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...

Jocumsen schools Aussie co-angler

DAYTON, Tenn. — Australian tournament angler David Lawson had never made a cast for largemouth bass in American waters until last week. He came for a reason, and that was...

Zona’s two-day seminar

Not too long after the 2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Fort Gibson Lake was postponed I received a call from Mark Zona. He invited me to go fishing...

Chickamauga heating up

DAYTON, Tenn. — Stay shallow or go deep? What could be perceived as a sideline conversation between a football coach and his players has similar meaning this week at the...

The biggest shad spawn myth

A shad spawn is a magnet that draws bass and anglers alike. Most anglers understand that and fish them. The thing is, though, they only fish them just before and...

Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams

Meet the Elites: Matt Herren

Winning a Bassmaster Classic is undeniably the ultimate goal of any professional bass angler. Believe it or not, winning the sport’s most coveted title never entered Matt Herren’s mind when...

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