The Blueback Factor looms large at Hartwell
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Four-time Bassmaster Classic champion Rick Clunn famously advised that anglers who want to “understand the owl” need to “study the mouse.” The 55 competitors fishing this week’s...
Meaningful alignments key to Feider’s 2021 AOY Title
Consistency — it’s what the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year title rewards. The guy who catches ‘em the best over the course of a season wins, but everyone...
Fortune favors the brave
As you might expect I’ve been thinking a lot about the 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and what it would take to win it. Actually...
How-To
Now’s the time
If you want a lifetime best bass, one you can brag about around the dock or the fish camp, there’s no better time than right now to try to catch...
Yamaha Power Pay ‘Pick 3’
Walking around Bassmaster Classic Media Day, just hours before the 52nd Annual Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell, it is easy to get a bit overwhelmed by the “dock talk” coming...
New: “Everybody’s going to catch fish”
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bryan New left Lake Hartwell after Wednesday’s practice feeling confident. What he saw confirmed what he’d seen in the three-day pre-practice period that ended Sunday. “I’m still...
Gear Review: Costa Clear Rx Lenses
WHAT IS IT? Costa Clear Rx Lenses WHAT SETS IT APART? You likely wear a pair of Costa’s premium sunglasses with 580 lens technology, but did you know there is...
Practice makes perplexity, spawns predictions
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Photographer Andy Crawford and I spent the Wednesday prior to the 2022 Bassmaster Classic in a popular and prolific tributary of Lake Hartwell, hoping to gain some...
7 ways to follow the 2022 Bassmaster Classic
The 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk runs Fri. March 4 through Sun. March 6. Takeoff each day is at 7 a.m. ET and weigh-ins will be...
It’s a great week!
This is about as good a week as I’ve had in a long while. You know, when I left B.A.S.S., the one thing I missed the most was the Classic....
