Offshore
Offshore fishing focuses on catching bass away from the shoreline, often around underwater structures like ledges, humps, and points. It can require precision with electronics to locate schools of fish and bait. Techniques like deep cranking, drop shotting, and dragging jigs are key to unlocking offshore success.
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Graphing & Fishing Offshore Structure - Lee Livesay
After the post-spawn feed up, as summer approaches, a good number of bass move offshore to their summering holes. In this bass fishing instructional video class seminar, Lee Livesay shares his approach to locating bass offshore using his Lakemaster maps on his Humminbird Helix Electronics. After ...
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Smallmouth Bass: Seasonal Movements - Jonathon VanDam : Remastered
Smallmouth can be confusing fish to target. While they are also one of the most fun fish to target, their everchanging nature makes chasing them a complicated task for many anglers.
“The one thing I can tell you I've learned is that time and time again, the only thing you can count on with a sma... -
Offshore is More Than Ledge Fishing - Drew Benton
Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishing angler Drew Benton wants you to know that offshore fishing is not just for fishing ledges. Using new electronics like side scan and forward-facing sonar, you can effectively fish road beds, bream beds and brush piles for loads of giant bass and pote...
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Super Deep Bass Fishing Cody Huff - January 2021
College Series bass fishing tournament champion Cody Huff joined The Bass University LIVE 1/19/21 to talk about fishing super deep for bass. We're talking about really deep, where you will have the bass all to yourself, if you can find them and figure out how to catch them. Watch this instuctiona...
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Finding & Fishing Isolated Cover for Bass - Bryan Thrift
In this on the water bass fishing class, Major League Fishing pro Bryan Thrift takes you out with his Humminbird electronics to locate, mark and fish isolated cover. Bryan shows you how to locate a isolated target with Humminbird side imaging, how to return to that waypoint and position your boa...
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Find & Fish Offshore Deep Water Schools - Jacob Wheeler : Remastered
Lots of tournaments are now won offshore. In this remastered bass fishing class seminar, Jacob Wheeler talks about 2 main topics : locating bass offshore with electronics & the baits he uses to catch them. In the first portion, Jacob talks about why he prefers using Humminbird & Lowrance electron...
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Winter Bass Fishing Tactics - Jason Christie : Remastered
The winter is a wonderful time to go fishing! Reduced boat traffic and fishing pressure allow you easier access to ideal spots for catching bass, often offshore. In this remastered bass fishing class seminar, Jason Christie shares some tips for locating and catching bass in the winter, as well as...
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Underspin Fishing Clear Water - Bryan Thrift
In this on the water bass fishing class, Major League Fishing pro angler Bryan Thrift is out on a clear water lake with spotted bass talking about fishing a Damiki Rig Underspin Head. This is a great technique for fishing for suspended bass. Thrift begins by talking about the tackle he uses when ...
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Locating Bass & Fishing Offshore - Lee Livesay - July 2020
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Lee Livesay joins Bass University hosts Pete Gluszek and Greg DiPalma on this episode of Bass University LIVE. On this show, we'll be discussing how to locate and how to fish offshore structure for bass. So get ready to learn about using your electronics and maps to...
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Offshore Structure Cranking - Gerald Swindle
Gerald Swindle is back on Lake Guntersville with The Bass University to talk about offshore structure fishing. Ride along as Gerald looks for some bass schools on offshore structure and targets them with a Rapala DT Series Crankbait.
Swindle's Offshore Cranking on Guntersville Class Chapters...
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Different Way to Fish a Squarebill Crankbait - Mark Zona
A squarebill crankbait wins a lot of tournaments! They differ from traditional round-lipped diving crankbaits, for instance, most other crankbaits, if tossed into a laydown, are not coming back to you. So, while the squarebill is known for catching fish out of shoreline cover, Mark Zona is here t...
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How to Fish for Bass on Ledges - Gerald Swindle
Gerald Swindle is a 2x Bassmaster Angler-of-the-Year who, in 2019, switched to fishing the MLF Bass Pro Tour. Gman lives on Guntersville and has spent a fair amount of time fishing for bass on ledges. In this informative and entertaining 1 hour and 8 minute bass fishing class seminar, Gerald will...
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Offshore Structure Fishing & Sonar Electronics - Hartman
Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishermen Jamie Hartman joins The Bass University in Lawrenceburg, Indiana to talk about fishing offshore. Jamie Hartman is the type of angler that doesn't want to be up on the shore, beating the banks for bass. He'd rather be offshore on the humps, breaks ...
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Smallmouth Bass On Offshore Structure - Pipkens
For a couple of years, The Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass anglers have travelled to Mille Lacs Lake, a large and shallow lake in Minnesota, in search of smallmouth. At the time of this writing, 50 of the best anglers in the world are likely probing offshore structure, just as one of our ...
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Scott Dobson's FFS Insights & Great Lakes Smallmouth Strategies - July 8, 2025
Check out this episode of Bass University Live for an insightful conversation with smallmouth expert Scott Dobson as he breaks down Northern bass fishing strategies and the significant impact of forward-facing sonar on the sport. This video is a must-watch for any angler looking to catch more sma...
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Going Deeper on Deep Cranking - Randy Howell
Are you interested in cranking all the way down near 30 ft? There are times of the year when bass go deep on any lake, but the term "deep" is relative. In some lakes, a 15ft ditch or drain might be as deep as you need to fish. Often running a crankbait down to these fish is a great way to trigger...
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Map Cards : LakeMaster Electronic Charts - Keith Combs
Keith Combs is a great crankbait angler and he excels at offshore bass fishing. In this bass fishing instructional video seminar, Keith demonstrates how he uses Humminbird's LakeMaster Plus maps to highlight depth zones of interest, see satellite images to locate docks & trees and develop seasona...
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How to Fish Crankbaits Offshore All Year - Lee Livesay
While offshore cranking is a great way to target summertime bass in deep water, it’s also a technique that can be used throughout the year. Getting away from the banks to target offshore structure provides anglers a chance to target not only fish that not everything is finding, but oftentimes put...
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Ike's Top 3 Ways to Fish Football Jigs - Mike Iaconelli
Mike Iaconelli – the 2003 Bassmaster Classic Champion – has made a lot of money throughout his career from fishing a variety of different jigs. While traditional flipping jigs are great for pitching around docks and other shallow cover – and swim jigs shine during the shad spawn – football jigs e...
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Offshore Graphing with Humminbird/Lakemaster - Lee Livesay
Do you want to understand how to use your electronics better? Utilizing high-quality electronics and mapping cards can help anglers eliminate water and find fish quicker than anything else. In this seminar, Lee Livesay breaks down the new Hummingbird Premium Lakemaster mapping cards and shows how...
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Stealth Brush Pile Fishing: Offshore Jerkbaits, Swimbaits & Jigs - Matt Arey
As technology improves in bass fishing, secret offshore spots are harder to keep to yourself.
“If you look at our approaches to fishing shallow water over the years one of the most important things about fishing shallow water situations ... is stealth,” says Matt Arey. “Stealth is a very, very ... -
Cracking the Summer Code: Scorching Hot Bass Strategies - Pete Gluszek
As the waters warm up in the summer, many anglers find it difficult to catch fish. The spring, shallow-water feeding frenzies are long gone, but that doesn't mean you can't still catch fish.
"Summertime is a challenging time of year to catch fish," said Pete Gluszek. "It's as challenging as the ... -
Gerald Swindle's Masterclass on Summer Ledge Bass Fishing
As bass across the country migrate out of their spawning areas to deep water structure, many anglers are searching for fish offshore. Offshore fishing can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be.
“When it comes to deep fishing, I have a number of baits,” said Gerald Swindle. “I can't just say... -
The Ned Rig: Simple Finesse Rig That All Bass Love - Noah Schultz
Discover the Ned Rig – a remarkably effective yet simple bait that has been putting an impressive number of bass in the boat in recent years. Join Noah Schultz in this on-the-water class as he unravels the secrets to mastering the Ned Rig technique.
Noah delves into the essential components of h...