Diversity delivers Elite excitement and there’s more to see
Mark ZonaThis year’s Bassmaster Elite Series has been a true enjoyment for me. When I look at the production of those lakes we’ve gone to and the stellar champions they’ve produced,...
Elite wives amaze me
Bryan BrasherMy neck’s been bothering me a little bit lately. I wish I could say it was from a vicious hook set or from dragging a big whitetail deer out of...
LIVE gets livelier
James HallIf I didn’t work for B.A.S.S., I probably would have been fired last year. See, I have an addiction. During Elite Series events, I simply can’t turn off Bassmaster LIVE....
Culling the bite
Drew BentonCulling the bite from smaller bass to bigger bass is something that most of us try to do, at least some of the time. But, I can tell you as...
Disappointed with myself
Jason WilliamsonIf I said I was disappointed with my performance at the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department tournament, I’d be putting lipstick on a pig....
A new life changes life
Micah FrazierIt’s been six months since Anna and I had our first child – our son Huck – and this season of the Bassmaster Elite Series has been really different for...
Zona’s two-day seminar
Chris ZaldainNot too long after the 2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Fort Gibson Lake was postponed I received a call from Mark Zona. He invited me to go fishing...
Pay attention to points
Jamie HartmanIf I had to make one point about the postspawn, it would be “pay attention to the points.” When you look a the geography of a largemouth spawning area, they...
An unlikely reunion
James HallCaptain Steve Carter was practicing for the European Open bass fishing tournament on Spain’s Lake Caspe in September 1986. He was serving in the U.S. Air Force in Zaragoza and...
50 years and counting
Mark MenendezI was at the press conference when B.A.S.S. announced the site of the 2020 Bassmaster Classic. It was an awesome experience, but not for the reasons you might think. I’m...
