High hopes for Hightower

(Editors Note: During Day 2 of the 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament at Lake Guntersville, we caught up with Dale Hightower and discussed his results so...

Getting Zaldaingerous

On Saturday, Chris Zaldain planned to fish shallow and then go deep later in the day. Instead, he started deep and stayed deep. All day long. Deep is a relative...

Arey moves up on Guntersville

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Even after a solid start on Friday, North Carolina pro Matt Arey sounded less than confident heading out for Saturday’s second round of the Academy Sports +...

Mueller went from hero to zero

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Paul Mueller knew exactly how to recap his two days on Lake Guntersville. After leading the Academy Sports + Outdoors Elite Tournament on Friday with 22 pounds,...

A chance to give back

With the postponement of the Fort Gibson tournament I suddenly had an unexpected gap in my 2019 schedule. Some of that time was spent mowing grass and catching up on...

Classic champ DeFoe to have heart surgery

As Ott DeFoe won the 2019 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, he began to notice that he was out of breath more often than usual.  He was...

Mueller leads Day 1 at Guntersville

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — More than half the field caught at least 16 pounds of bass during Friday’s opening round of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Lake Guntersville,...

Narrow windows of opportunity

I wouldn’t say that I have a lot of experience on Lake Guntersville, but I can tell you for certain that this lake gets tremendous fishing pressure — just like...

The other Fritts Side

(Editors Note: During Day 1 of the 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament at Lake Guntersville, we caught up with David Fritts and climbed into his boat...

Sam Houston claims College win

WADDINGTON, N.Y. — Sam Houston State University anglers Jackson Carrell and Bryton Kurtz traveled more than 1,700 miles to compete in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at St. Lawrence River...

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