Columnists

Why do bass shake loose?

Greg Hackney

It’s Thursday during our break. I was going to go fishing, but the weather is supposed to turn bad right after lunch so I thought I’d wait until tomorrow. Normally...

Fishing history

Kevin VanDam

No, this week’s column is not about history like that. I’m not going to tell you about the earliest bass anglers or who invented the spinnerbait.  This column is about...

Ross Barnett will shake things up

Aaron Martens

Excited: I’d say that’s the word to describe how I feel about Ross Barnett. I’ve never fished a tournament here before, but when people ask me how I feel about...

Find your own kind of fish

Keith Combs

While there’s plenty of fishing left to go, so far this year has not played out the way I’d hoped that it would. Two events in particular – Conroe and...

In praise of those on the bank

Don Barone

“It was two shades of brown and scratched up plastic…”
 Dateline: Ross Barnett, the other side of the dam “There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a...

The upside of any scenario

Jason Christie

This week’s Bassmaster Elite Series event on Ross Barnett will be kind of a give-and-take scenario with some of the things I like and some that I don’t. From my...

Shooting for single fish on Ross Barnett

Casey Ashley

I’m looking forward to our next Bassmaster Elite Series event on Ross Barnett for a couple of reasons. For starters, I feel like I have the wind at my back...

It’s been a crazy winter and spring

John Crews

There has been some crazy weather this winter and spring, and it’s had a significant impact on bass fishing this spring. Here in Virginia, and throughout the Midwest and most...

What ‘music’ do the bass in your lake like?

John Garrett

Rattling lipless crankbaits like the time proven Rat-L-Trap, or Strike King’s Red Eye Shad, are one of the easiest lures to use and they absolutely catch fish, but they don’t...

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