Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams

Meet the Elites: Dale Hightower

Most Bassmaster Elite Series rookies are fishing to reach their first Bassmaster Classic. Dale Hightower, however, already has taken part in the world’s most prestigious bass tournament, and it happened...

The top of my bucket list

You learn a lot about people when you spend a day in the boat with them, and most of what you learn is good. Ernest Hemingway apparently didn’t relish the...

High School: Live Oak takes Open

ANDERSON, S.C. — The teams of Colby Badeaux and Tyler Jordan from Live Oak High School in Watson, La., and Caz Anderson and Dean Crisler from the Chatuge Anglers in...

Gear

New at Classic: St. Croix Swim Frog Rods

Park Falls, Wis. – St. Croix has always strived to provide bass anglers with exactly the rods they need for the situation and the presentation, from power to finesse. Now, catering...

What the Classic means: Cliff Pirch

There’s so much that makes Clifford Pirch stand out – the flowing golden locks, his heritage among Arizona wrestling royalty and his “other gig” as an elk hunting guide –...

Super stats for Lanier: 69-0 and 1,1,1

In his fifth season on the circuit, Paul Mueller won his first Bassmaster Elite Series tournament by less than one pound . Mueller’s total was 69 pounds in a highly...

Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams

Meet the Elites: Lee Livesay

When prospective college athletes take recruiting visits, it’s no secret that they are given the “red carpet Treatment” in an effort to woo them to State U or Capital City...

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