Pete Robbins

Pete

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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: Gonna need bigger livewells

By Pete Robbins

One of the world’s best-known and most-fished trophy lakes is not going to make it easy on the field.

Fantasy Fishing: River of doubt

By Pete Robbins

The Sabine River out of Orange, Texas, has become a semi-regular stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series.

Fantasy Fishing: Walking the wire

By Pete Robbins

Before things get further out of hand, Pete Robbins needs to hit some sort of reset button on his 2021 season.

Fantasy Fishing: Pick cold weather river experts

By Pete Robbins

After the warm temperatures of Florida, the Elites are coming back to a dose of reality in Knoxville, Tenn.

Fantasy Fishing: Palatka on speed dial

By Pete Robbins

After the shortest Bassmaster Elite Series offseason in recent memory, we’re getting the band back together on some familiar stomping grounds.

Daily Limit: Lindner among greatest teachers

By Mike Suchan

When the greatest teachers of fishing are discussed, Ron Lindner’s name definitely comes up.

Overcoming cold, muddy water

By Pete Robbins

For tournament anglers, there are a number of intervening conditions that can turn a good bite sour. Louisiana pro Greg Hackney doesn't sugarcoat it: "Cold, muddy water is by far the worst set of...

New Elite: Jason Christie

By Pete Robbins

Normally Jason Christie’s offseason would focus on deer hunting and family, but this winter has been different.

New Elite: Darold Gleason

By Pete Robbins

For Louisiana pro Darold Gleason, the quest to make the Bassmaster Elite Series unofficially began in 2010.

Legendary angling innovator and educator Ron Lindner dies at 86

By Pete Robbins

Ron Lindner, one of the world’s greatest fishing educators and freshwater multi-species anglers, who with his brother Al was a founder of the In-Fisherman media network, died this week at the age...

Fantasy Fishing: Fall turnover in Texas

By Pete Robbins

This longer-than-ever Bassmaster Elite Series season is ready to wind down with the 2020 Toyota Texas Bassmaster Texas Fest.

Mullins makes a move

By Pete Robbins

Seventh-year Bassmaster Elite Series pro David Mullins just took another step in a career that seems to be maturing in a hurry.

Fantasy Fishing: In a funk, lean on junk

By Pete Robbins

Over the past two Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments, fans have seen the best and the worst that southern fisheries have to hand out in the fall.

Destin DeMarion put his Power Poles down to make a lure change -- nothing major, just a more subtle version of his primary lure.He said that with a more natural colored skirt and a stealth blade on...

Stumphole sightings

By Pete Robbins

After a long run north to Stumphole Swamp in search of Destin DeMarion, we have arrived.The trees are thick up here but fortunately, a spectator in a Jon boat pointed us to DeMarion. He claims that...

Right on schedule

By Pete Robbins

Despite a few lingering clouds and a slight breeze, Carl Jocumsen departed his starting area a few minutes after 9 a.m., consistent with the past few days.He has three in the live well-- that's...

Stay down, baby

By Pete Robbins

Carl Jocumsen has gone up the ditch and back down again,, catching a keeper at each end. Now he has made it back to his starting spot and hooked up again."Stay down, baby," he begged.Another...

Back to the scene of the crime

By Pete Robbins

Compared to yesterday afternoon's roller-coaster ride, today's traversing of the lake was a walk in the park.Steve Bowman and I are waiting for Carl Jocumsen in the spot where he has started each...

Giant in the boat

By Pete Robbins

Carl Jocumsen is one of the most expressive and vocal anglers I've ever watched. He wears his heartstrings on his sleeve.He missed a bite, stomped his foot, and let out a scream....another...

Lots of activity

By Pete Robbins

A moment after Carl Jocumsen boxed keeper number one, he landed a short fish and threw it back. Overall there is much more activity here today than any other day of competition. Little shad are...

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