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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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.

Fantasy Fishing St. Johns – Palatka on Speed Dial

By Pete Robbins

After the shortest Elite Series offseason in recent memory, we’re getting the band back together on some familiar stomping grounds: The St. Johns River, a venue the trail has fished the last two...

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...

Off to a good start

By Pete Robbins

We'd barely settled into our waiting game when Carl Jocumsen set the hook and put bass No. 1 in the boat.After yesterday's unfulfilled start, it will be a true game-changer if this area fires up...

Austin powers his way to second place

By Pete Robbins

CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. – For decades, the ultimate sign that a professional angler had “made it” was to receive a nickname from SportsCenter host Chris Berman. This week at the Bassmaster...

The sea is angry

By Pete Robbins

After a rough and wet boat ride down from the swamp, Steve Bowman and I are back at the dock no worse for wear. The same ride that took 15 minutes yesterday was closer to 45 today.It took three...

Cox with a limit

By Pete Robbins

"Every time I get ready to quit, I get bit." That's what John Cox said after he finally caught his fifth keeper at one o'clcok on the dot. He's back to fishing now, blissfully unaware of his...

Nature calls

By Pete Robbins

As the sky darkens, the natural world is starting to stir. We came across this centipede-like creautre that even Grizzly Steve Bowman could not identify. I half-expected a big old bass to come up...

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