Mind games in high school fishing

Think about which part of high school bass fishing is hardest to control. Is it the ever-changing water conditions? What about fishing pressure? What about losing hooked fish? These things...

College fishing is deep in camaraderie

The Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops begins as a team format, before funneling down to a one-on-one elimination bracket that sends one skilled angler...

Sen. Ted Cruz visits Texas-based Skeeter Boats

KILGORE, Texas, – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) visited Skeeter Boats today in Kilgore, Texas. A leading manufacturer of high-performance fishing boats, Skeeter employs 281 people in its boat and new...

High School All-American

2017 High School All-American: Colby Miller

ELMER, La.  — A junior at Oak Hill High School and member of the 2017 Bassmaster High School All-American program presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, Colby Miller has earned two...

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Ontario students enjoying Elliott’s program

TEESWATER, Ontario, Canada — A salmon egg project Ontario B.A.S.S. Nation angler Richard Elliott started with one school has spawned into a popular program clamored by many schools in his...

Morris mops up James River

RICHMOND, Va. — Thirty years of fishing the James River paid off for Virginia pro Rick Morris, who won the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open No. 2 on Saturday. The...

Bass Life

Fishing towns: Waddington, N.Y.

WADDINGTON, N.Y. — The Village of Waddington, N.Y., lists its permanent resident population at 972. This week that number could swell to an astounding 34,972. Bass fishing is the likely...

The first plopper

When Chris Lane came close to winning the 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series event on Toledo Bend using a “Whopper Plopper,” sales immediately skyrocketed for the odd-functioning topwater lure. Even though...

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