Tips from Our Pros

Strike King® and Lew’s® pro Trey McKinney has accomplished goals at 19 years old that many anglers simply aspire to achieve in their lifetime. With a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament win under his belt, he reflects on all that it took to get to this point and looks ahead to all that is yet to come in his professional angling career.

For 54 professional anglers, 7:15am on March 24th cannot come soon enough. The 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Toyota will be held in Knoxville, TN on the Tennessee River – a favorite site for anglers and spectators alike after one of the largest Bassmaster Classic turn outs here in 2019.

After the fish have finished spawning, they move out of the shallow pockets to the deeper water as they transition to the post spawn phase. Learn how Josh Stracner targets the post spawn bite. #NEXTLEVEL

Take your Thunder Cricket game to the #NEXTLEVEL with Jeff Sprague's top trailer recommendations.

Lew's Fishing and Strike King Pro Mark Rose takes us through his go-to heavy cover swimbaits featuring the NEW Strike King Weedless Squadron Head. #NEXTLEVEL

Major League Pro Fisherman Andy Montgomery takes us through his top baits and locations for shad spawn fishing.

Mark Zona shares his three top lures for cold water bass fishing and how he prefers to rig them in the winter.

The chilly weather sweeps in with vengeance after the long warm summer days. The shad begin to die off in the shad kill and new colors start to generate more bites. Andy Montgomery explains how to fish the shad kill and target fish in the cold water with craw patterns.