Jeff Samsel Fishing

  When the Bassmaster Elite Series kicks off the 2026 season at Lake Guntersville later this week I’ll be tuned in — eager to see which patt...

Lake Guntersville is an iconic bass fishing destination, and the same is true about Weiss Lake for crappie. Fortunate for me, my first fishi...

  Angling adventures during 2025 generally kept me closer to home than normal, with no fishing trips outside the Southeast. Typically I find...

Jimmy Mason with a couple of Guntersville chunks during my most recent Tennessee River outing. I'm not going to narrow it that muc...

I just realized I never reported back about this week's fishing at Lake Guntersville. I posted a few photos on Instagram (jeffsamsel) ...

When Jimmy Mason sends word that the bass are biting at Guntersville and suggests we get together to do some story and photo work, I don...

With spotty rain turning steady even falling hard in spurts, and the temperature holding right around 38, there was only one good thing to...

All the big bass pictures I've been seeing and sometimes sharing on my facebook fishing page have me really looking forward to a few ...

"A few years ago, you wouldn't have dreamed about using a drop-shot rig for ledge fishing,but I find myself using one more and mo...

"They're all really high," Jonathan Newton said as he graphed a Pickwick Lake ledge. "There are plenty of fish down th...

Word has it that the ledge bite is going strong on Pickwick , so I'm Alabama bound this afternoon to see for myself. I'll be divid...

This short "tips" video,which was shot while the fall frog bite was going strong on Pickwick Lake, features bass pro and fishing...

As I spent time in the boat with pros from Vicious Fishing earlier this week, we talked a fair amount about line preferences, and I was re...

"Are those holes where bass have been feeding?" I asked Jimmy Mason , looking toward the group of holes my  Booyah Pad Crasher  ...