I don’t know if any of y’all are like me, but sometimes a song hits you when you’re riding down the road and the emotions of life just kind of take over. That happened to me recently when a Kenny...
It’s hard to believe that the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season has come and gone.It seems like just yesterday that the professional fishing world was turned upside down with different ideas and...
Now that we’ve gotten through the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season and the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship is behind us, I can just go fun fishing. It’s really nice to get a...
Something is happening in the fishing world right now, and I’m not sure that people even realize what is really going on…The fall transition.Had you thinking I was going to get into something...
Last week, the tournament on the St. Lawrence River was certainly one for the record books. They absolutely dropped the hammer on those big smallies in and around Waddington, N.Y. But now, it’s...
All weekend long we had to listen to the Bassmaster LIVE crew questioning the judgment of the pros who pursued largemouth at the St. Lawrence River, but now the shoe’s on the other foot. While...
Where has the year gone?It seems like the year has flown by already. Two very important events to me will happen in the coming days, July the Fourth and the ICAST show in Orlando, Fla. The...
This week is the 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series at Guntersville, and while I was working on tackle it hit me just how important Guntersville is to the history of B.A.S.S....
Next March, the eyes of the bass fishing world will focus upon Lake Guntersville, a legendary TVA impoundment loaded with grass and big bass. There are 75 Elite Series pros who dream of competing...
Before I get too far ahead of myself, while I was fishing the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest at Lake Fork, my son Jacob and his fiancé Alita welcomed their daughter Avery into the world. She is mine...
Winning a Bassmaster Classic is undeniably the ultimate goal of any professional bass angler. Believe it or not, winning the sport’s most coveted title never entered Matt Herren’s mind when he...
I’m sittin’ here thinking about fishing the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest at Lake Fork, and I realized, it’s about my favorite time of the year to fish.Most of the people I talk to as I travel the...
After the long runs and light weights of Winyah Bay, the Bassmaster Elite Series will pick up the schedule midstream at Lake Fork, a comparatively compact playing field with comparatively monstrous...
As it’s been said, it’s been several years since the Bassmaster Elite Series has crested the 100-pound mark of four days of accumulative weight. It’s time for it to happen again. Any B.A.S.S. fans...
As I drove in the predawn hours last week on my way to the Lake Martin, I noticed my truck outside air temperature gauge was reading 35 degrees. I began to ponder the weather we've had this winter...
I think the first two tournaments on the Bassmaster Elite Series this year were the best two weeks I’ve experienced since I’ve been fishing B.A.S.S. That statement may sound strange for someone who...