Ike, Chesapeake and stubbornness
I’ve wanted to have Mike Iaconelli on Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show for a long time, but our schedules just never jived to make it happen. So this year, when he...
Fantasy Fishing: Brandon Card was the best choice at BASSfest 2016
DURANT, Okla. — Coming into GEICO BASSfest presented by Choctaw Casino at Lake Texoma, Greg Hackney was leading the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race. Now that the...
Finally topwater time?
Casey Ashley loves to throw topwater baits, and he’s tried this week, with no success. “I can’t get ‘em to go on it,” he said Friday. “They are buried in...
Hack and G-Man’s mutual admiration society
I snapped the above photo of Greg Hackney (left) and Gerald Swindle after Day 3 on Lake Texoma. Swindle had just come off the weigh-in stage and walked over to...
Bassmaster University: A festival for fans
DURANT, Okla. — The unique format of GEICO Bassmaster BASSfest presented by Choctaw Casino and Resort at Lake Texoma offered fans an educational opportunity to take in professional-angler seminars, visit...
NSU wins Wild Card
DURANT, Okla. — John Ledet and Justin Cooper talked all week about how timing was everything for the success of their fishing strategy on Lake Murray. Today the anglers representing...
Paired with the pros
DURANT, Okla. — Bassmaster Elite Series pros and the nation’s best high school anglers fished side-by-side Saturday in the second Bassmaster High School All-American event, as part of GEICO Bassmaster...
Will Sunday bring big changes?
DURANT, Okla. — If this were a typical Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, only the top three anglers in Sunday’s Top 12 would realistically have a chance to win. Those are...
That gut feeling
In the world of tournament bass fishing, we use the words “gut feeling” a lot to try to describe the reason we made a certain critical decision at the right...
