Find ‘em first

This is a crazy time of the year, and this has been a crazy year. That makes for a wild combination. Depending on where you fish, and the recent weather...

I made bad decisions

The 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods didn’t turn out to be anything like what I expected. I missed the mark with my predictions and my thinking....

Daily Limit: Zona’s picks, Classic nuggets

Most of the pundits made their Classic picks awhile back, but good thing we waited to get Bassmaster TV analyst Mark Zona’s selections. The conditions changed from winter’s frigid start,...

It’s settin’ up nice

The 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods is settin’ up nice, and I couldn’t be happier.  The last four or five out of the last six Bassmaster...

Fantasy Fishing: Anybody’s game at Hartwell

To be perfectly honest, I find this year’s GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods to be a very challenging tournament to navigate. For Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing players, there...

That one good fish, part 2

I ended my column last time with the observation that the one good fish is never a given. I also observed that it’s something you can’t control. You can fish...

That one good fish, part 1

It seems like we always hear about patterning bass or finding the right spots. It’s like finding bass is the way to win in a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. But...

Where do bass live?

Over the years I’ve developed a theory that there are two basic groups of bass. We’ll start with the easy group first. I call them resident bass.  Resident bass move...

The myth of deep winter bass

We’re going to talk a little bit this week about what I call the myth of deep winter bass. There’s no doubt that when winter first starts bass move deep....

Why you should fish better lakes

When I say something like that everyone thinks that the answer is obvious. Well, maybe… The deal is that you’ll catch more bass in better lakes than you will in...

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