This tournament fishing business is a funny thing when it comes to learning. You learn very little from a win but you can learn a lot from a loss. Here’s the deal: A win means you caught...
If you’re going to be a professional tournament bass angler, you’d better have thick skin. This business will humble you in a hurry. There’s no such thing as mercy out there. It’s the 2018...
Last time I made a brief mention about catching bass that are just a little bit bigger. That’s what we do in tournaments. It’s about finding a pattern within a pattern that pushes our weights up to...
I suppose it goes without saying that I’m excited about fishing the 2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing. There’s nothing like a win to get your heart pumping. But there...
This one was sweet. Going into the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge, I figured it would be a tough one. It wasn’t so much that the fishing would be...
ORANGE, Texas — The Sabine River is known as a stingy fishery, but as they always do the best bass anglers in the world showed it off for all to see. Greg Hackney of Gonzales, La., produced a four...
Follow along with Greg Hackney as he fishes towards his sixth B.A.S.S. championship at the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge.
Four events of the Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing season are in the books. At this point in the year you’re either a primed contender in the standings or have succumb to a tough tournament.Lake Travis...
Flippin’ and pitchin’ are a big part of successful bass fishing. It’s hard to consistently catch bass if you can’t do those things efficiently. The thing is, though, most of what’s out there about...
Last time we talked about the things I look for when I’m trying to find bass that are all over the place in their transition — prespawn, spawn, postspawn. This time let’s look at some things that...
This is a crazy time of the year, and this has been a crazy year. That makes for a wild combination. Depending on where you fish, and the recent weather in your parts, the bass might be anywhere...
The 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods didn’t turn out to be anything like what I expected. I missed the mark with my predictions and my thinking. That, coupled with...
How might this field deal ‘em on Lake HartwellSame as a deck of playing cards, there are 52 anglers competing in the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.Bear with the...
The 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods is settin’ up nice, and I couldn’t be happier. The last four or five out of the last six Bassmaster Classics we’ve chased...
To be perfectly honest, I find this year’s GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods to be a very challenging tournament to navigate. For Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing players, there...
I ended my column last time with the observation that the one good fish is never a given. I also observed that it’s something you can’t control. You can fish carefully and methodically using all...
It seems like we always hear about patterning bass or finding the right spots. It’s like finding bass is the way to win in a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. But for me it’s really all about...
Over the years I’ve developed a theory that there are two basic groups of bass. We’ll start with the easy group first. I call them resident bass. Resident bass move into an area after they...