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Hackney: How I organize my tackle

There’s absolutely no reason to waste time rooting through your boat looking for something. It’s impossible to catch a fish while you’re doing that.

Pop goes the Classic

Thrills and heartbreaks were center stage on Sunday at the 2015 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Titles were earned, goals became reality and dreams turned to dust at the final Elite Series event of the year.

Swindle focused on lure colors and PMA

PMA stands for Positive Mental Attitude – a motto that consistently carries bass fishing’s funniest angler to a Bassmaster Classic qualification each year, and to remain humorous even amid life’s biggest frowns.

Drop shot tips from the pros

Brandon Palaniuk, Justin Lucas and Skeet Reese offer pointers on rods, line, knots and lures they use for smallmouth.

Final Classic spots are a cliffhanger

The lack of drama in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race is more than compensated for at the other end of this Sturgeon Bay measuring stick.

Wetherell wins on home waters

Alex Wetherell of Middletown, Conn., staged a come-from-behind win on his home waters of the Connecticut River during the 2015 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Divisional.

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