Grass
Vegetation can hold bass all year long. There are multiple types of grass including eel grass, milfoil, hydrilla, and more.
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Flipping Prespawn & Spawn Bass with MLF Pro Chris Lane - February 2023
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...
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Always Have a Frog Tied On - Lee Livesay
Lee Livesay goes out on the water with The Bass University TV. Today's topic is topwater frog fishing. Lee will share information on all the tackle he uses, the areas he fishes and places that are often overlooked. Lee begins by talking about various shapes, sizes and colors of topwater frogs, pr...
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Swim Jig vs Chatterbait - Caleb Sumrall
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Caleb Sumrall is on the water with The Bass University comparing and contrasting the swim jig and the chatterbait. Learn which conditions are better for each lures, the best colors for time of year and conditions and when to alternate between the baits. Caleb also s...
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Punching Hydrilla Mats for Bass - Caleb Sumrall
Are you interested in going out and catching the biggest bass that live in a lake? There are a lot of techniques that will help you catch numbers of fish, for the most this is not one of them. Punching matted vegetation is basically a broom stick, heavy braided line and fast reel approach to wenc...
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Flippin' & Speed Wormin' Eelgrass - Wes Logan
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...
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Top 3 Big Bass Fishing Techniques - Ish Monroe : Remastered
In this bass fishing instructional video seminar, the big bass specialist, Ish Monroe talks about his top 3 big bass fishing techniques.
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"If I think there's a fish back in there, I'll make 10, 12, 15 casts...knowing there's a fish there, I'll make continuous casts, change colors and try t... -
Bass Fishing in Eel Grass - Pete Gluszek
Eel grass is one of the big 3 of bass fishing grasses, the others being hydrilla and milfoil. In this video, Pete talks about how to approach this specific type of grass that grows well in and around current. Learn what baits Pete uses to fish the matted grass, the holes and the isolated patches....
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Punching Heavy Vegetation with Andrew Loberg - August 2021
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.
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Bass Fishing in Grass with Robert Soley - July 2021
2x Bassmaster Classic qualifier Robert Soley joined Pete Gluszek on The Bass University LIVE to discuss bass fishing in the grass. These tips will help you learn how to fish for bass in the grass. Subscribers were also scheduled to Zoom into the show and win prizes. This episode aired live and wa...
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Grass Bass Fishing Strategies - JT Kenney : Remastered
JT Kenney spent a lot of time fishing the Potomac River before moving to Florida. But those areas have at least one thing in common, they have lots of grass. In this remastered bass fishing class seminar video, which was recorded in the Northeast during the winter, JT Kenney shares some seasonal ...
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Frogging & Punching Grass Mats - Roumbanis : Remastered
In this remastered bass fishing video class seminar, Fred Roumbanis talks about the two ways he fishes grass mats. Frogging for attacking the surface of the mats and punching for getting a bait under the thicker mats. Fred breaks down the baits, colors and tackle he uses for each technique before...
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Flipping & Pitching Cover - Randall Tharp : Remastered
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...
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Heavy Cover Swimbait Bass Fishing - Bobby Lane
Big fish Bobby Lane is here to share some tips on fishing a swimbait, but probably not the way most people fish a swimbait. Only big heavy rods, fast baitcaster reels, braided line and flipping hooks for this type of swimbait fishing. That's because Bobby Lane is fishing heavy shallow cover for b...
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Size Matters in Flipping & Punching Weights - Bobby Lane
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...
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Cranking Grass - Kevin VanDam
Kevin VanDam takes Bass University students out on the water to discuss and demonstrate how to crank grass for bass. Lots of anglers will avoid fishing grass with crankbaits because it's easy to get the bait fouled up and vegetation balled up on your lure. Kevin VanDam shares that there are a few...
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Punching Grass Mats - Pete Gluszek
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, ...
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Elite Flipping & Pitching - Jason Christie
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...
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Baits & Tips for Fishing Vegetation - Watson
James Watson is know for fishing the Whopper Plopper and spoon jacking, he's not really known for fishing grass, for good reason, they don't have any where he's from. Fortunately, James travels the country as a tourning bass tournament professional, and in this bass fishing class seminar, JMFW sh...
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Shallow Water Electronics - Greg Hackney
In this remastered electronics bass fishing seminar class video, Greg Hackney shares how electronics are just as important in shallow water as anywhere else on the lake. Sure, you can put your rod in the water to see how deep it is, but your electronics can tell you so much more about where you'r...
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BUcket List : Lake Chickamauga Ep. 1
In recent years, the Florida strain largemouth bass have reached record-setting size in Tennessee, to the tune of 15lbs+. Major Leage Fishing pro Wesley Strader joins Pete Gluszek to share some information about how he got started fishing, his early experiences fishing "Chick", his favorite times...
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"Dropping" Grass with Matt Herren
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...
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Flipping Milfoil - Garrett Paquette
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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Tidal Water Frog Fishing Matted Vegetation - Powroznik
Jacob Powroznik is on the water, thick in some matted vegetation, with The Bass University. In this 12-minute bass fishing class, Jacob will teach you how to fish a topwater frog in the mats.
0:26 Forg fishing or flipping mats on a tidal river system
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Flipping Grass Master Class - Gerald Swindle
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...