Craig Lamb

Craig

Lamb

Biography

Forty years ago, Craig Lamb went to his first B.A.S.S. tournament as a starstruck teenager. As a grownup, he reports about the people, places and news of the tournament trail.

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Go deep for smallmouth, shallow for largemouth at Cherokee Lake

By Craig Lamb

Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains foothills awaits a fishing opportunity like none other in the state of Tennessee.

The Llama on the move

By Craig Lamb

On Saturday you needed to look outside the Top 10 to find the name of Seth Feider. Yesterday he was 11th with 32 pounds, 3 ounces. Now, BASSTrakk shows him in fifth with 51-3, based on a 19-0 limit...

Auten keeping it simple

By Craig Lamb

A dizzying array of lures are typically used by the pros in the high-stakes B.A.S.S. competitions. Surprisingly, the lure lineup that you'll see in the post-Classic Top Lures gallery is simple....

Crews on a roll

By Craig Lamb

Photographer Andy Crawford is on John Crews Jr. He phoned this blog in to me after repeatedly attempting to type it into his phone. Problem was Crews kept interrupting the progress with fish...

Tennessee team wins high school classic

By Craig Lamb

Matthew Vandagriff and Asa Robertson relied on tactics that work for them back home in middle Tennessee.

Local Lester

By Craig Lamb

Here is noteworthy intel on Brandon Lester, who currently is listed as fifth in BASSTrakk with three keepers in the box and a score of 27 pounds, 3 ounces.Lester's birthplace and hometown of...

Feider looking for a better tomorrow

By Craig Lamb

Finishing Day 1 with 16 pounds, 10 ounces was not good enough by Seth Feider's standards. He says he thinks tomorrow will be better -- for him and everyone else.

Cherry had a big day

By Craig Lamb

Hank Cherry's competition day was different than his practice. He ended Day 1 with more than 29 pounds.

Dakota Meyer visits the Classic Expo

By Craig Lamb

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visited the Classic Expo as part of his support for Hiring Our Heroes. The aim of the program is helping veterans enter the workforce after their military...

TVA's game plan

By Craig Lamb

The 53 anglers competing on Guntersville have their game plans, and so does the Tennessee Valley Authority for the Tennessee River.Here is the latest observed and projected release data for Lake...

Eelgrass: Friend of foe?

By Craig Lamb

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala.—Could too much of a good thing be bad? The answer is yes, when it comes to the current state of aquatic vegetation as it relates to bass fishing on Lake Guntersville, site of the...

Videos: Post-practice day breakdowns

By Craig Lamb

TVA water watch

By Craig Lamb

Water level was the word yesterday when I interviewed the anglers about what we fans can expect this week at the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk.The reason why all the...

Shallow or deep?

By Craig Lamb

In this reporting gig asking the “how was practice” question to the pros sets up the interviewer for a wide range of responses.

High School champs go to the Classic

By Craig Lamb

Grayson Morris and Tucker Smith, the two-time national high school champs, get the fishing trip of a lifetime this week.

In the trenches: Lisa Talmadge

By Craig Lamb

Lisa Talmadge is responsible for event planning and assisting Tournament Director Trip Weldon with daily operations of the events.

Classic Rewind: Minn Kota's high-tech legacy

By Craig Lamb

Minn Kota’s trolling motor legacy began what could be called the prehistoric days of bass fishing.

Fish Watts Bar for springtime largemouth and smallmouth

By Craig Lamb

Anglers visiting Watts Bar Lake can enjoy a bonus catch of smallmouth and largemouth during spring.

Classic Rewind: Humminbird’s legacy

By Craig Lamb

One of the Classic’s longest sponsors started an electronics revolution that redefined now bass were caught offshore.

Classic Rewind: Team Daiwa’s legacy

By Craig Lamb

By the 1980s, lures evolved beyond their original design as the B.A.S.S. pros constantly sought ways to gain an edge on the competition.

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