If not for Bob Cobb
In the spring of 1967, when Ray Scott began promoting his All-American Bass Tournament at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, almost nobody believed in him or bought into his idea. The Chamber of...
Taking time to share
It’s nice to be able to chill. For some, that means climbing into a recliner or spending time doing nothing. For me, it’s going fishing. Fun fishing. Let me explain. I just came...
Screeching hot
When I heard Thomas Allen screaming, I assumed he had been hooked through the eyeball with a No. 2 treble. And yes, it was a scream, not a yell. Allen, senior...
Don’t stop learning
During the spring of 1994, my cousin, Brian Brown, and I fished the Mark’s Outdoors Lay Lake Open. It was an annual tournament so routinely plagued by bad weather that...
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Champion looks to repeat at Hobie Bass Open
KENTUCKY LAKE – If the name is any indication, the winner of last year’s Hobie Bass Open was preordained. That’s right, his name is Champion. Ron Champion. Repeating and earning...
Chris Lane hosts 10th Kids Fishing on Lake Guntersville for 150 kids
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – On Memorial Day weekend each year, Chris Lane, a Bassmaster Elite Series professional angler, his family and the folks from Mitchell Grocery, make it a point to...
Pay-to-play bass fisheries
All across America, bass fisheries abound. And if tapped at the right time, just about any of them can produce quality catches…even some true trophy-sized specimens. But what about those...
50 years of tournament fishing: The challenge taken
This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ray Scott’s first bass tournament. Here are the behind-the-scenes details of the high-risk, high-reward efforts of the B.A.S.S. Boss and the handful...
Kennedy comes from behind to win Dardanelle
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — Steve Kennedy of Auburn, Ala., wasn’t dominating the event until he weighed 16 pounds, 9 ounces of bass during the final weigh-in to take home $100,000 and...
Catching California confidence
“Aaron, it’s been a tough year.” I’ve heard that from some people lately, and it’s true. I’m not having the year I would like to have so far, but that...
