I go to a lot of sporting events. My daughter attends the University of Alabama (Roll Tide), so the football games are a great time to catch up. In my hometown of Birmingham, Ala., there is a minor...
“Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams. That’s what the Elite Series represents to not only these pros, but to any angler ...”Drew Cook took a shot to the face with a bullet. Well, it was a bullet weight...
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I bought a candle. I think it was the bramble berry scent, whatever that is. I do know that it was the color of my favorite junebug worm, which sealed the deal. The purchase was inspired by my...
Do you hang around people that have bad luck just to make yourself feel better? Wait, let me rephrase; that sounds mean. Do any of your good buddies happen to have a good run of bad luck, which...
Three things I’ve learned watching Cliff Pirch this morning:1. He turns the Lowrance on his console to face him while fishing on the front deck. He glances at both his bow unit (transducer at front...
Cliff Pirch just amazed me. Not with a fish catch, but by doing three things at the same time that most anglers struggle with individually. He made a cast, and while it was sinking, opened up a...
Cliff Pirch is on fire. In the last 15 minutes, he has broken off a big smallie and landed three others. One was short, the other two were in the 2- to 2 1/2-pound range.Hooked up again! This one...
We barely sat our boat down after locating Cliff Pirch when he set the hook. It couldn’t have been more than his third cast of the day. He fought the fish for .. ev .. er! I mean, it was a legit...
Bertrand just pulled up on the same piece of structure Lucas is fishing. As he was about to put his trolling motor in the water, Bertrand asked Lucas what he had. “I only have four, what about you?...
After watching Bertrand cull up to almost 13 pounds, we decided to slide over to Justin Lucas. He is also fishing deep structure on the main lake. A few minutes after we arrived, he set the hook on...
So, after 30 minutes of nothingness, Bertrand set the hook on his third keeper. It looked to be smaller than the first two but it went in the box. A few minutes later he was bowed up on another...
We sat bobbing in the middle of Lake Oahe on the south end of the fishery near the dam, waiting for Josh Bertrand to arrive at his starting point after a wind delay this morning.The waves are...
With the publication of this issue, I have officially thumbed through every page of every Bassmaster since its inception in 1968. That’s 448 magazines, which equates to roughly 50,000 pages of...
Just pulled up on Hunter Shryock. “Man, it’s slow!” He hollered at us. “This is like fishing in a bathtub, it’s so clear. I did catch one about 5 pounds, though. Must be the dumbest fish in Travis!...
We left mid lake and headed to the dam. There are plenty of guys to follow within sight of the giant wall of rocks. Palaniuk was the first we ran into. Said he just had a batch of schoolers come to...
