Catching keepers will be a challenge

JONESTOWN, Texas — There are plenty of bass in Lake Travis, so many that some Elite Series anglers will catch 100 a day at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting...

My impressions of Lake Travis

Have you ever met someone for the first time and realized they remind you of someone you know well? That’s my impression of Lake Travis where we’ll fish the 2018...

How I will fish Lake Travis

It’s funny, in a lot of ways I feel like I’m still fishing the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Eastern Open on Lake Norman (where I finished 20th). There are plenty...

Matt Lee and KVD talk Texas Fest

Two of professional bass fishing’s classiest guys, Matt Lee, who is getting married in 16 days, and Kevin VanDam who has been married for 26 years, gladly took a break...

Bass Basics

The Texas Rig: Part 8, Knots

Selecting the right knot for Texas-rigging can be made simple. However, if you fail to tie a strong knot the chances of the fish of a lifetime making it to...

Terry Scroggins’ peanut pattern

You never know what you’re gonna see when you look inside Terry “Big Show” Scroggins’ Triton bass boat. Sometimes it’s two or three pairs of cheap reading glasses tossed among...

Clear water and hot weather

At the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Lake Travis, I’m going to face my first seriously hot tournament of the year. Keeping my cool...

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