Pete Robbins

Pete

Robbins

Biography

Veteran outdoor writer Pete Robbins provides a fan's perspective of B.A.S.S. complemented by an insider's knowledge of the sport. He blogs about fishing travel at www.halfpastfirstcast.com

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Fantasy Fishing: Balancing savvy and sentiment

By Pete Robbins

Fantasy Fishing players should not let emotion get in the way of picking anglers who know how to grind it out in the heat this time of year.

On any given Sunday

By Pete Robbins

In a season altered by the uncertainty of a global pandemic, a different kind of uncertainty has proven to be the Elites’ greatest selling point.

Loughran has time on his side

By Pete Robbins

Ed Loughran fished his first Bassmaster Invitational in 1993 before taking a 16-year hiatus from top-level competition.

Fantasy Fishing: Old venue, new look

By Pete Robbins

This is normally the time of year when we’re wrapping up the Bassmaster Elite Series season, but we’re only approaching the midpoint.

Fantasy Fishing: Trust those who know what they know

By Pete Robbins

Here’s a throwback for you: In June of 1997 a friend and I went to Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka as co-anglers in a big tournament. My friend, who had fished the Northeast division of the Red Man...

Fantasy Fishing: Full House of Canadians and Texans at St. Lawrence River

By Pete Robbins

Picking a few crowd favorites and some who should be top picks, but who for some reason aren’t.

Fantasy Fishing: Think postspawn consistency at Eufaula

By Pete Robbins

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Rooster is not used to having so much human contact during the day. This work-from-home situation has completely messed up his nap schedule.

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A delayed homecoming for Buddy Gross

By Pete Robbins

Buddy Gross continues to lean against the downhill pull of his rock pushing days, ready for the next tournament.

Fantasy Fishing: Go with pros who adapt quickly

By Pete Robbins

There’s grass, big fish and big water, but the most important element is the season.

Only one place counts, or does it?

By Pete Robbins

We've seen some heroic comebacks this week, including Seth Feider's big bag today and the comeback that Keith Combs engineered yesterday.Neither will likely win, though.Cherry established a huge...

If Hank Cherry wins he will be the first NC champ since David Fritts in 1993 and the first winner in a Bass Cat since Mark Davis in 1995.Two Hall of Famers, both inducted in 2019. Maybe this is the...

Lunchtime analysis

By Pete Robbins

It would be easy to say this Cherry has this wrapped up, but this is Guntersville and there are plenty of 7+ lb bass swimming out there -- sometimes in close proximity to one another.There's no...

Bassmaster LIVE doing its job

By Pete Robbins

We are back in Brown's Creek and passing by your tournament leader. Very few spectators as compared to past Classics, including the 2014 iteration here. With Bassmaster LIVE, you're actually closer...

Blaylock needs wind

By Pete Robbins

With the sun out the water is starting to heat up, but until a moment ago it was dead slick calm. Then the wind kicked up and almost immediately Blaylock hooked up with a solid keeper. He had to...

Blaylock culls

By Pete Robbins

Stetson Blaylock is trying to keep Hank Cherry honest.

Making a move

By Pete Robbins

We left Brandon Card to drop off Steve Bowman's photo gallery at the media trailer. On the way we passed Hank Cherry and his spectator gallery.Now we have moved to Stetson Blaylock in the vicinity...

I need a pig sooie

By Pete Robbins

Here in the land of "Roll Tide," Steve Bowman feels a bit out of sorts. He let out an impromptu "Woo pig sooie" and fellow Arkie Stetson Blaylock, fishing just 30 yards away, picked up on it. "I...

No hookup

By Pete Robbins

After making his second short move of the morning, Card "missed one that felt like a good one." He said he needs wind to get them to commit to his jerkbait and he is not getting it.With no wind and...

Spin to win?

By Pete Robbins

We haven't seen many spinning rods this week so far -- in fact, I don't remember any -- but Brandon Card had several on the deck of his Vexus.He just used one of them to catch keeper number two. It...

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