Being there: Elite No. 2
“I’ve looked under chairs…” Dateline: Lake Okeechobee “I like to watch.”Chance The GardenerBeing There (1979) The role of a storyteller is to whisper into your ear stories you would never...
Okeechobee full of surprises
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Yes, there is considerably less clear water and aquatic vegetation in Lake Okeechobee than the last time the Bassmaster Elite Series came here in 2012. But one...
DeFoe leads Day 1
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Florida’s famous big-bass factory showed off during the first day of the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee, as Tennessee native Ott DeFoe caught a...
The wonders of Cherokee
Sometimes people ask me what exactly it is I like about covering bass tournaments. It’s a question that, at times, catches me off guard, because I start to ask myself,...
How I will fish Okeechobee
It’s hard to believe that last event on Cherokee was the start of my fourth year on the Elite Series. Where does the time go? This is also the fourth...
Q&A with Swindle and Iaconelli on Okeechobee
Two of pro bass fishing’s biggest names say dirty water at Okeechobee will make things tougher, but you’d still better catch big limits if you want to make the Top...
Central Open #1 angler roster
Pro Anglers | Co Anglers As a service to the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open anglers, fans and media, B.A.S.S. publishes on Bassmaster.com a roster of the anglers and co-anglers participating in each Bassmaster...
Photos from 2017 Central Open #1
Here’s a look at all the photo galleries from the 2017 Bass Pro Shops Central Open #1.
Daily Limit: Anglers in mourning
The death of Kyle Mabrey has the bass fishing brotherhood in mourning. Mabrey, a pro angler who fished the last of his 33 B.A.S.S. events in 2005, died in a...
The ‘Big O’ fishing small
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — You’d think that 110 anglers wouldn’t have any problem finding an unoccupied area on the seventh largest freshwater lake in the U.S. But Lake Okeechobee’s 734 square...
