How bass fishing changed my life
2005 Nearly twenty years ago I was nearing the end of my second deployment to Iraq when I stumbled across a Bassmaster magazine. As I turned the pages, I noticed...
Buggs Island: Practice update with Tom Frink
We are just hours away now from the start of the 2023 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Buggs Island. This will be the first stop for Division 3 of the...
Beating competition burnout
In my last two columns, I talked about some really great stuff. My early years in fishing — college edition coming soon — and the Bassmaster Classic. Those are things...
Gear Review: Strike King Carolina Chrome
WHAT IS IT? Strike King Carolina Chrome WHAT SETS IT APART? Strike King offers the Carolina Chrome color in several of its popular soft plastic forms: Blade Minnow (4.5-inch), Caffeine Shad (4- and...
How to catch fish at the beach
I’ve been around bass fishing now for nearly a decade. While I don’t have the time to do it as much as I’d like, I feel comfortable with it. I...
Gear Review: Star brite Ceramics
WHAT IS IT? Star brite Ceramics WHAT SETS IT APART? What sets Star brite’s new Ceramic-based products apart are their durability, long-lasting protection and hydrophobicity or resistance to water beading...
Gear Review: Costa Mayfly
WHAT IS IT? Costa Mayfly WHAT SETS IT APART? Mother’s Day is coming soon, and here is a great gift idea you wouldn’t think of until now. It’s a pair...
Gear Review: Costa Mainsail
WHAT IS IT? Costa Mainsail WHAT SETS IT APART? Father’s Day is coming soon, and here is a gift idea that you might not have thought of, just in time...
Elite Analysis Santee Cooper Lakes – Day 4
Day 4 at Santee Cooper was a mixture of a few “haves” and four times as many “have nots.” The big bags turned in by champion Luke Palmer and runner-up...
Palmer prevails for first Elite Series title
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — At the Championship Sunday takeoff, an ominous weather forecast told of a coming storm. By day’s end, it was clear Luke Palmer was the storm. Turning in an absolutely...
