Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour pro Chris Lane, fresh off his tournament win at the 2023 season opener on the Kissimmee Chain in Florida. Chris shares what he was thinking and feeling during and after his last-second catch, which he didn't know was enough to win. Chris Lane also talks about th...

If you’ve ever picked up a flipping stick there’s one man you can thank – Dee Thomas. In this sitdown interview with Dan O’Sullivan of Advanced Angler, Pete Gluszek and O’Sullivan discuss the impact that Thomas has had not only on the products in the fishing industry, but just how much his influe...

Caleb Sumrall is back on the water with The Bass University cameras to talk about flipping and pitching Texas rigs (and to a little bit on jigs). Caleb believes there are 3 key factors when choosing your soft plastic, hook & weight: water clarity, fish activity and forage. In this bass fishing cl...

Luke Foli, a tournament angler and purveyor of Tincup spirits, sits down with Pete Gluszek to discuss Tincup's classic American Whiskey, tournament fishing and flipping a tube. Flipping a tube lost favor because of the hookup ratio compared to a jig or creature bait, Luke Foli has some tips for g...

Wes Logan is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler with a lot of experience fishing grass at Lake Guntersville. Recently the grass composition has been changing and eelgrass is a more pervasive species, overtaking the milfoil. Wes Logan shares his thoughts on why the eelgrass is taking hold...

Fishing with an open mind is imperative for consistent bass fishing success. Adrian Avena uses this open mind concept to allow himself to fish the moment by evaluating the present conditions and relying on his instincts. Adrian will cover the mental aspect of bass fishing, how to establish a game...

Ready to improve your bass fishing IQ? In this episode, recorded 8/10/21, we're joined by Toyota Series Delta Champion Andrew Loberg shares tips and secrets for punching heavy matted vegetation. Learn how to fish thick grass and pitch and flip baits through the canopy where big bass hide.

Ish Monroe loves to punch things, as he says, "You punch every single thing that there is out there to punch". Punching isn't just for grass mats, bass love to hide under anything that allows them to relax and ambush an easy meal. In this remastered bass fishing class video seminar, Ish Monroe di...

Greg Hackney doesn't believe that you always have to finesse fish smallmouth with spinning tackle and light line. In this seminar, he shares how he adapted the techniques he's used all his life to be effective when fishing for smallmouth bass. Greg explains his lightbulb moment of realizing that ...

In this bass fishing instructional video seminar on flipping & pitching, Randall Tharp discusses the mechanics and places to conduct your business in-depth. Learn the proper way to pitch, not scare off fish, get bites and set the hook. Randall Tharp goes on to talk about areas he targets with a f...

Randall Tharp was at a Bass University class early in his fishing, when he heard Denny Brauer talk about flipping and pitching. Randall Tharp has been hooked on the technique ever since. He's won a lot of money and dedicated a lot of time to zeroing in on the right tackle for flipping and pitchin...

Bobby Lane is known for flipping heavy cover with big tungsten weights, but in any given day, there are lots of flipping and pitching targets that do and don't require heavy punching weights. Even within a stretch of water you intend to punch in your day on the water, there are likely isolated ta...

In this on the water bass fishing class, professional bass tournament angler Mike "Ike" Iaconelli talks about one of his favorite techniques, fishing matted vegetation (or any other type of heavy matted floating cover). Iaconelli starts by talking about punching components, which include, but are...

Peter Gluszek, the Dean of The Bass University, is on the water with a flipping stick and some big tungsten weights, ready to punch through some grass mats. In this on the water class, Pete will take you around to different types of grass you might encounter. Pete uses mostly the same equipment, ...

Jason Christie's first approach to tournament practice is to try flipping and pitching. If he can find concentrations of fish that will bite that presentation, he's got a good chance to getting tournament-winning fish. You won't always catch a lot of fish flipping and pitching, but, sometimes jus...

Bassmaster Elite Series bass fishing tournament angler Matt Herren has won over $2m in professional tournament fishing. In this seminar from Gadsden, AL this past winter, Herren joined our in-class training to talk about his approach to flipping & pitching, specifically, "dropping" grass. Matt ta...

Derek Hudnall is fishing his sophomore season on The Bassmaster Elite Series. Derek did well in the 2019 season, but, due to a disqualification, he did not qualify for the 2020 Bassmaster Classic.

0:45 Pete Gluszek introduced Derek Hudnall and talks about how his 2019 DQ caused him to miss qu...

2019 Bassmaster Elite Series rookie Garrett Paquette joins The Bass University to talk about flipping grass. Garrett finished 2nd at Lake Fork earlier this year and caught over 100lbs. of bass!

0:15 Garrett Paquette introduction and 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Tour
2:11 Fishing milfoil
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Matt Herren is a veteran of 126 BASS fishing tournaments. He's made 7 Bassmaster Classic appearances and finished in the money in 84 of his BASS tournaments. A lot of the money he's won in tournaments has come from fishing a jig. He joined The Bass University in Gadsden, AL to conduct a bass fish...

In this hour + on water bass fishing class, Gerald Swindle talks about the equipment needed and demonstrates the technique of flipping grass. Swindle talks about baits, rods, reels. etc. that you will need to flip for bass in the grass. With nearly an hour of demonstration of the technique, Swind...

Bassmaster Elite Series pro and former MLF Bass Pro Tour angler Gerald Swindle joined The Bass University in Gadsden, AL to teach an hour-long in-depth class on flipping & pitching grass. Gerald Swindle, aside from being one of our most requested instructors, is a 2-time BASS Elite Series angler ...

Recent MLF bass fishing tournament winner Skeet Reese joins The Bass University to talk about a technique largely attributed to being invented and developed by Dee Thomas, a West Coast angler. That technique is flipping. Skeet talks about learning to flip on the California Delta, and how intimida...

Gerald Spohrer begins by about why he thinks so many top-level bass fishing tournament anglers come from Gonzales, Louisiana. Primarily though, Gerald is talking about flipping and bushes, particularly how fish uses the bushes from pre-spawn through the spawn. Gerald discusses how the bass will h...

Bass fishing tournament champion Ish Monroe is talking about flipping in heavily pressured lakes in this 56-minute fishing instructional how-to seminar. Ish Monroe has been fishing professionally for about 2 decades and qualified for 10 Bassmaster Classics. Ish Monroe is the kind of angler that d...