Capitalize on the shad spawn
The shad spawn is kicking in across the south, including here at Wheeler Lake where the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite event is underway. It’s a pretty cool phenomenon...
Daily Limit: Starks recalls win
Former Elite angler Jeremy Starks found his winning spot early in Monday’s practice in 2008, then he thought he’d never get to utilize it after being the last person to...
Ashley continues to succeed with homemade lures
The shad are spawning at Lake Wheeler. So a lot of Bassmaster Elite Series pros have a baitfish impersonating willow leaf spinnerbait tied on – most of them provided by...
Crews rockets into lead
DECATUR, Ala. — By nature, fishermen can be storytellers, and the top-shelf professional anglers that make up the Bassmaster Elite Series are no exception. Before the tournament began, the vast...
Practice IS important!
With all the talk about how surprising the Day 1 weigh-in was in comparison to what the anglers expected after three days of practice, let’s not dismiss the importance of...
Daily Limit: Pay by the pound
Johns Crews has auctioned autism puzzle jerseys the past few years and now is donating by the pound. Leading might benefit John Crews’ pocketbook, but his weight is going to...
It’s official: Practice is baloney!
DECATUR, Ala. – One day after almost every one of the 108 Elite Series anglers talked about how tough the fishing was, 100 of them caught five-bass limits on Day...
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They’re in the bushes, part 1
OK, let’s start this thing with a little sick humor: The bad part from Bull Shoals is that I finished 67th. The good part is that with the weekend off...
Grigsby aided by cheaters, bananas and beef jerky at stingy Wheeler Lake
The dashboard of Shaw Grigsby’s boat looked like an optometrist’s office got tangled up with a produce counter prior to Day One launch at the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster...
‘…the worst day of my professional life.’ – Matt Reed
“Half my life is in books’ written pages…” Dateline: Your Inner Voice “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”~Henry David Thoreau “You okay?” Elite angler Matt...
