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Northern Open: Doggedly determined Patrick Pierce
Northern Open: Doggedly determined Patrick Pierce
Sunshine State angler Patrick Pierce attended the University of Florida to become a fisheries biologist. His real goal was to have a job that would keep him close to bass fishing waters. ...
Opens angler profile: Advantage Avena
Opens angler profile: Advantage Avena
Editor's note: Adrian Avena finished this year's Bass Pro Shop's Northern Opens with 561 points and took first place in the 2015 Northern Opens standings. Avena landed in the Top 20 of...
The "other" hometown favorite wins
The "other" hometown favorite wins
WAGONER, Okla. — Bassmaster Elite Series pro Tommy Biffle of Wagoner, Okla., was the favorite to win the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open presented by Allstate at Fort Gibson Lake....
The changing face of Fort Gibson
The changing face of Fort Gibson
WAGONER, Okla. — Consistency is everything in the sport of tournament bass fishing. If you slam a heavy limit one day and bomb the next, you have no chance of winning a multi-day Bassmaster...
The 'no net' blues
The 'no net' blues
At every Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open that I have covered or competed in this year, countless anglers have lamented on the weigh-in stage that they lost good fish right at the boat. I...
Armchair anglers
Armchair anglers
Bass fishermen who don't compete in multi-day tournaments like the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens often second-guess the players who put up their money and step into the fray. The...
Out-Biffled
Out-Biffled
WAGONER, Okla. — When hometown angler Tommy Biffle of Wagoner, Okla., snatched the lead with 17 pounds, 10 ounces of largemouth bass Thursday, it appeared that the Bass Pro Shops...
Day 1 is live
Day 1 is live
The final boat has launched for the 2015 Bass Pro Shops Central Open #2 presented by Allstate.
2015 Elites and more
2015 Elites and more
Three 2015 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers roll by during the launch: Kevin Short, Fred Roumbanis and Stephen Browning. Opens angler Luke Clausen is ready to roll as well.
Time for takeoff!
Time for takeoff!
And it's game on for Day 1! Bassmaster.com photographer Shaye Baker photographs the launch.
Before the Open begins
Before the Open begins
Music greets the early arrivers to the Fort Gibson launch. Luke Clausen talks bow hunting before takeoff, then everyone pauses for the national anthem.
Central Open: Brainard is no bull
Central Open: Brainard is no bull
Jay Brainard is one of the most fearless anglers to ever set his sights on becoming a Bassmaster Elite Series pro. His first career, which he began at age 17, was protecting bull riders from bulls...
Central Open: Grayson Smith batting 1.000
Central Open: Grayson Smith batting 1.000
Tennessee’s Grayson Smith has made money in all five of the Bassmaster Open tournaments he has competed in. If he never fishes another Open, Smith will end his career with a batting average...
A speck of dirt plagues two Northern Opens
A speck of dirt plagues two Northern Opens
If you read my personal account of the James River Northern Open last month, James River Jinx, you know that an outboard problem foiled that tournament for me. I thought I had fixed the malady the...
James River Jinx
James River Jinx
I ventured to the Bassmaster James River Northern Open hoping for redemption. My three previous Open tournaments at the James were abysmal. Even my practice days there had been woeful. ...
Gotta love those NY bass
Gotta love those NY bass
New York State abounds with attractions that make it one of the top tourist destinations in the country. For those who wish to include fishing in their travels, the Empire State offers superb...
Northern Open: Englund all in for Elites
Northern Open: Englund all in for Elites
Minnesota’s Jon Englund got hooked on bass later in life than most anglers who fish Bassmaster tournaments at any level. He grew up on a hog farm, and the little fishing he did was for open...
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