Smallmouth or largemouth?
Lake Champlain is one of many Northeast bass fisheries with thriving populations of largemouth and smallmouth. That begs the following question: which bass do you target with the tournament clock ticking away?
Gear
ICAST: Abundant yet redundant
What I saw at ICAST was a lot of redundancy, and that made me wonder where this industry is headed.
How-To
Speak softly and throw a big square bill
Bass are not accustomed to seeing a square bill of this size. A big bait is sometimes your best choice.
How-To
Back to the bank
Every year about this time, I start to shift my focus from deep water to shallow water.
How-To
Soft plastics deserve TLC, too
Take time to protect your soft plastics from getting twisted or corrupted.
North Alabama team leads championship, dedicate it to dad
Gullette and Martin weighed in 14 pounds, 15 ounces Thursday, putting the University of North Alabama team 9 ounces ahead of the second-place Bethel University team of Zach Parker and Matt Roberts.
Retired live release boat gets second life
In the late 1990s B.A.S.S. acquired a small fleet of live release boats for its livery of tournament equipment. The idea then and now is to evenly disperse healthy bass throughout a tournament fishery.
Siller leads a thriller at Lake Champlain
Several competitors spun tales of thrilling rides in 5- to 8-foot waves, but the most exciting moment for Scott Siller was weighing in a 20-pound limit to take the pro division lead in the Bass Pro Shops Northern Open at Lake Champlain.
History in the making on the Delaware
The Bassmaster Elite at the Delaware River, Aug. 7-10, 2014, promises to be an historic occasion in a couple of particulars.
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We’ll see how it shakes out tomorrow
Last time I said we’d talk this week about how Lake Champlain fishes. When I thought about it, though, I realized that it fishes pretty much like everywhere else except that it splits the smallmouth and largemouth populations.
