Brownridge on a hot spot
Doug Brownridge of Ontario B.A.S.S. Nation has finished in the top six in three tournaments on the St. Lawrence River this year, winning one of them and taking 2nd in another.
Three days of suffering
Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Greg Hackney shares just how excruciating a three-day weather delay can be for the leader in a major tournament.
Powroznik targeted ledges
Even though the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship was about Greg Hackney winning AOY, Jacob Powroznik won the tournament – his second Elite Series-level win of the year, pretty awesome for a rookie.
Chris Lane reflects on the season
It was a week that was. This year’s postseason was marked by high wind, big waves, cold weather, delays and lots of fun fishing for big smallmouth bass.
Gear
Hot Product Press: Smith Optics’ Dragstrip
With the proper lenses, the Dragstrip allow you to see more accurate colors so you can distinguish things below the water’s surface faster and more accurately.
Hackney officially bass fishing’s best angler
Over nine events, Hackney out-practiced, out-strategized, out-fished and ultimately outlasted the other 107 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who started the season.
Find the gobies, find the bass
Most of the St. Lawrence smallmouth will be feeding heavily on gobies hanging around rockpiles, shoals and drops in depths of 20 to 50 feet.
Hackney: Before the first cast
As Hackney stood on the front deck of his boat waiting in the darkness of pre-dawn inside the harbor at Escanaba’s Ludington Park, a bevvy of thoughts ran through his mind.
The Escanaba Wind
The Escanaba Wind may have cancelled three days of the AOY Championship, but it also brought a gift: time.
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The delay: It’s good, it’s bad
One less day of fishing means one less day to make up ground on the guy(s) in front of you.
