Skeet’s strategy on Bays de Noc

Skeet Reese finished second at the Toyota Angler of the Year Championship, and like the first and third place finishers also fished Little Bay de Noc.

Hackney and sons go smallmouth fishing

This was going to be the plan, win or lose: Greg Hackney would take his two sons, Drew (Andrew) 14, and Luke, 11, smallmouth bass fishing after the Bassmaster Elite Series Toyota Angler of the Year Championship.

Topwater takes 3rd annual Toyota tournament

Sam Lashlee and partner Phillip Arrington dominated the no entry fee, $5,000 first place, 3rd Annual Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners tournament with a winning weight of 24 pounds 15 ounces.

How-To

Wind is your frenemy: Part 1

Just about all great bass fisheries benefit tremendously from the wind ... but maybe not in the ways you think.

Brownridge wins with big smallies on St. Lawrence

Doug Brownridge has finished two tournaments with 71 pounds and ended up second. He had no plans to finish second in the 2014 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Divisional, so he resolved to catch 72 pounds — and win.

Gear

Finding fish in transition

No matter where in the country you fish, the take-home message is clear: put in some time scouting with today’s technologies and you too can increase your odds for stellar fall and winter fishing.

Winning AOY

In 2012 I felt like I was swimming with the current, and in 2014 I was swimming against it.

Chasing little green animals

Don Barone talks to Canadians competing in the Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Divisional. One of them can hear crawdads scurry.

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