First solo backpacking trip

I’ve always loved solo adventures. When I was 20, I spent the summer in Steamboat Springs, Colo., where I first discovered my love for solo adventures, and would solo hike...

Learn to identify your catch

Alewife A prized baitfish, the alewife is a thin, silver fish with grayish-green back, smooth scales and large eyes. Adults grow up to 15 inches and weigh less than one...

Matsushita starts as Falcon Rods ROY leader

It’s a marathon, but there are distance markers along the way. In this season-long race for the Falcon Rods Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie of the Year title, Masayuki Matsushita is...

Crews controls the St. Johns River!

PALATKA, Fla. — Mother Nature did not serve up slam-dunk potential, but John Crews leveraged a stellar start and paired it with steady productivity to win the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite...

Fantasy Fishing

Fantasy Fishing: Are they coming or going?

The AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River did not disappoint as the season kicked off in Palatka, Fla., and the good news is we don’t have to wait long...

Gear Review: YUM Scottsboro Swimbait

WHAT IS IT? YUM Scottsboro Swimbait WHAT SETS IT APART? Scottsboro Tackle Company partnered with YUM to create an injection-molded swimbait featuring the highly-sought action of its legendary hand-poured baits....

Fantasy Fishing

Fantasy Fishing: Pick your poison

The Bassmaster Elite Series season opener on the St. Johns River was not a disappointment, but I believe things are going to hit a new level in Florida this week...

Elite analysis – Super Sunday in Palatka

In a Bassmaster column two weeks ago, Chris Zaldain cited a famous Mike Tyson quotation: “Everyone has a plan, till they get punched in the mouth.” Today, John Crews was...

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