A Chance at $50K from Yamaha Power Pay

The 50th Bassmaster Classic® is officially underway on Lake Guntersville, Ala. Fifty-three anglers will give everything they have over the weekend for their chance at $300,000 and a place in...

Cherry likes it on top – this time

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One of his competitors looked across the media room at the throng of reporters surrounding Hank Cherry after the Day 1 weigh-in and said, “I wouldn’t want...

Cherry leads Day 1 of Classic

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Halfway through Day 1 of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, North Carolina pro Hank Cherry fell and injured his right arm. For a moment, he...

Lessons from legends: Forrest Wood

This past January, our sport lost one of its best. Forrest L. Wood — founder of Ranger Boats — died from a heart attack. He was 87 years old. Forrest...

Daily Limit: One cast to wellness

Notes and quotes from Day 1 of the Classic BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — So you’re saying there’s a chance. Many anglers could relate to that line after a trying Day 1...

Knoxville’s Jim Davis wins inaugural B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak event

PELL CITY, Ala. — Heavy rains inundated central Alabama until the final whistle blew at the inaugural Huk Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX presented by Abu Garcia on...

At Guntersville the timing game reigns

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – On a windy Day 1 at the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, photographer Andy Crawford and I put eyes on more than...

Dakota Meyer visits the Classic Expo

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visited the Classic Expo as part of his support for Hiring Our Heroes. The aim of the program is helping veterans enter the workforce...

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St. Croix: The wait is over

PARK FALLS, Wis. – Designed and handcrafted for extreme sensitivity in Park Falls, USA, the NEW Legend Xtreme blends St. Croix’s reengineered SCV carbon and proprietary technologies with Daiwa AGSTM carbon fiber guide frames...