A boy named Fischer
Don Barone(A column for your children or grandchildren, not you…) Dateline: Imagination “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is...
Toe to toe with Michael Neal
Gerald SwindleI want to take this column off the water for a few minutes. Yes, a lot of professional fishing is about tournaments, no doubt. But there is another aspect of...
Grading my Grand finish
Alton Jones Jr.Looking back on my 35th-place finish at the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Grand Lake, I’d give myself a pretty high grade, especially considering the circumstances and how...
The Western swing
Dave PrechtWell 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 dismissed outside the Southeast...
As I see it: It’s the small things
Don BaroneDateline: Kentucky Lake “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”~Vincent Van Gogh It is simply the smell of coffee in the morning. Simply, a light...
Let kids be kids
Bryan BrasherIn the world of competitive bass fishing, the mentality has always been the same. About 90 percent of tournament anglers are fiercely competitive and will gladly fish against anybody, any...
Social media and fishing
Jacob PowroznikWhen I was growing up, if I wanted to learn about fishing, I looked to the men in my life to teach me. Just as many of the other professional...
Mellow, wins
Don Barone(or the night I saw Michael Jordan wink) “You jump, jump here…” Dateline: After the weigh-in “Patience will achieve more than force.”~Edmund Burk It was close, the game, maybe two,...
Electronic imaging features
Kevin VanDamModern fishing electronics equipped with side imaging (SI) and down imaging (DI) have changed the way I fish. You can find similar features on other brands, but there have been...
Why I fish docks
Brandon CardWhenever I’m asked about why I fish docks my answer is always the same: Docks are some of the most reliable places on any body of water to find bass....