Daily Limit: Best of 2016
Big fish, big comebacks and resurrections were all on the menu in 2016, and the Daily Limit offered its take on much of it. The 2016 Bassmaster season was incredible...
Greg Hackney
Zona’s final take on Elite season
SEASON HAD DRAMA ALONG WITH CATASTROPHE There were great victories by great anglers during the 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series, and while most were remarkable in one sense or another, none...
Finding winter bass, part 2
Why bass move really deep at the first sign of winter and then back up shallower when it gets really cold is something we don’t completely understand. The most likely...
Finding winter bass, part 1
It’s often said that in most cases catching them isn’t as tough as finding them. That statement has never been truer than in the winter. They’ll bite for sure if...
Organize your boat this winter
No matter where you live there’s going to be a week or two of bad weather this winter. That’s a perfect time to clean out your boat and repack it....
Memo to the Opens anglers continued…
We talked about some of the fishing aspects of competing in the Elite Series last week but now it’s time to talk about the schedule and a couple of other...
Hackney: Memo to the Opens anglers
It’s no secret that some of the guys who have qualified for the Elite Series from the Opens have struggled. Mostly those are the guys who are from the clubs...
Know your bass bite
One of the best ways to increase your catch is to know what kind of bite you’re getting and what kind of bite you need. I break bites into three...
Need information? Ask the right questions
Let’s start with the obvious: “What are they biting?” You ask the question when you see several local anglers at the dock. That’s a place to begin but maybe not...
Beware of shared information
A few weeks back I wrote about fishing Mille Lacs. Zackre Kiefer put a post up in the comments section saying there’s no bass, walleye or muskie in the lake....
