In this 53-minute instructional bass fishing video seminar, BASS Open Champion Cliff Crochet "Cajun Baby" will help you learn how to catch bass using an overlooked shallow water, the jerkbait! Specifically for Cliff, the Luck-E-Strike Rick Clunn STX Jerkbait but also the Smithwick Rogue. Crochet...

Gerald Swindle believes in simple fishing techniques and he loves jig fishing. In this 56-minute bass fishing instructional video seminar, 2-time-Angler-of-the-Year Gerald Swindle (G-man) will tell you why he always has a ballhead jig tied on, and why he believes in it as much as any bait in the ...

Bassmaster Elite Series Angler Seth Feider discusses the ultimate finesse bait for smallmouth fishing, hair jigs. If you have clear water, smallmouth and fish 15' of water or less, this seminar is for you! In this video, Seth discusses:

Selecting size and color of marabou jig
Fishing line, ro...

In this seminar, Mike "Ike" Iaconelli teaches you the secrets to locating and catching bass with crankbaits that have helped make him a top Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler. In this 1 hour and 13 minute bass fishing instructional video, Iaconelli will help anglers answer the following qu...

FLW bass fishing pro and Bassmaster Open angler JT Kenney begins the seminar by addressing a student's question about tannic water. JT fishes a lot of this water in Florida and shares with you his experience concerning color and bait selection for this blackish clear water, which is caused by tan...

Sometimes when you don't get a hook in a fish, or the fish swipes at the bait, which often happens with reaction baits, like crankbaits, buzzbaits, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits. What do you do to get them in the boat? Sometimes called follow-up baits, these baits are meant to land those fish, on...

Mike and Pete take a question from their mailbag about determining the colors needed on a new body of water. They will answer how to choose colors for soft plastics and crankbaits.

When you think grass fishing, a few techniques to mind. Flipping and pitching. Froggin’. Lipless crankbaits. One technique that can be just as deadly, but often less talked about, is fishing a jerkbait around grass edges. Not only are you able to cover a lot of water quickly, but you’re also givi...

Many anglers think of swim jigs as a shallow water bait that's only effective at certain times of the year. Drew Cook believes otherwise. Growing up, he was successful with several sneaky ways to fish a swim jig in places where other baits were harder to fish or bass were used to seeing those bai...

Frog fishing isn't just for Summer. In this bass fishing class seminar video, Clabion Johns explains the seasonal "where, when & how to catch bass" patterns for frog fishing the whole year. Before breaking down the seasons, Clabion explains that having the right equipment is the most crucial aspe...

Do you understand how the rate of fall on a bait can impact the bite? While some anglers reach for heavy weights when flipping and pitching, others lean toward lighter options. Regardless of which fits your fishing style the best, understanding the role of a bait’s rate of fall is crucial in lear...

Are you ready to learn how to punch grass mats? Punching provides anglers with a way to effectively fish grass mats while working as quickly – or slowly – through an area as they want. One of the keys to punching is being able to trigger a reaction strike by dropping your bait as close to a fish ...

Swimbaits are one of the most effective lures for catching big bass. These baitfish imitators have become a mainstay in many anglers' lineups – and for good reason. Picking the right swimbait and presentation can be tricky, though. In this seminar, Fred Roumbanis talks through several of the diff...

Plenty of anglers like throwing lipless crankbaits early in the year, but did you know you can catch fish on them all season long? The early spring lipless bite is something many anglers look forward to all year, but once those spawning bass move out to deeper water, a lot of anglers reach for de...

Just take a look at the selection of soft plastic baits at TackleDirect. There are thousands and thousands of bait/color combinations to choose from! Ish Monroe helps simplify the process of selecting the right soft plastic and describes the scenarios for using his most effective soft plastic bai...

Lipless crankbaits are very popular on grass lakes in the late winter and early spring, but did you know it’s a technique you can utilize all year long?
“When they're on it, you can't beat it,” said Mike Iaconelli, 2003 Bassmaster Classic champion. “Here's the deal with this bait, and this is wh...

Growing the sport of bass fishing is a double-edged sword. While it’s healthy for the industry to be growing at the rate it is, it also can cause some trouble because more people fishing means one thing – more people are fishing.
“There is more fishing pressure today than ever before,” said Mik...

The Z-Man Chatterbait isn’t new on the fishing scene anymore. However, it’s still dominating tournament trails nationwide due to its ability to catch fish in almost every condition.
“I would venture to guess there is nobody that has in the great United States of America that has logged more hour...

Fishing lipless crankbaits is often considered a seasonal technique, but many anglers vary their approach to catch bass all year long.
For Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap pro Mark Daniels Jr., the lipless crankbait is one of the most important and versatile options in his boat.
As with almost any bait,...

Few baits have gained more popularity in recent years than the Missile Baits D-Bomb.
This versatile creature bait serves many purposes, but the most important one of all is catching big bass.
“The bait can be used in many different fashions,” said Dave Mansu. “Much like you would use a jig to ...

The softstick bait is one of the most effective and widely used lures in all of bass fishing. Even though it may not look like much, this bait can often generate strikes when nothing else can. “When this bait was first introduced to me, I was like 'That looks like the most do-nothing thing I've e...

Anglers are always on the lookout for new techniques and lures to help give them an advantage on the water. For Keith Combs, one of the newer baits that he has added to his arsenal is the Strike King Hybrid Hunter. This versatile shallow-diving crankbait is something Combs has been experimenting ...

Have you included the jig in your kayak fishing arsenal? Jig fishing is one of the best ways to target larger fish, but the technique is especially helpful when fishing from a kayak. "In my style, I'm getting my kayak into places where there are unpressured fish, and in general they will just bit...

Mike "Ike" Iaconelli, a professional bass angler and highly regarded figure in the fishing world, brings his expertise to the topic of topwater fishing. Known for his achievements as a Bassmaster Classic Champion and Angler of the Year, Iaconelli addresses common challenges faced by anglers when ...