How-To

Day on the Lake: Clark Wendlandt

I’ve never been handy with tools, an embarrassing fact that caused me considerable shame as a child because my dad was a master carpenter. His repeated attempts at teaching me...

To fizz or not to fizz

During the recent Bassmaster Elite Series Northern Swing, there was a lot of talk during the Bassmaster LIVE coverage regarding “fizzing” – the technique of venting the excess gas from a...

My spinnerbait addiction

It’s time I came clean. I have an addiction — to burning spinnerbaits. I sometimes use the technique when I should probably be doing something else, but the bite is...

How I ‘mop up’ bigger bass

If you look at the history of fishing lures, several baits are trendy for a while and then fade to the back corner of the tacklebox. Some of these baits...

Day on the Lake: Taku Ito

The Bassmaster Elite Series motto is “Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.” In my view, no angler exemplifies these three ideals better than Takumi “Taku” Ito. Big bass? Ito has...

Switch hitting

I’m always blown away by all the innovative baits introduced at ICAST every year. The 2023 show was no different. One bait I’m especially excited about is a lure I...

Day on the Lake: KJ Queen

College bass fishing is a training ground for many young Elite Series standouts, including North Carolina’s KJ Queen. And no college team has chalked up more victories than Queen’s alma...

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