Bass

Stripe Bass are seldom thought of as summertime fish, but in the right places, and with the right baits and presentations, you can experience some unbelievable action in hot weather with these monster predators. I'll reveal my summer livebait striper strategies under one condition: that you practice catch and release with these great gamefish.    

Summer Striper Hotspots

With bass season set to begin soon in Eastern Ontario, Canada, my day has been spent prepping tackle and sorting my fishing gear.

It's a fishing story unlike any other: How a mega-bass became a megastar and how that fostered the idea of catch-and-release fishing.

If you have a lot of success catching bass in June, you can apply those same techniques when you find similar water and weather conditions during other summer months.

BASSIN' IS BIG IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN

by JD Pate

Head across the Pacific to explore the subculture of bass fishing that's grown up around ancient Lake Biwa, where the explosion of a largemouth bass population has Japanese anglers going hawg wild.

Slow-roll a spinnerbait. Twitch a topwater. Burn a crankbait. Hop a worm.

The subtle look of a soft stick bait like the