Live bait is best for catching striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends using brood minnows or shad. The south half of the lake is best for wintertime stripers. Locate shad schools with ...

There’s something about flipping, pitching, dragging, swimming, and casting a jig that screams bass fishing. And there’s a good chance that even as you’re reading this, you can recall the thump of the ...

Water level is 4.12 feet low and clear. Water temperature in the low 50s. Fishing guide Stephen Johnston says bass are good shallow using swim jigs, bladed jigs and a few on topwaters. Deeper bite ...

Athens — GOOD. Water clear; 70-75 degrees; 1.98 feet below pool. Bass are becoming aggressive chasing shad in shallow water and up the creeks. There is a good bass bite with frogs and buzzbaits ...

Beaver Lake: Black bass are scattered at all depths and at all areas of the lake. That can make for tough fishing, said Reece Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Fish with jig and pigs or ...