Fish your strengths
As a competitor on the Bassmaster Elite Series, it’s not uncommon for me to be fishing offshore in one event and flipping shallow cover in the next. In any given...
Learning from new experiences
Finishing in the top 30 at Lake Tenkiller was super important for me. After a couple of rough ones during this year’s Texas Swing, I really needed that one to...
Tenkiller was what tournament fishing is all about
I’d earned a Top 10 finish when the Bassmaster Elite Series visited Lake Tenkiller in 2019, but nevertheless when it showed up on the 2025 schedule I was a little...
Top 100: Palmer profiles Lake Tenkiller habitat
Bassmaster Elite pro Luke Palmer favors Lake Tenkiller for its variety of deep and shallow bass habitat options. Watch how he uses Humminbird LakeMaster mapping and MEGA 360 Imaging to...
Tenkiller was old school fun
Going into the Elite Series tournament at Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma, I was coming off two lackluster finishes in Texas. When you have a bad tournament — in this case, two...
Tenkiller Elite fell into place
This has been an interesting year full of ups and downs and learning and second guessing and rethinking and … well, you see where I’m going with all of that. That...
Lake Tenkiller was refreshing
The Bassmaster Elite Series tournament at Lake Tenkiller was a good, old fashioned, shallow, power fishing beatdown. I wish I had finished better than 40th place, but the tournament was...
Capps’ Oklahoma must-haves tacklebox
See Elite Series pro Blake Capps' best baits for bass fishing in Oklahoma!
Outboard motor maintenance — a must!
Those of you who follow this column know I have represented Mercury Marine throughout my entire 50-year career. And from time to time, I’ve written about the care and maintenance...
Handling tough tournaments
My first visit to Lake Tenkiller Lake was not very productive, but it reinforced a truth that all anglers need to consider — fluctuating water presents a big disruption. It’ll...
