Bassmaster Elite Series set to visit Mississippi’s Ross Barnett Reservoir

RIDGELAND, Miss. — As 110 of the world’s best bass anglers converge on the central Mississippi fishery, thick-shouldered largemouth bass will be the center of attention at the Academy Sports...

Record field expected for Bassmaster High School Southern Open on Chickamauga

DAYTON, Tenn. — Big things just keep happening at Chickamauga Lake. Last week, the 36,240-acre Tennessee River impoundment hosted a Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open, with John Cox winning the...

Cox takes Open title

EAST RIDGE, Tenn. – John Cox is one of the more laid-back professional anglers you’ll find. But from the start of the Bass Pro Shops Southern Open #2, he was...

Nation: Wood wins Western

REDDING, Calif. — Building contractor Nick Wood of Yreka, Calif., led the Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Western Regional presented by Magellan Outdoors at Lake Shasta, California, from start to...

B.A.S.S. announces High School and Junior Bass Fishing championships

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the fourth consecutive year, the Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be held on Kentucky Lake at Paris, Tenn., B.A.S.S....

College: Chico St dominates West

REDDING, Cal.— The Chico State team of Tyler Firebaugh and Chad Sweitzer won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Western Regional presented by Bass Pro Shops Friday. Their five-bass limit of...

Fantasy Fishing: Pick anglers who live on the ledge

Well that stung. For Toledo Bend, I picked five guys who were shoe-in’s to have a strong finish. Tharp, who had some momentum, and the skills to do well, ended...

‘In-betweens’ are over

I never would have guessed that Cherokee Lake would’ve produced my best finish in the first four events of the 2017 season, but here we are in mid-April and that’s...

Cox catches Open lead

DAYTON, Tenn. — Friday is “Moving Day” in each of the nine Bassmaster Opens held throughout the U.S. each year. When an angler makes a mark on Day 1, continued...

Fantasy Fishing: Balance history and momentum at Ross Barnett

We’re at a tipping point in the Elite Series season, one where anglers who’ve developed momentum need to keep it going and those who’ve stumbled out of the gate need...