John Crews

Tying up a knotty controversy

Few professional bass anglers spool their spinning reels with fluorocarbon line anymore. The standard practice now is to fill the reel with a 10- to 15-pound braid and tie on...

Three brands of electronics — final review

It’s taken me a full season fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series to evaluate and learn about all the available electronics on one boat. I ran Lowrance, Humminbird and Garmin on...

Crews spot-on with estimates, wins BassTrakk prize

Bassmaster Elite Series veteran John Crews estimated his BassTrakk weight perfectly with his official weight and won his first BassTrakk Contingency Prize. For the first two days of competition his BassTrakk...

Needed northern redemption

I don’t mind talking about my failures. Everyone has them but in our social media edited world, we all only post and talk about our successes. It can make us...

Inside Elite Boats: John Crews

Out of stock — everything

Fishing tackle is my life. I love looking at it. I love shopping for it. I love designing it. I love fishing with it. Right now, though, it seems like...

My midseason electronics update

Back in early February I wrote a column — Three brands of electronics — detailing why I was going with all three major brands of electronics. I also promised a couple of...

Fantasy Fishing: River of doubt

The Sabine River out of Orange, Texas, has become a semi-regular stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series, at least partially because of the fanatical fans it draws. That said, it...

Fantasy Fishing: Rolling with history at the Sabine

The Bassmaster Elite Series anglers knocked it out of the park at Pickwick Lake despite the constantly changing conditions. However, my Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing picks at Pickwick were less...

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....