Science of the Strike is focused on taking an analytical, scientific approach to understanding the complex sport of largemouth bass fishing. Whether you're just starting out or a tournament veteran, we'll equip you with cutting-edge insights into bass behavior, feeding patterns, and the environmental factors that influence their every move. Join us as we decode the science behind every cast, unlocking the secrets to bigger and more consistent catches.
Science of the Strike
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Podcast Overview
Science of the Strike is focused on taking an analytical, scientific approach to understanding the complex sport of largemouth bass fishing. Whether you're just starting out or a tournament veteran, we'll equip you with cutting-edge insights into bass behavior, feeding patterns, and the environmental factors that influence their every move. Join us as we decode the science behind every cast, unlocking the secrets to bigger and more consistent catches.
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
Episode 25: Herring
<p>Episode 25 continues our Prey Mini-Series with a deep look at blueback herring, which are arguably the single most disruptive baitfish in modern American bass fishing. We get into what bluebacks actually are, how they ended up in lakes hundreds of miles from saltwater, and what they've done to every fishery that hosts them. We talk about the behavioral rewrite they cause: bass abandoning structure and becoming more pelagic. We cover the herring spawn, what triggers it, where it happens, and why bass key on it like nothing else. Finally, we get into the trade-offs: yes, herring grow big fish, but the rest of the food web pays the bill. When it comes to advancing yourself as a largemouth bass angler, if you understand the prey, you'll understand the predator. </p>
May 10, 2026
Episode 24: Fish Care
<p>If you only listen to one episode of this show, we'd ask you to make it this one. Episode 24 is all about fish care when angling for largemouth bass. Fish care doesn't get the airtime that lure selection or pattern-of-the-week content does, but every fish you catch is a fish whose survival is at least partly in your hands, and most anglers, ourselves included, have been doing things wrong for years without realizing it. We get into largemouth handling from the ground up: where to grip, where not to, what a vertical hold actually does to a jaw, and why the "lip and support" rule exists. We talk about the slime coat: what it is, why it's the bass's first line of defense, and how a net or a boat's carpet can undo it in seconds. We cover livewell management in detail: temperature, oxygen, additives, what actually helps versus what's marketing, and how tournament fish end up dying hours after release, even when they swam off looking fine. Of all the episodes we have recorded and will ever record, we believe Episode 24 matters most. </p>
April 27, 2026
Episode 23: Oliver Ngy
<p>Episode 23 keeps the Experience vs. Science miniseries rolling, this time with the founder of Big Bass Dreams and a guy who's spent more time analyzing largemouth bass than most people will spend during their whole lives, Oliver Ngy. We sat down to figure out where his decades on the water line up with the peer-reviewed literature, and where the two camps quietly disagree. We get into angler pressure and what it actually does to a fish day-to-day, the murky and surprisingly contested question of largemouth memory (how much, how long, and whether "memory" is even the right word), what the wind is really doing when it kicks up your favorite bank, and a handful of other principles that explain a lot of what anglers usually chalk up to feel. Oliver brought the reps, and we brought the citations. The conversation went where most fishing talk doesn't: past the anecdote and into the mechanism.</p>
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