The beauty of belonging
“Psychologists say we can’t be mentally healthy if we don’t have a sense of belonging and being accepted by others.” In the late 1980s and ’90s, when I was editor...
Dave Precht
Bush, the Bassmaster
“Bush used Teddy Roosevelt’s ‘bully pulpit’ to promote sportfishing and the protection of aquatic resources.” Numerous tributes were published in the outdoor media following the passing of President George H.W....
50th Anniversary of B.A.S.S.
Bassmaster Magazine still funneling fishing info
More than 50 years ago, Bob Hamilton was told his world record spotted bass would probably never be broken. Hamilton, who wrote about how he caught the 8-pounder from Alabama’s...
Swapping teammates
“The camaraderie in these events seems intensified by the competition, and vice versa.” Fifty years ago, when B.A.S.S. began conducting tournaments, some people opposed them, saying, “Fishing ought to be...
No more survival mode
Cliff Pirch and his teammate had just won the Angler of the Year trophy from Arizona’s most competitive team trail. At the time — in his early 20s and a...
50th Anniversary of B.A.S.S.
First B.A.S.S. employees reminisce
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Ray Scott’s first two employees at B.A.S.S. met again and reminisced about how the bass fishing organization got off the ground 50 years ago. Employee No. 2 Helen...
A reason to lose
Millions of fishing fans know Bill Dance as the host of The Bill Dance Outdoors TV show, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Others remember him as one of...
50th Anniversary of B.A.S.S.
KVD headlines 2018 BFHOF induction class
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Possibly the most telling line of the night had been delivered some two centuries earlier. Dr. James A. Henshall, author of Book of the Black Bass published in...
Harry ‘N’ Charlie redux
I feel sorry for the high school anglers of today. Sure, they get to skip class to practice for the next Bassmaster high school tournament and wear cool jerseys with...
The aughts and ESPN
Late in 1999, two topics came up in frequent conversation: the “Y2K” problem, and what to call the decade of 2000-2009. Some feared the global economy would crash because computer...
