The roller coaster
For many of us, the “highs” of tournament competition are what makes competing in bass tournaments so fun. No matter what level we’re fishing, we want to catch big fish...
Daily Limit: In God he trusts
Paul Mueller is not shy about sharing his faith in God. He believes it has fueled his success in bass fishing, including winning the last Elite event on Lake Lanier,...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Dale Hightower
Most Bassmaster Elite Series rookies are fishing to reach their first Bassmaster Classic. Dale Hightower, however, already has taken part in the world’s most prestigious bass tournament, and it happened...
The top of my bucket list
You learn a lot about people when you spend a day in the boat with them, and most of what you learn is good. Ernest Hemingway apparently didn’t relish the...
High School: Live Oak takes Open
ANDERSON, S.C. — The teams of Colby Badeaux and Tyler Jordan from Live Oak High School in Watson, La., and Caz Anderson and Dean Crisler from the Chatuge Anglers in...
Gear
New at Classic: St. Croix Swim Frog Rods
Park Falls, Wis. – St. Croix has always strived to provide bass anglers with exactly the rods they need for the situation and the presentation, from power to finesse. Now, catering...
Fantasy Fishing: Pick Tennessee River sticks at the Classic
Coming into this season I was like a parent trying to find their way through a field of LEGOs in a dark room. A lot of new names, faces, talent,...
What the Classic means: Cliff Pirch
There’s so much that makes Clifford Pirch stand out – the flowing golden locks, his heritage among Arizona wrestling royalty and his “other gig” as an elk hunting guide –...
Super stats for Lanier: 69-0 and 1,1,1
In his fifth season on the circuit, Paul Mueller won his first Bassmaster Elite Series tournament by less than one pound . Mueller’s total was 69 pounds in a highly...
Super stats for St. Johns: 72, 34-14, 98-14
All sorts of superlative numbers came from the St. Johns River last week. But these are the ones that stand above the rest: 72, champion Rick Clunn’s age; 34-14, the...
