Oneida practice report: Dialing in scattered smallmouth
Since winning the 2021 Bassmaster Open on Oneida Lake, Bill Perkins has been somewhat of a celebrity around his home state. The Rochester, N.Y., native has had friends, competitors and...
Fantasy Fishing: A llama, a Canadian and a flogger walk into a bar
If I ever have the honor and privilege of fishing in the Bassmaster Elite Series, I am going to look back to this article every season during the Northern Swing...
Fantasy Fishing: Who cares who wins, it’s smallmouth!
Who isn’t ready for the Northern Swing? I’m writing this from the shores of the St. Lawrence River at the TNT B.A.S.S. Nation Northeastern Regional. I was hoping this would...
Fantasy Fishing: Same Ol’ St. Lawrence
There are seemingly no secrets left to be had on the St. Lawrence River. With that said, taking off out of Clayton, N.Y., rather than Waddington, N.Y., will open up...
Fantasy Fishing: Making up ground and staying alive
None of my fellow Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing pundits are old enough to remember it, but back in the 1970s there was a comedian named Ray Jay Johnson, who as...
Fantasy Fishing: Records will fall
The Bassmaster Elite Series is headed back to the St. Lawrence River again which has become almost an every-year occurrence for nearly a decade, but yet again the playing field...
New release from Humminbird puts forward-facing sonar on target
A crew from Johnson Outdoors arrived at Carl Jocumsen’s East Tennessee home last month to install a new Humminbird feature called MEGA Live Imaging TargetLock that allows a Minn Kota...
Daily Limit: Cory Johnston recovers from pneumonia with St. Lawrence in sights
After a pretty serious health bump, Cory Johnston is back on the trail chasing his first blue trophy along with some redemption on his home water. Johnston left the Pickwick...
Postspawn smallmouth will dominate Bassmaster Open on Oneida Lake
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — If Jonathan Kelley’s recent experience serves as any reference, anglers can expect plenty of plump, well-fed smallmouth and a favorable scenario in which to catch them in the St. Croix...
Turning Japanese
I’ve covered a lot of major sporting events through the years, from the World Series to college football national championship games. So, it says a lot that I consider Bassmaster...
