Watching the water temps
Bassmaster Classic conditions at Grand Lake are inching toward ideal GROVE, Okla. — As he waited for Wednesday’s 7 a.m. practice-day takeoff, Edwin Evers checked the water surface temperature at...
2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro
Living the dream
Trevor Lo is our 2015 Carhartt College National Champion. That’s how he made the Classic. In Allan McGuckin’s excellent story on him this week, we learned that the Classic is only the...
Is Fritts fishing the Classic?
Steve Bowman and I got confused for just a minute. Not that that is unusual. In Honey Creek we happened upon David Fritts, winner of the 1993 Classic. Did he make the...
Frazier in his first Classic
We found Georgia angler Micah Frazier back in a little cove. “I can’t catch a bass to save my life,” he said. Though he did catch a nice drum a little earlier....
Herren looking for a home run
Alabama angler Matt Herren is fishing slow and “practicing his strategy.” Shortly before we found him, Herren had caught a 5- or 6-pounder. “I’m not looking for the little ones,” he...
Things lining up for Bobby Lane?
We just caught up with Bobby Lane. He has caught three fish today and is feeling like several intangibles are lining up for him. This is his 9th Classic, and his soccer...
Fantasy Fishing: Momentum + experience = winners
In my first two years of working at B.A.S.S., I obsessed over Fantasy Fishing. I’d spend at least an hour researching my picks for each tournament. I won our in-house...
Day of practice, day of discovery
GROVE, Okla. — Some are tight lipped while others lament the backwards dance of how water clarity is setting up on Grand Lake for the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by...
