Largemouth bass are opportunistic feeders. Everything is on the menu for these aggressive fish, from crustaceans to worms to frogs to mice. I even once hand-fed a piece of fried chicken to a bass.

These were the bass baits—and mindset shifts—that defined my 2025 season and helped me catch more and bigger largemouth bass.

NEW YORK — The bright green potion cooked for 8 minutes in the microwave. During this time, Josh Wool, a professional photographer and amateur fisherman who makes homemade fishing lures out of his ...

The expert anglers at Milliken Fishing reveal how their homemade bait surprisingly fooled fish in a shallow water challenge.

CURTIS — This place helped save her. Now it’s someone else’s turn. “This is a great job,” said Mick Treiber, 56. She was sitting behind the counter of her store, assembling another homemade fishing ...

Necessity may be the mother of invention. But a love of fishing worked pretty well for a father and son from Mandeville, who came up with a lure that grabbed the attention of venture capitalists on ...

Forget worms and lures—this time we’re using snot. Yep, real sticky, gooey, homemade fishing snot. It’s messy, it’s wild, and ...