Disappointed with myself
If I said I was disappointed with my performance at the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department tournament, I’d be putting lipstick on a pig....
Meet the Elites: David Mullins
Six-year Bassmaster Elite Series pro and tournament veteran David Mullins didn’t plan on fishing for a living. In fact, he never considered it possible. It wasn’t that he didn’t fish....
Conservation News
Florida announces treatment plans
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has issued the following statement: FWC will conduct aquatic plant control in Lake Okeechobee this month, weather permitting. This linked PDF contains maps and...
A new life changes life
It’s been six months since Anna and I had our first child – our son Huck – and this season of the Bassmaster Elite Series has been really different for...
Cox completes Eastern Open win
DAYTON, Tenn. — Carrying a nearly 8-pound lead into the final round, no doubt, builds confidence, but John Cox readily acknowledged the good fortune that enabled him to slam the door on...
Cox holds onto Day 2 lead
DAYTON, Tenn. — When crowded waters prevented John Cox from reaching the areas he wanted to fish today, the Debary, Fla., pro turned to a more familiar Plan B and...
Dialing in electronics
Using today’s high-tech electronics makes it easy to locate the textbook offshore habitat favored by largemouth on current-driven fisheries during the hot summer months. Irregularities in the bottom contours—known as...
Open: Cox on a roll
DAYTON, Tenn.— Call what John Cox is doing on Lake Chickamauga right now as an end-around play in football terms. In fishing terms, he is pulling a trick play by...
Meet the Elites: Greg DiPalma
Try and try again, and even then you might not succeed. That’s the brutal reality of pro fishing. But Millville, N.J., pro Greg DiPalma would have none of that, and...
Open: Cox leads Day 1
DAYTON, Tenn. — Consistency eluded John Cox, but the Debary, Fla., pro picked his way to a five-bass limit of 26 pounds, 11 ounces that leads the first round of...
