When the Bassmaster Elite Series launched in 2006, one of its anglers was a rookie from southern Indiana. At season’s end the rookie was 25th in the Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings and had...

Last year wasn’t my best year, not by any definition. As a result I’ve been doing a lot of thinking as I looked at highways through my windshield driving from one place to another. Some of what I...

I grew up in Addyston, Ohio, right on the Ohio River. It was a small town about 10 miles outside of Cincinnati. There wasn’t anything fancy there, but I had a wonderful childhood. We spent most of...

As nine-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier Bill Lowen met me at the dock at Paris Landing State Park Marina on Kentucky Lake, he noticed my surprise. Even though I’d known all year that the aluminum...

It’s been about three years since the Elites fished the last event on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Not much has changed since then except a few names, faces and the launch location. If you have...

The Elites were supposed to visit Orange, Texas, in April, but Mother Nature made that infeasible, so now they’re back as part of a Texas two-step comprised of Lake Travis and the Sabine River. But...

With the Sabine River getting moved back to early June, Grand Lake in Oklahoma is now the second stop of 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series season.Grand Lake should be primed to be a great event that...