Gear Review: BOTE Rackham Gatorshell + APEX Pedal Drive
WHAT IS IT? BOTE Rackham Gatorshell + APEX Pedal Drive WHAT SETS IT APART? From the 2022 ICAST Best In Category award, comes this new iteration of BOTE’s Rackham Gatorshell...
Nation: Dieffenbauch dominates Day 1
FLORENCE, Ala. — Wil Dieffenbauch was the second-to-last boater to weigh in on Day 1 of the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship, but he’s first on the leaderboard. Dieffenbauch, 33, of...
Byrd builds Corollas and custom crankbaits
Mississippi angler Roy Byrd has never painted cars, but he’s had a serious hand in the assembly of thousands of quality Toyota vehicles as a dedicated manufacturing plant employee the...
Bassmaster High School and Junior 2023 schedule set for familiar fisheries
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Today, B.A.S.S. officials unveiled the Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors and Bassmaster Junior Series 2023 schedule, which will give young anglers from across the...
Are there 19 species of bass?
The first fish classified as a largemouth bass and bestowed with the Latin name Micropterus salmoides most likely was not a largemouth bass, according to fisheries scientists who recently completed...
Two Bassmaster events on Lake Hartwell reel in awards for economic impact
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and the 2022 Abu Garcia Bassmaster High School National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors — both held on...
A look back at the good ol’ days
One of the benefits of traveling a fishing circuit is the great friends and relationships you develop along the way. My career started back in the 1980s when I decided...
Kimura finding his way
An 18 tournament schedule can be a lot for any angler to handle, but Kenta Kimura had one goal when he signed up to fish the full slate of 2022...
Gear Review: Evergreen CH-1 Crankbait
WHAT IS IT? Evergreen CH-1 Shallow Running Crankbait WHAT SETS IT APART Designed by former Bassmaster Elite Series pro Morizo Shimizu, the Evergreen CH-1 is built to run less than...
Preparing for home field advantage
The Bassmaster Elite Series is headed to Lake Seminole next season in late February, my home lake. And even though I know there are some advantages to having a big...
