New York Smallies

By Jim Hanley The first time I was introduced to a "gitzit" was in 1978 Thousand Islands tournament. Like the fish I was enticing, I was hooked by this new technique. That first day I was paired with Greg Ward, grandson of legendary TV…

Jim Hanley, a native of the Buffalo, New York area, has been fishing and watching Lake Erie change over the past 50 years.  As a former BASS angler, having competed in the Bassmaster Classic, Jim has a deep understanding of bass fishing…

As the sun sets on another BASS Elite tournament season and all the Bass boats are heading home we find out that Boyd Duckett won the BASS Elite Series Oneida Lake with a combination of smallmouth and largemouth bass on August 26,2012. This…

With the BASS Elite Series making its final stop for 2012, we will be watching closely to see what role Oneida smallmouth bass have in the final standings. Lake Oneida is well known for its smallmouth bass fishing but it also has a healthy…

If you fish in the Northern parts of the US and southern parts of Canada around the Great Lakes, Ontario, etc, you will find the northern smallmouth bass fishing is incredible. Supposedly, bass in warmer climates grow faster because of…

If you are looking for Lake Champlain smallmouth hotspots, then start your search here. Lake Champlain, considered by some as the 6th Great Lake, is a natural, freshwater lake in North America, located mainly within the borders of the…

Smallmouth bass fishing on Lake Erie is something that should be on everyone's "bucket list".  This is Lake Erie fishing in the fall.I could watch this stuff all day. Lake Erie used to be like a sewer pit. When the invasive species…