After coming close to winning a Central Open and enduring all the emotions of his mistake that cost him the title, John Garrett was calm and collected.
Fresh off Thanksgiving turkeys, let’s talk about ducks. Because during this time of the year, you’re just as likely to find me wearing waders in a duck blind as you will slinging squarebill...
Right now between Halloween jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, when many anglers have shelved fishing rods to pursue rut-crazed whitetails, it’s an awesome time to tie on a buzzbait,...
Whether you’re a tournament pro or simply somebody who loves to fish a few times a year, losing a favorite lure that becomes snagged is such a dreaded and frustrating experience. So let me tell you...
The goal of every student angler competing in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship on Lake Bemidji, is to win the one berth being offered to the 2018 Bassmaster Classic. And...
It’s so hot in the Mid-South right now that jumping in the lake wouldn’t really cool you off. Water surface temps near my house in Western Kentucky are 85 to 90 degrees.But the good news is, big...
If there’s one topic in bass fishing that always generates questions, especially as the technology constantly evolves and changes, it would be how to use, and see fish, on your sonar screen.So I...
I’ll be the first to tell you how unbelievably cool and rewarding it is to participate in organized college fishing, but it also requires a lot of gas, food and hotel money to travel out of state...
Rattling lipless crankbaits like the time proven Rat-L-Trap, or Strike King’s Red Eye Shad, are one of the easiest lures to use and they absolutely catch fish, but they don’t all sound the same.And...
HOUSTON – The confetti cannons will not, that is NOT in capital letters, be allowed in the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods.No confetti, you say, what’s up with...
The past few days have been crazy busy trying to prepare for the biggest tournament in bass fishing. And considering roughly 1,100 students competed in Carhartt College Bassmaster events last year,...
To say February is a pretty diverse month for bass fishing is like saying the Super Bowl is a pretty big football game. Depending on where you live, some of you are drilling holes in the ice this...
Hey everybody, I’m John Garrett from Bethel University in west Tennessee. This is my first blog, and I’m truly glad you’re taking time to read it. On the heels of an unbelievably humbling...
UNION CITY, Tenn. — “The moon and the stars haven’t lined up yet.”That’s what Johnny Garrett has told his grandson, John Garrett, every time the younger Garrett had a less-than-winning finish in a...
In August, John Garrett won the Carhartt College Series Classic Bracket presented by Bass Pro Shops, on Kentucky Lake. Yesterday here on the shore of Minnesota's Mille Lacs, he was presented with a...
