Greg Hackney

Fantasy Fishing: Dance a jig at Dardanelle

To say that my performance at Sam Rayburn was poor would be generous. I ate some serious propwash in Lufkin, with only two of my five anglers making the cut...

Fantasy Fishing: Current AOY standings should be considered

I keep making selections on my Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing team hoping I’ll hit it big one of these times. Many of those choices are based on the science that Coy...

Bass fishing myths

There’s a lot of bass fishing nonsense out there. If you believed even half of it, you’d probably never go fishing because conditions would never be good enough to catch...

A look at Sam Rayburn

Big, deep crankbaits on Sam Rayburn

OK, we’re getting ready for the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Sam Rayburn. It’ll be here in a few days. I’ve been getting...

Hackney’s hook change strategies

If there’s one thing Greg Hackney has learned in his 16 years as a professional angler, it’s the wisdom of change. Change locations, change tactics, change baits — flexibility rules....

Natural talent, hard work

I was asked an interesting question recently: Is hard work or natural talent more important in bass fishing? I think that if you’re talking about being at the very top...

Why do bass shake loose?

It’s Thursday during our break. I was going to go fishing, but the weather is supposed to turn bad right after lunch so I thought I’d wait until tomorrow. Normally...

A different perspective on Jordan’s win

I want to start this thing off by saying congratulations to Jordan Lee. It was a serious come from behind victory. Well done, Jordan. There never was any doubt in...

The deep water side of Rule 2

Last time we talked mostly about shallow water and Rule 2. Now let’s look at what happens in the deep. Bass will suspend even when the water’s really deep, like...