In the episode of Bass University Live, we delve into into the recent Northern tournaments (MLF Bass Pro Tour on the St. Lawrence & Bassmaster Elites on Lake Champlain), focusing on strategies employed by top-finishing pros from both events. The St. Lawrence event was the final tournament of the ...

Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour Angler of the Year and Saginaw Bay Champion Matt Becker joins Bass University Live. In this episode, Matt shares about his rookie season, which culminated in the first AOY by a rookie in almost 20 years. Becker also shares his experience meeting the GOAT at the ...

Bass fishing tournament angler Grae Buck joins Pete Gluszek and The Bass University LIVE Crew to discuss fishing for smallmouth bass in Northern waters.

Great Lakes Smallmouth can be some of the trickiest – and most fun – fish to catch in the entire country. While finesse tactics are often leaned on heavily in the clear waters, it’s often the smaller details that can make a big difference. In this video, Fletcher Shryock breaks down his two favor...

Northern smallmouth bass fishing specialist and tournament angler Scott Dobson joins the best FREE LIVE bass fishing educational show to talk about loading the boat with giant bronzebacks.

Fishing the Great Lakes for Smallmouth can be one of the most intimidating, but rewarding experiences an angler can have. However, the sheer size of lakes can leave many wondering where to even start. In this seminar, Joe Balog explains how to break down large bodies of water with mapping units t...

Taku Ito is fluent in the language we all speak, bass fishing. On July 20, 2021 Taku and "The Dean" Pete Gluszek set out to teach you how to catch bigger, better bass. Taku Ito recently won on the St Lawrence River by catching 90 lbs. with soft plastics soaked in his secret sauce. "Smallmouth lik...

In this interview, filmed at the 2021 Bassmaster Classic, Taku Ito is talking about the techniques he used a Lake Fork, and the techniques he intended to use for smallmouth on Lake Champlain. Taku finished 7th fishing finesse techniques on Lake Fork, and 31st at Lake Champlain, but his smallmouth...

Former roomate of "The Dean" Pete Gluszek, Destin DeMarion is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament competitor and seasoned smallmouth angler. In this interview, he sits down with Pete and Justin Kimmel to debate which is better for smallmouth bass fishing, the Ned rig or the tube. Pete says he's ...

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 ...

Seth Feider was in Canada to share some of his tips for catching big smallmouth on a soft plastic swimbait. Seth is known for putting the hammer down on 6lb+ smallmouth in Northern lakes, like Mille Lacs. In this bass fishing seminar class video, Seth talks about various ways he fishes a soft pla...

2X Bassmaster Classic champion tournament bass fishing champion Jordan Lee returns to The Bass University in Gadsden, AL in the winter to talk about finesse swimbait fishing. This technique will catch largemouth, but it's outstanding for spotted bass and smallmouth. In this bass fishing master cl...

Andrew Upshaw scored 2 big wins in his tournament career in 2019, he won a pro circuit event on Charokee Lake and a FLW Series Championship on Lake Cumberland. In both events he targeted primarily smallmouth bass, but he employed a different approach for his Cherokee Lake win in the spring and hi...

Lake Champlain BUcket List Episode 1 & Lake Champlain BUcket List Episode 2 focused a lot on Mike Iaconelli and Pete Gluszek's history with Champlain and what makes it such a great bass fishery. In this episode, we're going to focus on breaking down Lake Champlain and sharing tips and tricks on c...

This is the first episode of Bass University's "BUcket List", a list of bass fisheries that are special, even compared to other top fisheries. Bass University instructors and tournament champions Mike Iaconelli and Pete Gluszek have both fished a number of the best bass fishing locations in the w...

JT Kenney was in Columbus, OH to teach a class for The Bass University on fishing large expanses of water. Most students who attended this class were geographically near Lake Erie or Kentucky Lake. If you live near a large lake, like these, this is a great seminar for you.

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If you're interested in swinging head / wobble head fishing, you'll want to check out this on the water bass fishing class with Mark Zona. Zona throws a Strike King Tour Grade Tungsten Swing Football Head most of the time, learn why in this 23-minute bass fishing video.

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Bassmaster Elite Series bass tournament angler and smallmouth expert Seth Feider joins Pete Gluszek and The Bass University at ICAST 2018. Seth talks about some smallmouth secrets, like what conditions to expect to find smallmouth up shallow and looking for food. Pete and Seth talk about their su...

Mark Zona presented this bass fishing instructional seminar in Kokomo, Indiana. In this 48-minute video, Mark is talking about smallmouth bass in lakes. Zona is an accomplished angler, but he's also spent time fishing 1-on-1 with the best anglers in the world, and with all that experience, he has...

FLW tournament bass fishing angler Scott Suggs joins The Bass Univeristy in Kokomo, Indiana to talk about sight fishing for bedding bass. Scott starts by talking about eyewear and how lens color needs change with water clarity and weather conditions. He also talks about what baits he uses to catc...

Bass University instructor, Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler and Lowrance Pro Staff member Jamie Hartman is on the water talking about using Lowrance sonar electronics. In this video, Jamie will teach you how to setup your Lowrance for video game fishing, catching fish real-time that are...

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 ...

Bassmaster Elite Series tournament angler Jonathon VanDam grew up in Michigan and is very familiar with fishing big water for bass. In this instructional seminar, VanDam talks about fishing the Great Lakes.
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Bassmaster Elite Series bass fishing tournament pro Jamie Hartman is back on the water to talk about a killer smallmouth technique using a jig he helped design. The bait is called a Riot Baits Lil' Creeper Jig. In this 13-minute instructional video, Jamie discusses the equipment he uses to fish t...