St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

Opens profile: Svebek’s long Classic trek

Carl Svebek III of Orange, Tex., was 8 years old when he told his father that someday he would fish in the Bassmaster Classic. “I didn’t know it would take...

Opens profile: ‘Tin Man’ John Cox

John Cox’s tournament successes have become more frequent over the past three years. The Floridian’s most recent accomplishment is winning the 2017 Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Chickamauga in April....

Opens profile: Poirier making noise

With only Douglas Lake in Tennessee left to fish on the 2017 Bassmaster Northern Opens, Virginian Frank Poirier is third in the AOY standings. This lean, 60-year-old, wood-flooring distributor is...

Close calls at Lake St. Clair

Breaking down Opens changes

Opens profile: Kenney stays steady

After the first two Bassmaster Northern Opens of 2017, Florida’s JT Kenney is second in the AOY standings. By finishing sixth at Oneida and 14th at the James River, Kenney...

2018 Opens adds Championship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens Series will again include nine tournaments on prime bass fishing waters, but the series format will be markedly different from...

2018 Opens schedule

Opens profile: Sypeck’s Classic dream within reach

The dream of fishing the Bassmaster Classic should soon be a reality for 50-year-old Stanley Sypeck of Sugarloaf, Pa. Sypeck won the first Bassmaster Northern Open of 2017 at Oneida...

Opens profile: Pollard ahead of expectations

Alabama’s John Pollard claimed second place at the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open of 2017 on Florida’s Harris Chain and is far ahead of where he thought he...