Fantasy Fishing: Focus on grass specialists

I am not sure if the Bassmaster Elite Series has ever fished a regular-season event on a fishery that, in the same year, hosted the Bassmaster Classic, but that is...

Walters wins it all on Hartwell

ANDERSON, S.C. — Making a key bait adjustment, Patrick Walters of Summerville, S.C., sacked up a Championship Friday limit of 13 pounds, 11 ounces and won the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern...

Z-Man: Frog walkers wanted

LADSON, S.C. html5-dom-document-internal-entity1-nbsp-end– With an innocent little splash, the defenseless amphibian belly-flops into the drink. Powerful legs kick and recoil, scooting the frog forward. The critter pauses, re-surfaces, bulging eyes...

Plan a fall fishing vacation in Chattanooga

Chattanooga is a favorite fall travel destination for many reasons, and a bass fishing trip to lakes Chickamauga and Nickajack are only two of them. The surrounding mountains of east...

Radio: Johnston, Palaniuk and Morris

Cumberland hosts College Series regular season finale

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ky. — The 2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops regular season wraps up on Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland Oct. 1-3 and will serve as the final opportunity...

Open: Walters leads Day 2

ANDERSON, S.C. — Knowing which changes to make and when moved Patrick Walters into the Day 2 lead of the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open on Lake Hartwell with a two-day...

Fantasy Fishing: Balancing savvy and sentiment

As the Bassmaster Elite Series heads to Lake Guntersville, I can’t help but be reminded of the last time we were there. In March, as the collective eyes of the...

Converting lookers into biters is key

Yesterday, second-place pro Bobby Stanfill described his day as “torture.” We asked him how he justified that statement, given his strong performance and he said it was a case of...

Dealing with fall transition

This is the time of year when fishing can get tough. It’s early fall, and the fish tend to scatter. I saw that first hand last week when I visited...