Good year - bad year
Good year - bad year
When B.A.S.S. announced last season’s Elite Series schedule, I saw a huge opportunity. Nearly every venue played to my skill set. Some were repeat fisheries, others were new, yet all made me feel...
Get around rock
Get around rock
If you’re planning a New Year’s fishing trip, I can offer a key piece of advice for most reservoirs, especially the ones I fish in the Southwest: Bass like to get around rock this time of year....
Thinking through my windshield
Thinking through my windshield
Last year wasn’t my best year, not by any definition. As a result I’ve been doing a lot of thinking as I looked at highways through my windshield driving from one place to another. Some of what I...
Looking at the St. Johns River
Looking at the St. Johns River
Keith Combs wrote an interesting column recently about the possibility that records could fall at the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. I respect...
Winter fishing makes me better, part 2
Winter fishing makes me better, part 2
Editor's note: Read part 1.Know your body of waterFishing in the late-fall and early-winter in Connecticut and the northern states is different than southern regions. Keep in mind the water...
Find your favorite winter spot
Find your favorite winter spot
Everybody has a favorite spot to fish, but most of them are in the spring and fall or maybe during the summer. Unless you are super hardcore, winter is when you go out during warm spells. That...
My best Christmas gift ever
My best Christmas gift ever
Sometimes you get a gift that’s perfect. It’s exactly what you want, exactly what you need and it comes from the heart of the giver. You remember it all of your life. That’s what happened to...
The truth about ice fishing
The truth about ice fishing
Wintertime fishing in Michigan and other northern states means it’s time to go ice fishing!I imagine our southern brothers are rolling their eyes and scratching their heads. I always get...
A Christmas tale: My first reel, part 2
A Christmas tale: My first reel, part 2
Editor's note: Read part 1.“…Christmas, Christmas time is near…”Dateline: 1958 Christmas: Buffalo, N.Y.“Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas...
Huntin’ and makin’ lures
Huntin’ and makin’ lures
I’ve been deer hunting for the past week or so here in Texas. I love it. I went in with six or seven other guys, and we leased six thousand acres of land. We have a cabin with most of the trimmings...
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