Gear Review: Missile Baits Ike’s Monster Jig
WHAT IS IT? Missile Baits Ike’s Monster Jig WHAT SETS IT APART? For several years, Mike Iaconelli has worked with fellow Elite John Crews of Missile Baits to develop a...
Different Christie, different Classic
Eight years ago, at the last Bassmaster Classic held at Oklahoma’s Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, native son Jason Christie watched his two-day lead fall by the wayside as fellow...
Lake Okeechobee in crisis
CLEWISTON, Fla. — The bass fishing at Lake Okeechobee is phenomenal. There will never be better proof of that than Scott Martin’s record-setting 90-pound, 6-ounce winning total during last week’s...
Countdown to kickoff
I sat down to put this column together and realized we’re close to the Super Bowl and just a couple of weeks away from the start of the 2024 Bassmaster...
Part two: We owe the industry
I wanted to do a follow up to a column I wrote in December that I titled “The Industry Owes Us Nothing.” That article was prompted by some of the videos...
Radio: Martin, Moore and Jones
Scott Martin, Ronnie Moore and Anderson Jones join host Thom Abraham on episode 362 of Bassmaster Radio. Listen to Bassmaster Radio.
Rasmussen secures win on Eufaula
EUFAULA, Ala. — After some anxious moments in the morning hours, Adam Rasmussen caught a limit weighing 18 pounds, 13 ounces Friday to win the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Lake Eufaula presented...
Fantasy Fishing: Go with your gut at Toledo Bend
From a Rapala Fantasy Fishing standpoint, the 2023 season was an absolute disaster for myself and many others, I’m sure. The good news is that we’re leaving the 2023 season...
Fantasy Fishing: Prepare for a big bass bonanza
We are kicking off the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series in the typical fashion, on a famed big bass factory. But this time instead of starting in Florida, we are heading...
Beware first impressions
I don’t remember exactly when and where I met Larry Nixon for the first time. It was some tournament, somewhere, when I was 20-something. I’ve finally reached the age when...
