Conservation News

Back to a warm Classic

Earlier this year, B.A.S.S. officials announced that the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, originally scheduled for March 19-21, will be held instead on June 11-13. The...

The Rick Clunn influence

“Never accept that all your best moments are in your past.” — Rick Clunn My journey to a pro fishing career began in 1975 when I bought my first copy...

Current congregates fish

Tyler Rivet’s early start — limit of 17-7 by 8 a.m. — bespoke a bankable truth that he and many anglers have noted this week: Heavy current concentrates fish. Last...

Back-to-back giants keep Kreiger at the top

  FLORENCE, Ala. — Koby Kreiger’s main pattern provided a solid foundation, but a strategic relocation proved essential to maintaining his lead at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick...

Safety first, catch ‘em second

Watching Chris Zaldain and other Bassmaster Elite Series pros catch big smallmouth and largemouth bass out of extremely heavy currents below the Wilson Dam on Pickwick Lake has been quite...

Kreiger’s giant bag cements Day 1 lead

FLORENCE, Ala. — A strong start plus a strong finish was the formula for Koby Kreiger to lead Day 1 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake. The...

Separation anxiety

A clean slate. That might literally be the most valuable tool an Elite angler takes into the twice-postponed start of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake. The impacts...

How I will fish Pickwick Lake

Wednesday I send in these columns the night before each Bassmaster Elite Series event, and tonight was an interesting one. I’m staying at McFarland Park this week and just got...

Fun finds in Florence

Frolicking lion cubs, dried herbs, faces in stones, scrap metal musicians and mustard slaw that’ll pucker your lips. Probably not the most common list of tourism brags, but an afternoon...

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