Browning: Like father, like son
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Ask Stephen and Beau Browning to define themselves as tournament anglers and you get the same answer, even though the father and son are 34 years apart....
Picking the right pitchin’ and flippin’ stick
Flippin’ and pitchin’ are a big part of successful bass fishing. It’s hard to consistently catch bass if you can’t do those things efficiently. The thing is, though, most of...
Fantasy Fishing: Local flair, consistency and history
We’re coming into my favorite part of the year when the bass are in all phases of the spawn. At Grand, there are fish staging to come up, there are...
Conservation News
‘Powerful opposition’ kills public access reform in Louisiana
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A bill that would have restored anglers’ rights to access public waters in Louisiana was voted down in the state legislature this week by a vote of...
Open: Horne leads Day 1
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Thinking ahead has put Harvey Horne ahead of the pack in the second Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Central Open on the Arkansas River. “I am doing something...
Bethel University takes Day 1
FLORENCE, Ala. — A record-setting field of college anglers hit the Tennessee River at Pickwick Lake for the three-day Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Southern Tour event presented by Bass Pro...
Locked out
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Imagine the commuting nightmare of your morning drive getting interrupted by an unexpected roadblock. There is no alternate route between you and the office to make matters...
Clausen joins Davis on injured list
Mark Davis is definitely out for the Elite season after undergoing surgery, and Luke Clausen won’t be fishing for a while either. Davis, of Mount Ida, Ark., received a medical...
Fantasy Fishing: Grand list of techniques
With the Sabine River getting moved back to early June, Grand Lake in Oklahoma is now the second stop of 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series season. Grand Lake should be primed...
College anglers talk Pickwick
Fifteen or twenty years ago if someone said there would be over 500 college students traveling from all corners of the country to compete in a 3-day bass fishing tournament...
