The shallowest of the Great Lakes — which was just named the top lake in the U.S. by USA Today's 10Best — is now being recognized as a top spot for bass fishermen.

Perhaps, but hear me out. Over my many years of covering the Great Outdoors, I’ve heard numerous stories of anglers hooking into big muskies when they’re not actually fishing for them.

Lake Champlain is home to over 90 species of fish and is widely considered one of the best bass-fishing spots in the world, according to the Lake Champlain Land Trust.

Smallmouth bass records have fallen repeatedly in recent years across the northern states and southern Canada. New York’s smallmouth bass record has been reset several times and could have been ...

Post Bulletin Outdoors writer John Weiss continues his summer series of "little things are a big deal" columns this week with some lessons learned and advice received about largemouth bass fishing.

He made his first trip to J.B. Thomas in May 2023. It’s been happy slaunching ever since. It was hardly love at first sight. What he found looked more like a gar hole than a gem of a bass lake.