August 18, 2018 ... “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”-Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank RedemptionAs I write this column, my father,...
July 11, 2018 ... One of the great perks/privileges of my job — which isn’t available, by the way — is that I often get my hands on new lures and tackle for testing and...
June 19, 2018 ... WASHINGTON — The term “Lake Okeechobee” stirs memories in anyone who’s ever made a cast with bass tackle.Whether it’s the memory of B.A.S.S. legend Roland...
June 13, 2018 ... Back when I was fishing bass tournaments on a regular basis, I couldn’t have imagined running 150 miles by boat.Granted, I wasn’t fishing for $100,000 or...
June 9, 2018 ... ORANGE, Texas — Before Thursday’s weigh-in for the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River presented by Econo Lodge, I had lunch at a food truck...
June 3, 2018 ... I grew up in a distinctly blue-collar family.My dad, my uncle and my grandfather worked as hard as anyone I’ve ever known to keep the lights on and put...
May 1, 2018 ... In the world of competitive bass fishing, the mentality has always been the same.About 90 percent of tournament anglers are fiercely competitive and will...
April 10, 2018 ... So, you want to fish the Bassmaster Elite Series, and you’ve chosen the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens as your quickest path to stardom?Good for you.I...
March 22, 2018 ... There’s a major high school sporting event taking place in Alabama this weekend.When someone says that in this state, they’re usually talking about...
March 7, 2018 ... The water was rough at Ross Barnett Reservoir for last week’s Bass Pro Shops Central Open.Apparently, that surprised some people.Even though it’s March.In...
February 26, 2018 ... During a fishing trip with Bassmaster Magazine Editor James Hall last week, James stepped off the trolling motor for a minute and offered a profound...
February 16, 2018 ... ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. — I was impressed by Lake Martin. I was impressed by the crowds.I was impressed by the fish that were brought to the scales...
September 11, 2017 ... Kevin VanDam used a spybait during his recent Bassmaster Elite Series win on the St. Lawrence River.But surely you already knew that, considering the...
July 12, 2017 ... Back in early May, with the help of Paul Michele of Navionics, Florida Sportsman magazine editor Jeff Weakley and outdoors writer Mark Modoski, I caught a...
June 8, 2017 ... During the spring of 1994, my cousin, Brian Brown, and I fished the Mark’s Outdoors Lay Lake Open.It was an annual tournament so routinely plagued by bad...
