I’ll bounce back from this!
As you may have heard, I came down with a major eye issue while in South Dakota prior to the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe. I had to...
Quotes and notes from ‘unique’ Oahe
Here’s what some of the top performing anglers from Day 1 had to say about what sets Lake Oahe apart.
Elite Analysis Oahe – Day 1
The Bassmaster Elite Series returned to South Dakota, after four years away, and once again we’re being treated to buffalo, prairie dogs, big smallmouth and bigger waves. Most importantly, we...
Card lands early lead on Oahe
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Capitalizing on several different flurries throughout the day, Brandon Card landed 21 pounds, 10 ounces to claim the Day 1 lead at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite on Lake Oahe....
Leave history in the past
I plan to fish Lake Oahe and the Upper Mississippi River, the final two events on the 2022 Bassmaster Elite Series tour, with the same strategy I employed at Pickwick...
Gear Review: Z-Man HellraiZer
WHAT IS IT? Z-Man HellraiZer WHAT SETS IT APART? Billed as a “self-walking” topwater lure, Z-Man’s new HellraiZer is designed to create the most obscenely intrusive, yet undeniably tantalizing presentation the fish have ever...
Gravel roads, ghostly smallmouth
Ask the Elites what they think of Lake Oahe and you’ll likely hear one of these words: unique, massive, weird, or different.
Nerves on edge at Lake Oahe
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Several Elite Series anglers came to Lake Oahe last year in August to familiarize themselves with this massive Missouri River impoundment, which hadn’t been on the tournament schedule...
The hunt for another AOY title
As many of you know, I do not follow the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race closely. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t know I...
Arey: ‘Pro bass fishing’s a team sport’
As Matt Arey piloted his Toyota Tundra past countless acres of corn and soybean fields along his 23-hour drive from home in Shelby, N.C., to massive Lake Oahe in South...
