The first thing Chris Zaldain will tell an angler to do is bend one of the three shanks on the factory treble hook out to nearly 90-degrees, and then use pliers to squeeze the other two shanks...
Seth Feider paced the front deck for nearly four days at Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest wondering if the 9-pound 9-ounce bass he caught on Day 1 of the tournament would be large enough to win him a...
Bass fishing’s funniest man, Gerald Swindle, is neighboring with a 19-year-old thoroughbred gelding named Mistic this week at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest.
Team Toyota’s Brandon Lester loves a large cup of java each morning with sugar and Italian sweet cream creamer, but he doesn’t want his bass fishing waters to resemble his morning brew. “If...
Well-respected Lake Fork guide James Caldemeyer, who also competes in Bassmaster Open events, has caught or guided his clients to over 100 bass exceeding 10 pounds the past 16 seasons.
If you need two guys to accompany you on a five-mile jog, help you move furniture, catch you a fat largemouth or simply share a laugh and a cold beer, you’d be wise to get ahold of Bassmaster Elite...
In Thursday’s warm humid pre-dawn air to begin Day 1 at the Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship on Florida’s Harris Chain, I found myself deeply concerned about angler Mason Cizek’s...
College anglers from Campbellsville University, Georgia Southern and Nicholls State talked about what they and the bass have been eating at the Harris Chain of Lakes prior to Day 1 of competition.
Many college anglers are fueled by Oreos, borrowed boats, and in some fortunate cases, a bit of financial support for tuition and travel expenses from the colleges and universities they represent.
Unless you live within a couple hours of Due West, South Carolina you’ve probably never heard of a little college called Erskine, but the campus of 800 students is home to everything that’s good...
On a perfect autumn afternoon, there stood 79-year-old Tommy Swindle on the Goose Pond Landing boat dock waiting on his son Gerald to come into Day 1 weigh-in at the NOCO Bassmaster Elite Series at...
Team Toyota’s Brandon Lester loves Lake Guntersville. The highly accomplished young pro lives 1 hour and 20 minutes from this week’s weigh-in at Goose Pond Landing, and in a typical year he fishes...
Air temps in the high 40s and a full autumn moon hung over Guntersville prior to Day 1 takeoff of the Bassmaster Elite, but according Gerald Swindle, things aren’t exactly pumpkin spice and...