Don’t wait too long, part 2

There’s no doubt that the full moon has the biggest effect on fish. It activates them to move in for their spawn and also to feed. (Interestingly, it does the...

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Kyle Merritt wins Border Bass tournament

APPLING, Ga. — Youth anglers from three B.A.S.S. Nation junior clubs and their boat captains competed in the Border Bass Adult and Youth Tournament, Dec. 12, at Clarks Hill Lake....

New Elite: Chad Grigsby

When Shaw Grigsby’s wife Polly introduced herself to him at an ICAST convention, she told Chad Grigsby she wanted to meet him because she gets asked all the time if...

Daily Limit: What life is about

Bass fishing lost one of its greats last week in Ken Cook, and the huge outpouring shows how much he was respected and loved. People from all sides of the...

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The journey toward getting better and moving up

The journey toward getting better and moving up is really a three-step process. First you need physical skills, then you need lure and technique knowledge, and finally you need your...

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9 steps to going pro

I answered countless questions from young anglers during my three seasons competing on the Elite Series, but none more popular than “How do I prepare to become an Elite Series...

My memories of Ken Cook

A missed phone call from former Bassmaster tournament champion, Jim “Wiggle Wart” Morton woke me up. The first thing I did when I got out of bed was load my...

Bassmaster.com relaunches

For the past several months the Bassmaster.com crew has been quietly working away on a slew of improvements to the website. On January 11 you’ll see a new look, and...

Ken Cook dead at 68

At 8:30 a.m. Friday, a call was placed to the cell phone of B.A.S.S. legend Ken Cook. A voice on the other end answered, “Ken’s phone.” The voice was almost...

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