The day before Team Toyota’s Matt Arey left home in Shelby, N.C. for the relatively short drive down to Lake Hartwell, he spiked a 101-degree fever. His sweet wife Emily confesses he got the nasty...
Spend five minutes talking to Bassmaster Elite Series pro Shane Lineberger of North Carolina, and you’ll fast realize the man deeply loves and appreciates his bride, Hope, and teen daughter, Alli....
If you’re looking for insight on what to expect at the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake Hartwell this week, you might want to stop by Ralph Hayes Toyota – South Carolina’s most long...
Leveraged by the magical fate of a few good topwater and drop shot bites on Lake Hartwell 17 months ago, Caleb Sumrall went from a recently laid-off father of two, to a B.A.S.S. Nation National...
Ott DeFoe and Mark Daniels Jr. both relied heavily on red craw colored crankbaits and the Toyota Tundras they purchased to ride to the top of the 2019 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK'S...
Team Toyota’s Mike Iaconelli will be the first to tell you the past few months have been among the most challenging of his life. But on the eve of the 2019 Bassmaster Classic in Knoxville he seems...
Few people on the planet live, eat, and bring more hilarity to professional bass fishing than Mark Zona. And he was kind enough to pull up a seat on a Tennessee River boat dock amid an insanely...
Fans know Gerald Swindle as bass fishing’s funniest man. But what they may not realize is the former house framer is one of the deepest thinkers on tour. Thoughts about everything from...
An oversized cardboard Toyota Bonus Bucks cardboard check sat unassigned and on display as Bassmaster Classic competitors passed by the Toyota booth on angler registration day Tuesday at the...
Texas-based Toyota Motor North America proudly announces the expansion of their professional bass angling team to include Bassmaster Elite Series anglers Matt Arey and Brandon Lester.Arey, who...
Fishing fans will have the chance to meet Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Dakota Meyer and thank him for his service. Meyer will be at the 2019 Bassmaster Classic Expo presented by DICK'S...
Only a handful of young college anglers have earned the right to compete in bass fishing’s biggest event the past 48 years. This year, it’s Nick Ratliff, an easy-going 22 year old senior majoring...
Arizona’s Clifford Pirch got tired of seeing his pro angling buddies Josh Bertrand and Roy Hawk cashing Bonus Bucks checks from Toyota while he was towing with another brand.“I was running a diesel...
Rookie Tyler Rivet of Southern Louisiana wore Donald Trump socks on his very first day as a Bassmaster Elite Series pro. But if you’re expecting to engage the 24-year-old in a political debate,...
It’s only been a few years since Brock Mosley was competing in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series as a student at Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., and cramming himself into a hotel room with Matt Lee...
Elites Jeff Gustafson, Scott Canterbury, and Matt Arey share what fans can expect on the eve of the first Bassmaster Elite Series event of the new season at the St. Johns River.
In the 1970s and 1980s the St. Johns River, home to this week’s Bassmaster Elite Series event, was an absolute bass fishing mecca, and the town of Palatka, Fla., was very much its epicenter.It was...
At age 52, with a long history of competing at the pro level, including qualifying for the prestigious Bassmaster Classic on three occasions, Todd Auten has seen pretty much everything modern day...
