Greg Hackney

Fantasy Fishing: Prepare for a slugfest

As the final day of the Sabine River Bassmaster Elite Series event dwindled down, I couldn’t help but think about how entirely opposite the Lake Fork event is going to...

A look at Sabine River

Fantasy Fishing: Bet on swamp crawlers and river rats

Ever since I was a kid watching B.A.S.S. tournaments and reading my monthly Bassmaster Magazine, one thing I always paid extra attention to was how to adjust to changing conditions....

Fantasy Fishing: Just 12 pounds a day

April to August and back to April again, no matter what, the winner at the Bassmaster Elite Series at Sabine River will almost certainly average about 12 pounds a day....

Fantasy Fishing: The tale of two species

Well, how about that — a wire-to-wire victory with nothing but smallmouth bass on the Tennessee River by that stealthy Canadian Jeff Gustafson. Each morning I’d roll over and grab...

Fantasy Fishing: Pickwick should be wide open

Pickwick Lake was likely to be a great event as originally scheduled in June, but it likely would have fished very small. It’s likely most of the top bags would...

Fantasy Fishing: Walking the wire

As the Bassmaster Elite Series field heads to round three at a familiar haunt — at a primo time — my Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing season is already at a...

Fantasy Fishing: Pick power at Pickwick

It’s no secret that the change of date for the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake has everybody excited. There have been plenty of rumblings about the tournament weights...

Fantasy Fishing: Pick cold weather river experts

After the warm temperatures of Florida, the Elites are coming back to a dose of reality in Knoxville, Tenn. Despite temperatures expected to get up into the 50s during practice...

Fantasy Fishing: History is important

Well holy cow, we made it to 2021. I want to kick this season’s Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing off with a hearty “Congratulations!” to all of the fish-heads who came...