Classic champs recall winning moments
TULSA, Okla. — Rick Clunn remembers a defining moment with his two daughters. A dead turtle on a trotline sticks in the mind of Paul Elias. Hank Parker remembers erasing...
db: No Earth, no earthlings
“I see trees of green…” Dateline: B.A.S.S. 2016 Conservation Summit “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”Henry David Thoreau I have no...
It’s not just about the trophy
This is it, the week that the bass industry celebrates its most significant event. Some might think that the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro only impacts the anglers competing...
Eve of the championship
I’m writing this the day before the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro, and I’m feeling pretty good about things. There are no butterflies, no nervousness, just the usual...
Daily Limit: Take 1 on LIVE
TULSA, Okla. – Martens is leery, KVD grateful, Edwin honored, Ike thrilled and Casey jealous. Anglers have different takes on the dynamic of how Bassmaster Classic LIVE will affect fishing....
Bush, Murray, Yamamoto inducted into Hall of Fame
TULSA, Okla. — Former President George H.W. Bush joined bass fishing legends Billy Murray and Gary Yamamoto as inductees in the 2016 class of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame....
Big bass, snow cones and one-fish holes
Grand Lake Classic offers some unusual scenarios TULSA, Okla. — It’s not that conditions are ideal for a slugfest Friday when the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro begins....
Policy and fish care on Conservation Summit agenda
TULSA, Okla. — With at least 85 conservation directors, fish chiefs, speakers, sponsors and guests expected to attend, this year’s biennial Bassmaster Classic Conservation Summit will emphasize improving communications and...
Anglers’ tournament trainwrecks
With all the talk about Bassmaster Classic anticipations, likely winning patterns, tough water conditions, what kind of fish it may take to win and a plethora of other statistical information...
What a difference a day makes
I left 85-degree shorts and flip flops weather on a family vacation in Mexico and flew straight to Tulsa for the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro. I froze my...
