St. Croix Bassmaster Opens
Opens: Swindle builds lead
Gerald Swindle hopes to close out the 2011 Bass Pro Shops Southern Open.
St. Croix Bassmaster Opens
Southern Open notes: Bass move up
2011 Bass Pro Shops Southern Open, Day One notes.
How-To
Pinpointing Productive Grass
It might be one of the first bass fishing axioms an angler learns: "Where there's grass, there's bass." Unfortunately, as Elite Series pro Greg Hackney points out, not all grass mats are created equal. In fact, if you're not fishing the most productive areas of a particular mat, you might as well be throwing rocks.
Pop or Walk?
For self-proclaimed topwater junkies like Elite Series pro Gerald Swindle, it's never too early in the year to talk about topwater applications.
How-To
Sight Fishing When They’re Not Bedding
The first thing everyone thinks of when you say sight fishing is spawning, says Elite Series pro, Shaw Grigsby. In clear water situations you can sight fish all year long.
How-To
Knowing When to Quit Early
One of the oldest clichés in the tournament fisherman's book is "start early and stay late." When it comes to practicing for Elite Series events, it's one that veteran Alabama pro Tim Horton usually adheres to.
How-To
Howell: The jig-and-worm
When it comes to thinking "outside the box," Bassmaster Elite Series anglers are on the cutting edge. Always looking for a competitive advantage, many pros spend hours cutting, melting, splicing and combining popular baits in an effort to discover a new way to put more bass in the boat.
How-To
Relocating Bass After Heavy Rains
Louisiana pro Jeff Connella knows that the ability to locate fish quickly is the primary difference between top-flight Elite Series pros and many of their weekend angler counterparts.
How-To
The Blueback Herring Connection
When it comes to finding active bass on large bodies of water, one of the standard mantras often heard from pro anglers is, "If you find the forage, you've found the bass."
