Drew Benton has years of experience and has learned from other veteran anglers' decades of experience fishing river current. Like other current-fishing enthusiasts, you'll often find Drew Benton making his way up some of the gnarliest river and creek channels to get to an out-of-the-way place to ...

In this 4th installement of the Take it to the Bank Series, Mike Iaconelli is taking all the planning and preparing that he's done at home out to the fishing spots he found through his online research. In this epsiode, Ike visits the deep waters of the lake dam and the often-overlooked fish holdi...

Clent Davis has spent most of his life fishing tailraces. Some of the techniques have evolved, and bass are a little more particular about what they bite these days. Thankfully, there are some great techniques that still catch bass from Spring to Fall. Clent is here to share his bass fishing secr...

Coming off a 3rd place finish at the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit TITLE tournament on the Mississippi River, Zack Birge joins The Bass University LIVE to talk about fishing current. Also, Pete Gluszek and The BU Live crew welcome Tiger from Gillz Gear Fishing Apparel.

In this remastered bass fishing video class seminar, Pete Gluszek talks about how to adjust to changing conditions. These condition changes could be one or a combination of many things, including: weather frontal systems, rain, rising & falling water, fishing pressure, current changes, and more! ...

Almost every body of water has riprap, whether it's for roads & railroad tracks, for jetties or residential bank stabilization, you can usually find stretches of chunk rock, brick, concrete blocks or even old tires. Usually these man-made features are to stop bank erosion or control the current, ...

Ott Defoe is known for winning tournaments fishing in the river, including accessing some hard-to-reach places with a jet boat. There are several variables to consider when fishing for bass in a river system. Lots of rivers have navigational hazards, and flow rates and rain can change the depth q...

If you follow tournament bass fishing, you know that a lot of tournaments are won fishing tailraces (the area just below a hydroelectric dam). You may wonder what attracts bass to this area, why bass are easier to target in tailraces, or how pros catch bass and win tournaments in tailraces. FLW ...

Bill Lowen grew up fishing the Ohio river and has been fishing current for over 35 years. He joined The Bass Univeristy in Kokomo, Indiana to talk about catching bass in current. Current just doesn't exist in rivers, but that's what most people think about when talking about current.
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FLW bass fishing tournament pro Wesley Strader grew up on the Tennessee River, learning to be wood-wise (being aware of what different seasons and events in nature can tell you). In this 44-minute bass fishing instructional video, Strader will share a lifetime of tips, tactics, techniques and sec...

Kevin VanDam shares well over an hour of crankbait fishing secrets! KVD is arguably the greatest tournament angler, and perhaps the best cranker in bass fishing history. Almost without argument, the greatest tournament bass fishing angler of all time, Kevin VanDam, owes a great deal of his tourna...

Tidal river systems present an entirely different set of challenges to anglers than most bodies of water. While fluctuating water levels is something all fisherman deal with, the drastic changes tidal fisheries experience can prove to be difficult to figure out for many. In this seminar, Pete Glu...

If you aren't familiar with river systems, fishing them can prove to be challenging. In this seminar, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Wes Logan discusses just how different looking for bass in rivers is from chasing them around the lake. Logan breaks down the different types of structure to look for,...

Do you feel lost when fishing in the current? While moving water can help position bass in easy-to-catch areas, it can also be overwhelming for the inexperienced angler to deal with – especially when it comes to boat positioning. “The key to fishing current, and doing it well, is understanding ho...

Do you want to learn how to fish current effectively? “Current is such an important component in bass fishing for a couple of different reasons,” said Pete Gluszek. “ ... Current really drives the bite, it activates fish, it moves baitfish, and it creates opportunities for anglers to catch fish a...

Join Professional Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Bassmaster Kayak Series Champion, Greg DiPalma, as he takes you on an immersive journey into the world of fishing aquatic vegetation from a kayak. With a wealth of experience spanning both the boater and kayak sides of professional fishing, Greg b...

Jonathon VanDam, a Bass Pro Tour Angler, teams up with Bass University to teach fishing techniques in strong river currents and tailraces.
Jonathon shares his favorite baits and setups for fishing in strong currents. He explains that factors like the size of the fishing line and lures are crucia...

Professional angler Brandon Lester, a Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Champion, brings his wealth of experience in ledge fishing on the Tennessee River to this class with Bass University. He simplifies the intricacies of this technique so that everyone can grasp its fundamentals.
Lester starts ...

Bryan Schmitt, a Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Champion, teams up with Bass University to guide you through his crankbait strategy for catching more and bigger bass throughout the seaons. In this on-the-water, Bryan shares his preferred tools for successful crankbait fishing, such as his rod, r...

Bassmaster Kayak Series Angler of the Year Rus Snyders joins Bass University in this seminar to talk about his top five river techniques and strategies for fishing from a kayak.
Rus has a five-tool approach in his river fishing from a kayak, these baits are all versatile and Rus relied on them...

Join Bass University as Greg "Hack Attack" Hackney, a Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Champion, shares his expertise on the importance of understanding current bass fishing. Greg discusses the factors that drive current, including current events, locks and dams, and key areas. He emphasizes that ...

Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Greg DiPalma “GDP” is on the water with Bass University dissecting feeder creeks for bass.
Greg breaks down what a feeder creek is and how bass use it year-round. Many of these feeder creeks have good current, which makes boat positioning key when dissecting any feed...

Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Greg DiPalma is sharing his tips for simplified river fishing with Bass University.
Greg grew up fishing small rivers and tidal systems in the New Jersey area, and has a ton of confidence on these types of waters. When it comes to fall river fishing, Greg prefers to ...

Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Bassmaster Classic Champion Mike “Ike” Iaconelli is on the water with Bass University breaking down how to fish the wind.
Ike discusses why fishing wind is important and can help concentrate fish in certain parts of the lake. Many anglers tend to shy away and hid...