But the two anglers weren’t about to rest on their laurels, not with ice-fishing conditions ... Read Next: Record Largemouth Caught in Downtown Austin Is the Biggest Bass (So Far) of the 2025 Texas ...

An angler flipping shallow cover or throwing a frog is more likely to catch largemouth bass. The middle ground, where you’ll see a lot of these fish mix together, is when fishing crankbaits ...

In the interim, anglers can still fish for, catch, and release both largemouth and smallmouth bass ... video of this trip on my YouTube channel, fishcraft. Here’s a recap from this week’s fishing.

Last month, Branden Burkhardt of Verdigris, Okla. landed the 8th Legacy Class bass caught this season, ShareLunker 677, at O.H. Ivie Lake in the heart of Texas. The bass weighed in at 13.14 pounds ...