Aaron Martens, a Bassmaster Elite Series angler who lives in Leeds, won $100,000 in last weekend's Elite tournament via finesse fishing, using small lures and hooks and light lines to fool smallmouths ...

Berkley Pro Staffer Ken Cook is the 1991 Bassmaster Classic winner and a 14-time Classic qualifier. A former fisheries biologist, Cook lives on a ranch in Meers, Okla. As we anglers get more and more ...

When some anglers think of finesse worms they think sissy baits, something suitable only for a rank amateur who can't catch a bass any other way. Those who hold that opinion might want to take note, ...

My guest for the day, Michael, lobbed a lightly weighted finesse-sized plastic worm toward the main lake point we were fishing. Before it even settled into the modest weed growth, he set the hook into ...

Ned Kehde, of Lawrence, with one of the thousands of bass he'll catch this year. He prefers finesse fishing because it lets him catch a lot of fish, is easy on his body and in inexpensive compared to ...

In the world of bass fishing, you can try hundreds of techniques and thousands of baits. This can make it challenging to find your tried and true favorites, but it seems that most bass anglers I know ...

From an article on Bassmaster.com: Nick Trim had high expectations coming into the 2025 Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Championship at the Upper Mississippi River presented by Lowrance. He lives, after all, ...

Our finesse tackle revolves around six-foot, medium-action spinning rods that are fitted with medium-sized spinning reels. The reels are spooled with 10-pound-test braid and a five-foot 8-pound-test ...