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...

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...

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