November 12, 2018 ... “The camaraderie in these events seems intensified by the competition, and vice versa.”Fifty years ago, when B.A.S.S. began conducting tournaments,...
November 4, 2018 ... Cliff Pirch and his teammate had just won the Angler of the Year trophy from Arizona’s most competitive team trail.At the time — in his early 20s and a...
October 3, 2018 ... Millions of fishing fans know Bill Dance as the host of The Bill Dance Outdoors TV show, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Others...
June 12, 2018 ... I feel sorry for the high school anglers of today. Sure, they get to skip class to practice for the next Bassmaster high school tournament and wear cool...
May 16, 2018 ... Late in 1999, two topics came up in frequent conversation: the “Y2K” problem, and what to call the decade of 2000-2009.Some feared the global economy would...
May 1, 2018 ... Well into the 1990s, B.A.S.S. and its tournament trail were Southern to the core. Bass tournament fishing, like stock car racing in the early days, was...
April 22, 2018 ... “If Roland stopped to comb his blond hair before heading to the weigh-in, he knew he was about to get his picture taken.”Especially in its infancy, every...
February 27, 2018 ... The lights were dimmed and the curtains at the entrance to the arena were opened. Most in the audience probably expected a tow vehicle to drag in a...
January 28, 2018 ... As we were planning Bassmaster’s celebration of the 50th birthday of B.A.S.S., I recalled the 20th anniversary issue we put together just a few years...
January 10, 2018 ... If you’re a bass angler who wants a fast track to greatness, I can’t think of a better head-start than the bass club circuit of the B.A.S.S. Nation.I’m...
September 12, 2017 ... Bass fishing has been very, very good to Johnny Morris. As a young man, he launched a promising career as a professional bass angler on the B.A.S.S....
June 10, 2017 ... In the spring of 1967, when Ray Scott began promoting his All-American Bass Tournament at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, almost nobody believed in him or...
April 17, 2017 ... My youngest son and his wife inspired me to declutter my life, and I’m glad they did.Descending from a long line of hoarders, I needed to purge my...
March 31, 2017 ... If you’re a fan of Don Wirth’s humor, as I am, you’ll get a kick out of his article, “Bass fishing’s baddest (as in worst) ideas.” Most of his...
March 30, 2017 ... When I learned this week that Ray Scott has sold his storied farm near Pintlala, Ala., the news brought back a flood of memories.Soon after his Bass...
