A Wirth-while Career
Three generations of B.A.S.S. members have been entertained, educated, inspired and even awed by the writing and photography of Don Wirth. After almost 55 years as a Bassmaster Senior Writer, Wirth is...
Dave Precht
Strike King Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops
Daily Limit: Bass HOF, College bracket make for emotional week
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The last week of September was a quite an emotional week in the bass fishing world — there were moments where tears flowed. The Daily Limit made...
Daily Limit: Retiring Akin leaves B.A.S.S. cruising full steam ahead
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It might have seemed counterintuitive to select a non-angler to lead B.A.S.S., but Bruce Akin learned all the knots, grabbed the wheel, navigated through rough waters and,...
Gone fishin’
This is my 353rd column for Bassmaster Magazine, and by far the hardest I’ve had to write. Like almost all my previous columns, I’ve procrastinated in writing it until I’m...
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...
Fish more, live longer
No doubt you’ve heard an older person wonder out loud, “Where has the time gone?” And often in response, someone answers, sarcastically, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” In the...
Catching and releasing
The 1971 Bassmaster Classic at Lake Mead, Nevada, is remembered as the first world championship of bass fishing — the inaugural running of what has become the Super Bowl of...
Looking ahead to Classic 50
Misti Lewis Satterfield swept her hand toward a parking lot in front of Knoxville’s Jacob Building. “This is where the anglers’ boats will be lined up,” she said. Satterfield and...
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...
