Bass

by Pros4- 1Source's Dave Landahl

Welcome to Three Questions from Pros4- 1Source 2016. Our first victim of 2016 is the fearless bass warrior known to all as Jay Yelas. Yes, this venerable Mercury/Yamamoto pro has been battling in the pro bass trenches for decades. Been pretty darn successful, too, with a Bassmaster Classic title and Angler of the Year (AOY) titles at both Bassmaster and the FLW. All-in-all, not a bad career.

Zona Claus is back for another visit to Bass Pro Shops 1 Source. This year, he shares his Top 5 must have items for last minute shoppers.

If you're a good little angler, maybe you'll get one of these gifts.

Mark Zona's Top 5 Gift Ideas

Bass Pro Shops / Mercury pro Josh Bertrand is heading back to the Bassmaster Classic in 2016. The Arizona pro qualified for the second time in his third season fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series.

Fresh off months of hardcore hunting, Livingston Lures pro and former FLW Tour Angler of the Year, Andy Morgan, was in a weakened state. So much so he agreed to take the challenge and answer Three Questions from Pros4- 1Source.

Did the venerable pro survive the blistering verbal assault and inquisition? Read on if you dare and find out.

My philosphy to fishing is to "focus on the moment and have fun". If it doesn't pertain to my fishing, it doesn't matter when I'm on the water.

Do you want to catch more bass? Here's a fishing technique I like to use.

Like a mad scientist obsessed with creating the magic potion, Kevin VanDam’s mind doesn’t rest.  According to Mark Copley, Strike King Lures Marketing Relationship Manager, the

Berkley pro Brandon Palaniuk experienced his best season to date fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series. Sure, in the past he's won events, but 2015 found Palaniuk finishing 10th overall in the Angler of the Year standings. His personal best.

Stetson Blaylock is a pretty cool name for one of the top pros fishing the FLW Tour. Clearly, the Livingston/Mercury pro is a brave soul. Will Stetson live to fish another day?

During the fall, bass in reservoirs tend to move from deep to shallow water using submerged ditches. Ditches are narrow, winding and sometimes hard to locate—but it is worthwhile to look for them and to fish in them.

Derek Strub is one of Canada’s foremost authorities on all things smallmouth.  Through years of experience, he’s identified a period in the fall when smallmouths will only key in on blade baits and jigging spoons.  Once you dial them in, they’ll just about rip the rod out of your hands.

Much like spring, a prime feeding window opens once water temps delve into the low 40’s and low 50’ as fish will school up.  As the water gets colder, the metabolism of smallmouth slow down considerably, yet they begin to attack fast moving reaction baits.