bass fishing tips

Have you already had the experience of a Largemouth Bass smashing your top water lure or a smallie jarring the line on your fishing rod? How 'bout a Striper testing the limits of your fishing tackle. Or maybe you're lucky enough to have had a Peacock Bass thrashing on the end of your line, trying to make a run for it.

Many people have a great time bass fishing. If you've gone prepared to your favorite fishing spot, then chances are you carried a camera with you in anticipation of catching a memorable moment for a lifetime. Why not share those experiences with more than just family and friends. Check out all the great pictures and stories below. You can comment and rate each person's post and when you're done post your own for others to rate and comment.

Every post not only tells someone's story of a great catch or great memory, but you can also find some great tips or techniques and some suggestions for some of the top lures and even places to catch some great bass.

So whether you just started bass fishing or you are a seasoned veteran, join the community and let us know about your personal best be it big or small. All that matters is that you had a great experience and we want to hear about it.

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Big Largemouth Bass caught in my small neighborhood pond!!! 
Well it was about 7 o'clock at night and me and my friend figured we had pretty much fished my neighborhood pond out. We had mainly been using buzzbaits ...

My biggest bass yet. 
So far this year has been very good to my fiance and I for fishing. We live in the Des Moines Iowa area and go fishing as often as possible. I originally ...

KAYAK BASS FISHING ADVENTURES ON THE CANAL DAY 1 
DAY 1

My name is Kevin, I?m 15 years old, striving to become pro some day.
I use my kayak to bass fish and every day is different. Today is the first ...

Jesse and dj's catch 
Jesse and Dj at age 11 and 14 caught this at a small duck pond in Papillion off a thin fin fishing lure..red one if I remember correctly. It was believed ...

Just testing my new Frog out the 2nd day!!! 
There I was all alone on what many say is the best lake in the world, Lake Fork. After playing with the idea of what I really want out of a Frog, I decided ...

B.A.D. / BASS ANGLER DAVE 
This was my best day bass fishing ever! It took place this past late summer in September. I was ninja fishing at a private lake in a gated community in ...

Birthday Bass October 12th, 2010 
My hubby & I got started fishing about 5 years ago...we moved on a lake in N. IL - started fishing when the nephew came out from California....shore fishing ...

My Bass Story - The one that got away 
A time I will always remember from fishing is when a summer shower had just passed by and it was still cloudy. The fish were feeding like crazy. I got ...

Catch of the year!! 
I caught this beast at Lake Perris in California. I was finessing the weed line with a texas rigged roboworm. Sunny day at about 10:30am when I set ...

HOT 
Me and Ron got on the lake early, at daybreak, I had been having a lot of luck with the 3/8oz Hula Popper in an area we call the "Beaver Dam", just a log ...

The Pit Boss 
My buddy Wrangler and I decided to hit some pits near Columbus, KS in the Mined Land wildlife area. I had been there before but it was his first trip. I ...

How GIRLS catch large mouth bass!! 
A few months ago we were at a mining pit in Bonita Springs, FL as the afternoon was starting to cool off and the fish starting hit the top of the water,...

4.5+ Smallmouth Bass & Buddys 5.0 Largy 
Well the smallmouth bass was caught on a small lake in Calabogie Ontario Canada. 45 min from Ottawa.

I was using a top water, popper lure, medium sized ...

Seth Allen 8.2 LB Largemouth 
Hey everybody! Just thought I would feel anybody interested in on catching this fella. I was fishing in Eufaula, Alabama. I had been catching around 2 ...

Fish of a lifetime 
It happened about two years ago back in 2008 on Father's Day. So that would put it at June 15 on a Sunday. My Dad and I were fishing in our little pond ...

This one on the 1st cast... 
June 20th, 2010..It was a rainy stormy day out, we're talking lighting and thundering people, the whole deal here. Me and my buddy Nick were bummed due ...

My Biggest Catch at Lake Sacajawea 
My dad and I take a short drive a lot in the summer to Lake Sacajawea to fish. Last summer I wasn't having any luck. I returned from 3 fishing trips empty ...

My First Largemouth 
The first time I've ever been bass fishing was May of 2010. I wasn't sure of what to expect; I'd been fishing before, but it was when i was three or so ...

The biggins in Georgia 
These are my largemouth bass that I have caught in Senoia Ga.
They were taken a few months apart, every fish being above 7lbs.
They were taken all with ...

Big Summer Bass 
My family recently took a fishing trip to a catch and release only lake in West Virginia. The lake was long and narrow, but it is filled with some monster ...

Two-At-A-Time-Tommy 
It's not always about the largest bass.
This story goes back to the early 1980's when I was just beginning to teach my 4 year old son, Tommy to bass fish....

Some Nice Ontario Largies  
My friend Bill and i were doing some portaging in northern Ontario. We decided to troll with some nice colorful spinners and got into some great largemouth....

A place to catch them by the cooler full... 
We head to Nottely Lake, Georgia, when we plan to fish. Fish are in abundance here, especially the white bass. This makes for a great time to spend out ...

The Big One!!??? 
I was fishing with my father on spring break in Florida. I was with my father on a boat, he used regular worms to catch the fish. We were sitting on the ...

Memorial Day Bass Fishing  Not rated yet
Went to this fishing pond for the first time on Memorial Day. The wife and kids had to go to work and school as a make up day for the winter days missed....

Fishing in Burwell Ne  Not rated yet
Waters were up in Calumus lake..it was more of a workout then a relaxing fishing trip, but the best time of my life!!! Fish were biting and running and ...

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