College angler Mattox could mentor many of us
Lee Mattox of the University of Alabama cried tears of joy when he learned he had squeaked into his fifth straight Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship, and his young...
Gossett and Bartee exemplify college fishing fellowship
Carhartt Bassmaster College Series anglers Zeke Gossett and Hayden Bartee, from Jacksonville State in Alabama, are only 22 years old, and yet they’ve been successful fishing partners longer than some...
Dave Precht retires from B.A.S.S.
Dave Precht will retire from B.A.S.S. at the end of July after 40 years of outstanding service. Precht joined B.A.S.S. in 1979 as editor of Southern Outdoors Magazine after a stint as...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Year of the Fan: Half-time report
With the 2019 Bassmaster Elite season more than halfway done, we want to pause and thank the best fans in the world for a fantastic six months. So far, this...
Daily Limit: Tourney time in USA
At a marina filled mostly with sailboats, 73 bass boats milling about created a bit of a buzz. Boats idled around the launch ramp. Some anglers trailered their boats while...
Hamburger kicks off National Championship week with a whopper
Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship week kicked-off Monday with the first official practice day and an evening full of chargrilled grub at Dayton Boat Dock. But the side serving...
St. Lawrence River: My favorite place to go fishing
Fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series, and the tournaments I fished before I qualified, has been a real opportunity. I’ve been blessed to see this country up close and to fish...
Hidden gem lakes
Back in late May, my dad, Mike Brasher, and I took an early-morning trip to a beautiful 990-acre water works lake in Birmingham, Ala., called Lake Purdy. We started the...
St. Croix Bassmaster Opens
Opens profile: Taku Ito’s American dream
After the first two Bassmaster Central Opens of 2019 Japan’s Taku Ito sits atop the Central Opens Angler of the Year (AOY) standings. The 32-year-old finished second at Toledo Bend...
Anglers will have to figure out falling water this week at Central Open
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Jeremiah Shaver was on the water at daylight Monday morning, practicing for this week’s Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open on the Mississippi River. He had caught a...
