Prepare For Winter
Prepare for Winter teaches you how to adapt as water temperatures drop and bass transition to their cold-weather patterns. Learn the best baits, locations, and techniques to stay successful through the toughest fishing months. These seminars will help you keep catching bass all winter long.
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Cold Water Power Fishing - Matt Arey
Bassmaster Elite Series Pro Matt Arey, in collaboration with Bass University, presents a seminar focused on cold water power fishing.
Many anglers tend to avoid power fishing in colder conditions, but Arey embraces this technique to entice bass to strike. In this seminar, he shares his insights ... -
Ike's Top 3 For Fall & Early Winter: Metal Baits - Mike Iaconelli
Hall of Fame Angler Mike "IKE" Iaconelli is out on the water with Bass University to share his top three favorite metal fishing baits for the fall season. In this session, IKE talks all about a selection of metal baits that are big producers during the autumn season.
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Grass Fishing for Northern Largemouth on Cold, Clear & Windy Lake - Paul Mueller
Professional angler Paul Mueller, who is a Bassmaster Elite Series Pro and Champion, teamed up with Bass University to share his expertise on fishing in a natural, clear water lake. The current water temperature is 48 degrees, but Paul doesn't believe that's too cold for good largemouth bass fish...
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Winter & Spring Shallow Cranking for Bass - Bill Lowen
Shallow crankbait fishing should be a part of any angler’s arsenal, especially for late winter and early springtime bass fishing. While bass are transitioning from their winter patterns to pre-spawn, many are gorging on crawfish and other baitfish. This pre-spawn feeding frenzy makes shallow cran...
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Simple Approach to Fishing Flooded Cold Muddy Water - Bill Lowen
Flooding conditions can be difficult for any angler to overcome – especially when that water turns cold and muddy. However, difficult does not mean impossible. In this seminar, Bill Lowen breaks down just how flooding impacts different bodies of water, and how fish react to those conditions. Lowe...
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Frittside Winter & Prespawn Cranking - Shane Lehew
The Berkley Frittside Crankbait is an awesome flat side crankbait, that fishes like balsa, but is easier to cast. You can fish it all year, but there are a couple of times when it really shines. In this on the water bass fishing class, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Shane Lehew shares when, where & ...
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How to Fish an Umbrella Rig - Shane Lehew
Shane Lehew is on a clear water lake in the south with spotted bass and largemouth. It's winter, snow on the ground, and the water temps are about as cold as they get in this region. The umbrella rig (aka Alabama rig) is a popular choice in cold water and Shane is here to share tips on how to fis...
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Tailspinners & Blade Baits for Winter - Jared Lintner
Tailspinners and blade baits are great bass fising lures for winter. That time of year can be good for finding bass offshore feeding on baitfish. These heavy metal baits are great to get down where the fish are and imitate those baitfish. Most of us grew up with the classic Silver Buddy Blade Bai...
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Cold Season Smallmouth Fishing - Seth Feider
Tournament bass fishing champion Seth Feider has proven his ability to catch big smallmouth on the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament trail. In this bass fishing instructional video seminar, Seth Feider will discuss catching smallmouth in cold water. September and October are Seth's favorite time...
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Winter & Early Season Bass Fishing - Mike McClelland
In this 49-minute bass fishing educational video seminar, Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler and recent Bass Open champion Mike McClelland talks about catching fish in cold winter conditions. McCleland talks about the importanct of safety, warmth and overall preparedness for cold weather f...
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Modify Blade Baits to Land More Bass - Feider
Bassmaster Elite Series bass fishing tournament angler Seth Feider is here to help you increase your hookup percentage when fishing blade baits. Blade baits are great for catching smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass and are particularly effective in the colder winter months. When you're fishi...
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12 Best Baits for Winter Cold Front Bass Fishing - Iaconelli
Mike Iaconelli is winter fishing and in a cold front with high pressure. Some of the worst conditions you can face. 45 degree water temperature and cold winter air temperature driving it down further can make for a tough day of bass fishing.
Top Winter Bass Baits Topics1:05 Rigging top to bo...
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Winter Cold Water Fishing - Menendez
Bassmaster Elite series bass fishing pro Mark Menendez joined The Bass University in January 2020 at Kokomo, Indiana to talk about bass fishing in the winter and in very cold water. In many places you can still fish for bass throughout the winter, learn some of the best tips & tactics for cold we...
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Cranking Rocks in the Winter - Jared Lintner
Jared Lintner has recently relocated to Georgia. In this on the water class, it was Lintner's first time bass fishing with a crankbait in the winter on Lake Lanier. Lintner starts by breaking down what you're looking for in good cranking areas for the winter. Before going out in search of bass, h...