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 after I became editor...
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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 living proof. If I...
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. Tournament Trail,...
July 11, 2017
In baseball, you never say out loud that a pitcher is on his way to a no-hitter. It’ll jinx him. I learned this many years ago while watching Nolan Ryan pitch seven...
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 bought into his idea...
May 6, 2017
Admittedly I was taken aback to learn that tournaments were scheduled on Lake Conroe during Bassmaster Classic week.Of course, those who held the events on Friday and...
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 belongings. At their...
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 examples are tongue-in...
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 Anglers Sportsman...
March 19, 2017
Spectator boat traffic wasn’t always a given on competition days of the GEICO Bassmaster Classic.But it had already become a factor by 1990, when B.A.S.S. held its third...
January 23, 2017
Is it just my observation, or is the Texas rig going the way of flip phones and road maps? Sure, people still use those things, but mainly because they haven’t been...
December 27, 2016
The First Baptist Church of Clarksville, Tenn., was packed despite a lingering, eerie “freezing fog” that blanketed the area. The midday gathering was attended largely by...
December 17, 2016
On Feb. 5, Houston will host an event some have come to know as “The Bassmaster Classic of Football.” Officially, it is Super Bowl LI.I was fortunate to attend a Super Bowl...
October 17, 2016
Chad LaChance was born with a passion for fishing and no one to teach him how.“I was the only child of a single mom, and we didn’t have any money,” he explains. “I grew up...
May 10, 2016
Former President George H.W. Bush was a decorated pilot in World War II, made an honorary knight by Queen Elizabeth II and named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year in 1990....
