Two important things
Edwin EversThe Bassmaster Elite Series season is winding down, and it’s been a while since I said anything about the season I’m having. If you’ve looked at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler...
My favorite bass lure for the heat of summer
John GarrettIt’s so hot in the Mid-South right now that jumping in the lake wouldn’t really cool you off. Water surface temps near my house in Western Kentucky are 85 to...
Cool folks I meet in line: Greg Hammond
Don BaroneDateline: Lake Champlain Marshal Registration So. At every Elite event, Nation event, Opens event and College tourney one of my favorite things to do at the gig is to stand...
No help is real help, part 2
Greg HackneyI don’t claim to be perfect. Regardless of what I said in part 1 of this column about not getting help. There is another point of view. I’m told that something like 20...
Enjoying the northern swing
Alton JonesYou know, even though I would’ve preferred to have a single “1” in my last two tournament finishes, placing 11th in two consecutive Bassmaster Elite Series events is very gratifying...
An epic day and a giant bag
Aaron MartensIt was an epic day — one of those days where the water is slick and there’s just enough breeze to keep you from getting hot. It was the kind...
Spool your reels correctly
Jordan LeeI’ve been thinking about something lately. It’s not the biggest thing in the world but it is important, and it comes up often enough that I think we should talk...
No help is real help, part 1
Greg HackneyWe’ve got this “no help” rule in place now, and I think it’s great. There are lots of questions that have to be answered about how it’ll work in practice...
100 Elite events, 500 stories: My decade with B.A.S.S.
Don Barone“To everything (turn, turn, turn)…” Dateline: Plattsburgh, N.Y., where it all began.., “Leap and the net will appear.”— Zen Saying I will never forget the fireflies of Lake Champlain. Never...
How I’ll fish Lake Champlain
Brandon LesterThis week we are on Lake Champlain for the eighth Elite Series tournament of the year. Our host city this week is the peaceful little town of Plattsburg, New York....
