the wind caught you off guard? Everything was fine in the morning, but by afternoon, you found yourself in a real bind. As anglers, we have all been there. The hour-long run in the morning only took 53 minutes across smooth, glossy waters against a beautiful