Arey’s 3 tips on drifting for smallmouth
Team Toyota’s Matt Arey is one of 50 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who have been braving the inland ocean of Lake St. Clair that serves as the playing field for...
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Arey’s trick for finicky topwater schooling bass
Few scenes in all of freshwater fishing spur a greater rush of adrenalin than the sight of bass schooling in a surface feeding frenzy. Except sometimes their appetites seem tougher...
Daily Limit: Canterbury looking to finish
Decisions, decision, decisions. They are such a huge part of tournament fishing, bringing success or failure. Scott Canterbury can relate. His choices have put him in position to win the...
Yelas, Arey talk ice cream, gobies and football
Jay Yelas won the 2002 Bassmaster Classic and Matt Arey has won $1 million in his relatively short pro angling career. They are two of the Elite Series’ true class...
Daily Limit: Hartman to the rescue
Fresh off his comeback Bassmaster Elite Series win, Jamie Hartman displayed more heroics when he came to the aid of a couple whose boat burned and sank on Oneida Lake....
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Arey on hot summer spoonin’
Team Toyota’s Matt Arey had just slapped 21 pounds of Guntersville bass on the scales to take the tournament lead, yet he seemed equally as thrilled when a buddy handed...
Daily Limit: Storm blows trees into Livesay’s home
“Gloom, despair and agony on me, whoa.” Elite angler Lee Livesay might be singing that old “Hee Haw” hymn if he wasn’t taking his latest disaster with a chuckle. Just...
Daily Limit: Arey’s boat hit in police chase
The axiom that most accidents happen close to home hit home for Elite Series angler Matt Arey. After driving almost 1,000 miles without incident, Arey’s rig was damaged when a...
Meet the Elites: Matt Arey
Matt Arey has always been competitive by nature. The Shelby, N.C., pro grew up focused on sports like baseball and soccer. Unlike the rest of his family, he took an...
