Learning the hard way
This tournament fishing business is a funny thing when it comes to learning. You learn very little from a win but you can learn a lot from a loss. Here’s...
Greg Hackney
You better have thick skin
If you’re going to be a professional tournament bass angler, you’d better have thick skin. This business will humble you in a hurry. There’s no such thing as mercy out...
Sorting through smaller bass
Last time I made a brief mention about catching bass that are just a little bit bigger. That’s what we do in tournaments. It’s about finding a pattern within a...
Rivers in the summertime
I suppose it goes without saying that I’m excited about fishing the 2018 Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River presented by Go RVing. There’s nothing like a win to get your...
Wins just happen
This one was sweet. Going into the 2018 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge, I figured it would be a tough one. It wasn’t...
Fantasy Fishing: Hackney was best choice at Sabine River
ORANGE, Texas — The Sabine River is known as a stingy fishery, but as they always do the best bass anglers in the world showed it off for all to...
Fantasy Fishing: Bushes or offshore at Travis
Four events of the Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing season are in the books. At this point in the year you’re either a primed contender in the standings or have succumb to...
Picking the right pitchin’ and flippin’ stick
Flippin’ and pitchin’ are a big part of successful bass fishing. It’s hard to consistently catch bass if you can’t do those things efficiently. The thing is, though, most of...
Some more about finding ‘em first
Last time we talked about the things I look for when I’m trying to find bass that are all over the place in their transition — prespawn, spawn, postspawn. This...
