How-To

Weighting hard baits

You can alter the performance characteristics of hard baits like jerkbaits and crankbaits by adding weight to them.

Help from above

We recently introduced you to 26-year-old Vacaville, Calif., trophy hunter Matt Allen in a story about his swim jig techniques for trophy bass

Trout and Thanksgiving

Well, we're back from Colorado and I must say, while fishing in those cold streams was an absolute ball, I haven't decided to give up bass fishing. Once you're a bass fisherman, nothing else ever seems to stack up.

How-To

Love your engine

learn a few dos and don'ts about how to save money on big motor repairs and avoid lost fishing time.

St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

2011 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens schedule

2011 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens, which will conclude with each event's final-day weigh-in at select Bass Pro Shops locations. The popular Open tournament structure will again feature three qualifying series in a Southern, Central and Northern Division.

2011 Classic by the numbers

Now that the field is set, let's look at the 2011 Bassmaster Classic qualifiers as a group. Words tell great stories, but numbers can reveal truths that words only hint at.

Steel’s the deal

Last week was Indian summer here in Ohio. The weather was beautiful, gentle breezes with temperatures in the 70s and all that. As you might expect I played hooky from the office and headed to Lake Erie.

A Purple-Hearted 3-pounder

Harry Potts used a Toyota Tundra to help pull B.A.S.S.'s corporate sponsor boats all across America along the Bassmaster Elite Series trail. Three decades before that, he was in Vietnam.

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