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Why the Opens are important

The Bassmaster Opens are more important than a lot of anglers realize. They provide good things to recreational tournament anglers wanting more experience, pros wanting to move up to the...

Open: Wetherell leads Day 1

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The weather turned foul on Thursday during the opening round of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open No. 1 on Oneida Lake. But the fishing was...

Why the bass are biting at Oneida

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Nearly every one of the anglers competing in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open on Oneida Lake expected the smallmouth bite to set the table for...

Zaldain tickled pink with rod sales

Almost everything around Trait Zaldain’s boat and truck is cast in shades of pink. From sunglasses on her face to rods held in both hands, it’s all about pink. Not...

Licenses are critical and worthy

As I prepare for our Elite schedule northern swing to New York and back to Michigan, it reminds me of important considerations all anglers should remember when going on out-of-state...

Day 1 notes from Oneida

All about the smallmouth Oneida Lake is one of many Northeast bass fisheries with thriving populations of largemouth and smallmouth. With an abundance of both species, that creates a challenge...

Hardy excited about Oneida return

SYRACUSE, New York – When Wil Hardy showed up for the first Bassmaster Northern Open of the 2016 season, he figured he’d be covering every inch of 50,000-acre Oneida Lake....

Orange sky…in the morning

“It’s a long, long road…” Dateline: May, 5:15 a.m. “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”Muhammad Ali  “We heard a crackling.”  It was...

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