Gleasons exemplify ‘Classic’ commitment

When Darold Gleason crosses the weigh-in stage at the Academy Sports & Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by HUK, he’ll have a bunch of buddies back at Toledo Bend green with...

Anglers make top 3 picks to win Classic

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Who do the competitors think has a good chance to win the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk? During registration Tuesday, several anglers were...

From counting quarters to the Classic

It’s good to be Carhartt Bassmaster College Series competitor Cody Huff right now. Back in August of 2019, Huff won the College Series Classic Bracket on Watts Bar and earned...

DiPalma’s destiny

The bass fishing always seems to be good at Guntersville. Fact is, there’s a derby on the lake nearly 365 days a year — if there was ever a lake...

Shallow or deep?

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In this reporting gig asking the “how was practice” question to the pros sets up the interviewer for a wide range of responses. Some true, some not so true....

We’re going to ‘The Show’

The alarm on my phone was the first sound I heard at 6 a.m. up in Kenora, Ontario. It was -15 Celsius (5 Fahrenheit) outside when my buddy Big Joe...

50th Classic vibes

“You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.”— Gordon Lightfoot Dateline: The 50th Bassmaster Classic Little known fact, on the day that the Bassmaster...

Daily Limit: Clunn’s Classic pawn

Had it not been for a pawn, Rick Clunn wouldn’t have been able to make the moves to become a king in the bass fishing world. Clunn was crowned Bassmaster...

Guntersville patterns before the Classic

Can you believe the 50th anniversary of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk kicks off this week? I know I can’t. It’s crazy to think that...

Living the Dream

The term ‘living the dream’ is often used in jest when one is working hard at something and getting nowhere other than another day older and deeper in debt.  In...