Jay Kumar is the founder of BassGold.com and produces the daily BassBlaster email. He also founded BassFan.com, was a B.A.S.S. senior writer, and co-hosted the ESPN show Loudmouth Bass with Mark Zona.
Editor's note: Our friend and bass fishing legend Dick Garlock passed away this week, on Oct. 8, 2019, at 90 years young. He looked like he was 60. We're going to miss him fishing and working at...
Brookeland, Texas – If you happened to be at the Umphrey Pavilion on Sam Rayburn Reservoir last weekend, you might have thought you’d stumbled onto a secret Bassmaster Elite Series event. Mark...
The Bassmaster Classic is an all or nothing tournament. No points, no fishing for checks. Just let it all hang out. That may explain why most of the Classic field decided to crank...
Most fished mid-lake (53%), with 30% fishing the upper lake and the rest down low.Most fish caught were between 3 and 8 feet.Crankbaits accounted for 42% of the baits used, jigs were second at 27%...
Okay bass fans, here's some miscellany I've uncovered in my Bassmaster Classic prep – no particular order. Usually I circulate these to a select few people, but this time I'm...
Okay bass fans, here's some miscellany I've uncovered in my Bassmaster Classic prep – no particular order. Usually I circulate these to a select few people, but this time I'm...
Okay bass fans, here's some miscellany I've uncovered in my Bassmaster Classic prep – no particular order. Usually I circulate these to a select few people, but this time I'm...
First let's get one thing straight: Anyone in the Classic can win it. And not just because KVD's not in it this year. What I mean is, you don't get to the Classic – from whatever...
Why did Greg Hackney, the newly crowned Angler of the Year, fish so well in 2014? We all know he's one of the best bass anglers on the planet, but AOY wins don't come by accident.
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One of Andy Montgomery's home lakes is Norman, so he definitely knew what to expect going into last weekend's Southern Open. Then again, anyone whose ever heard anything about Norman knows...
Skeet Reese finished second at the Toyota Angler of the Year Championship, and like the first- and third-place finishers also fished Little Bay de Noc. But while Jacob Powroznik (first) fished a...
Mark Davis, who finished third at Bays de Noc, has been around long enough to know that big water can get nasty in a hurry, so he practiced with the wind in mind. "I decided I wasn't going...
With Toyota Angler of the Year on the line, Greg Hackney knew he had to catch 'em at Bays de Noc. He wanted 20 pounds a day, but thought that the high teens might do it. Either way, he needed a...
Even though the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship was about Greg Hackney winning AOY, Jacob Powroznik won the tournament – his second Elite Series-level win of the year,...
We all know Greg Hackney won the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament at Cayuga Lake, N.Y. using his namesake Strike King Hack Attack Jig. But how exactly did he get on the jig bite and where he was...
Like many Bassmaster Elite Series pros, Todd Faircloth had never been on Cayuga Lake prior to the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite held there. "All I knew was it had grass in it," he...
Going into the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Cayuga Lake, Chris "Zaldaingerous" Zaldain was 63rd in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points. With a little math and a...
Kevin VanDam is a threat to win any tournament, and he won one of the toughest ever: the 2005 Bassmaster Classic in Pittsburgh, Pa. Since this week's Delaware River tournament is supposed to be...