The acrobatics of northern smallies

After touring all over the country with the Bassmaster Elite Series and photographing the catching of about every fish known to man, I don’t think there is a fish alive...

Pipkens goes good, bad, ugly

Chad Pipkens put on quite a show in landing his second smallmouth bass of the day. Let his marshal, Rick Moore, explain both this photo and how Pipkens ended up...

Zaldain being selective

Chris Zaldain is showing three keepers for about 10 pounds in BassTrakk. I think it’s more by maybe 1-pound or more. It could be showing a limit for about 15-pounds....

The consistency of Lake Champlain

After three practice days this week, there was some question about whether the weights at this year’s tournament would match those from last year at Lake Champlain. The prevailing thought...

Zaldain back to his old tricks

Chris Zaldain is back to his old tricks from previous days. The first two days he’s been chasing birds on a huge flat. Then settling in on a ridge of...

What’s an Alewife?

We’ve heard anglers talk this week about bass eating a bait fish called an alewife. On Bassmaster LIVE Chris Zaldain showed us some that bass had spit up in his...

Feider a confident quipster now

Seth Feider is always good for a quote or two, whether he’s up or down. He admitted to being nervous before this next-to-last 2021 Elite Series tournament. His nerves have...

Champlain good now, may get better

If you watched the Day 2 weigh-in at Lake Champlain, and it felt like you were watching a repeat of the Day 1 weigh-in, your eyes weren’t deceiving you. The...

New York B.A.S.S. Nation lends helping hand

One of the most crucial pieces to successfully releasing 474 bass following the weigh-in is the release boat and without the appropriate amount of boats, things can get tricky.  This...

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