How-To

Dress for success

By adding a dressed treble hook to your favorite topwater, jerkbait or even crankbait, you can give these lures a more attractive and appealing look — an added teaser, so to speak.

BASSfest has that “Classic” feel

This week’s Bassmaster BASSfest might be the most unique tournament format I’ve ever fished.

Can it be won shallow?

Three performances Thursday highlighted the possibility that this four-day tournament on Chickamauga Lake could be won fishing shallow.

Wheeler rolls an almost 7-pound lead on BASSfest field

At age 23 and from Indianapolis, Ind., Jacob Wheeler would not be most people’s odds-on favorite to take over in the June 11-15 Bassmaster BASSfest competition on Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake.

Tennessee Vols take lead on Watts Bar

The University of Tennessee’s Tyler Wadzinski and Matt Beeler might want to go searching area boat dealerships tonight for Austin Neary and Zachary Hicks.

Monstrous “Hiring Our Heroes” Tundra rolls into BASSfest

Toyota has wheeled-in the Hiring Our Heroes Monster Tundra to BASSFest on Lake Chickamauga near Dayton, Tenn., this week, to make the presence of the program known to fishing fans.

VanDam fishing off the map

Kevin VanDam has been accused of being from another planet. He’s actually from Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Who can be consistent?

Mike Iaconelli, with 25 pounds, 12 ounces, headlined a group of 14 anglers who caught 20 pounds or more on Day 1 of BASSfest. But not one man in the group expressed confidence in being able to repeat it on Thursday at Lake Chickamauga.

Ike fires up at ‘The Chick’

Elite pro claims his timing may be the only thing separating him from the rest of the field on the first day of competition.

Oh, BTW: Aaron Martens

Don Barone chats with Aaron Martens, who currently sits in third place in Toyota Angler of the Year points.