Eight college anglers, one Classic berth
BUCHANAN, Tenn. — When Kansas State University anglers Kyle Alsop and Taylor Bivins were fishing on Clinton Lake in the Carhartt Midwestern Regional qualifying tournament, they knew it could be...
Most anglers don’t start wealthy — I know I didn’t
There is a disturbing misconception among some young bass anglers these days that in order to make it as a professional fisherman, you have to have been born rich. I...
Bass anglers urged to fight anti-bass movement in California
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A new proposal to liberalize limits on largemouth bass and striped bass in the California Delta is a misguided attempt to conceal real threats to salmon fisheries,...
Arkansas team wins Junior title
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — Beau Browning and McCoy Vereen remember what it felt like a year ago when they didn’t catch a fish in the Costa Bassmaster Junior Championship. “It was...
Looking back to my college days
I recently returned from the 2016 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. I was up there for a day doing some public relations work, answering...
Pokemon or fishing pond?
There’s been a lot on the national news lately about the newest video game sensation sweeping the country: Pokemon Go. I figured it was just another video game until folks...
Gear
Gear Review: Camo Zebco 33
What is it? Zebco 33 Camo Spincast Combo What does it do? It’s a classic Zebco combo featuring the famous Zebco 33 spincast reel, but in an attractive camo pattern....
The youngest Junior Championship team
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. – When brothers Andrew and Matthew Lavoie made their way to the stage during the first day of the Costa Bassmaster Junior Championship, there wasn’t a heck of...
Arkansas leads Jr. championship
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — Beau Browning and McCoy Vereen came into last year’s inaugural Costa Bassmaster Junior Championship with high hopes, but they didn’t catch a single weighable bass in two...
All about plastics, part 2
Last time we said we’d talk about function in this column. Let’s get started… Function is really nothing more than a way of saying that a lure does what it’s...
