Podcast: Classic week!

Thomas and Jim sit down with B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin and Director of Event Operations Eric Lopez to talk about the most exciting week of the year at Bassmaster. Classic...

Nation presidents as competitors

MANY, La. – When Kevin Gaubert competed last week in the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Central Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors, he couldn’t keep his thoughts from drifting...

High School: Lay Lake weigh-in

Guido Hibdon dies

Classic week began with the bass fishing world mourning the death of Guido Hibdon, who won the world championship title in 1988. Hibdon, 72, of Sunrise Beach, Mo., died March...

Landing a Toledo Bend lunker

MANY, LOUISIANA – Chris Myers has had some spectacular catches since he started bass fishing 37 years ago. His finest, however, came when he was least expecting it on Day...

Classic: Lake Hartwell’s history

Call it a change of occupancy. Gone are the textile mills, the horse-drawn carts packed with market goods and all the ambient glow of a once-bustling town known as Andersonville....

Fantasy Fishing: Anybody’s game at Hartwell

To be perfectly honest, I find this year’s GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods to be a very challenging tournament to navigate. For Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing players, there...

Lee brothers first Classic together

Seconds after Jordan Lee was crowned Bassmaster Classic Champion inside Houston’s Minute Maid Park, his slightly older professional bass angling brother Matt rushed from the bleachers to the stage to...

Conway tackles conservation in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Being the guiding force for what probably is the largest volunteer-led habitat project on a public water is enough to keep two or three normal people busy. But...

My Lake Hartwell approach

With the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods returning to the lake where I won in 2008, you can bet I’ve put a lot of thought into...