Ask the Anglers: Are Smallmouth Bass a Friend or Foe?

5y • Bass Pro Tour

Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees readies for Bass Pro Tour Zenni Stage 6 Presented by Toyota

18h • MLF • Press Releases

The Champions primer: Which Bass Pro Tour anglers are in, who’s on the bubble for highest-paying tournament ever

18h • Mitchell Forde • Bass Pro Tour

Back to basics: Lawrence always has two different buzzbaits ready to go, and here’s why

1d • Bass Pro Tour

Back to basics: Rose with some gentle jig reminders

1d • Bass Pro Tour

Fishing Clash Angler of the Year update: Birge leads, Wheeler looms with two events left

1d • Mitchell Forde • Bass Pro Tour

Roy’s tips for tackling fields of timber

6d • Mitchell Forde • Major League Lessons

FISHING TOWNS: Kentucky Lake’s legacy lives on as a legendary multi-species fishery

1w • Bass Pro Tour

Historic Heavy Hitters at Orange Lake: by the numbers

1w • Justin Onslow • Bass Pro Tour

Top 10 Baits: How the heaviest hitters caught Orange Lake’s giant bass

2w • Tyler Brinks • Bass Pro Tour

Lefebre authors epic ending with Heavy Hitters win plus $100,000 big bass on Orange Lake

2w • Mitchell Forde • Bass Pro Tour

Bass Pro Tour MLFNOW! livestream, Heavy Hitters Day 6 (5/21/2026)

2w • Bass Pro Tour

GALLERY: Lefebre fever strikes with $200,000 Heavy Hitters victory

2w • Tyler Brinks • Bass Pro Tour

HIGHLIGHTS: Heavy Hitters Championship Round

2w • Bass Pro Tour

GALLERY: Heavy Hitters Championship Round anglers gunning for the juice at Orange Lake

2w • Tyler Brinks • Bass Pro Tour

Ask the Anglers: Are Smallmouth Bass a Friend or Foe?

April 17, 2021 • Bass Pro Tour

Smallmouth bass can be a fickle mistress according to the MLF pros. We asked the anglers if they consider smallmouth a friend or foe? See what the pros had to say about the brown bass.