Dave
Precht
Dave Precht is the Editor in Chief of Bassmaster Magazine. To read more from Precht, follow his column "Back Deck" in Bassmaster Magazine.
I feel sorry for the high school anglers of today. Sure, they get to skip class to practice for the next Bassmaster high school tournament and wear cool jerseys with their school logos and all. But...
Late in 1999, two topics came up in frequent conversation: the “Y2K” problem, and what to call the decade of 2000-2009.Some feared the global economy would crash because computer programs...
Well into the 1990s, B.A.S.S. and its tournament trail were Southern to the core. Bass tournament fishing, like stock car racing in the early days, was dismissed outside the Southeast as a redneck...
“If Roland stopped to comb his blond hair before heading to the weigh-in, he knew he was about to get his picture taken.”Especially in its infancy, every sport needs at least one charismatic,...
The lights were dimmed and the curtains at the entrance to the arena were opened. Most in the audience probably expected a tow vehicle to drag in a sleek, new bass boat. It was the Bassmaster...
And Montgomery has made his circuit through this shallow pocket with only a couple of culls to show for it. He's throwing back 2-pounders, which won't quite help his limit of 13-6. He moved across...
We have traveled to the far back end of a long creek on Lake Martin to find a pair of Classic champions. Kevin VanDam is 200 yards down the bank and Casey Ashley is right in front of us. Neither is...
