How I’ll fish the Bassmaster Classic
Brandon LesterThe 51st Bassmaster Classic is here! This week is my first time fishing on Lake Ray Roberts, and a Classic on a new body of water is awfully exciting. The...
Claiming the home lake advantage and avoiding the curse
Chris ZaldainI really enjoyed the last few days before practice. Trait and I have been on the road for about five weeks. It’s nice to be home where we actually live...
A Classic as big as Texas?
Matt HerrenIt’s Classic week. We’re here in Fort Wort, Texas, pre-practice is over, and it has all the potential to be a great tournament. But, will it be an epic event? Bass...
My 40-year journey to the Classic
Ed LoughranWashington, D.C., is a strange place for a Bassmaster Classic journey to start, but that’s where mine began. I was born there and grew up “inside the beltway” in Maryland....
Keys to the Classic
Keith CombsYes, I’ll be at Lake Ray Roberts this week, but unfortunately I’ll be working the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk Expo, so please don’t hold it...
A dynamic Bassmaster Classic awaits us
Clark WendlandtYou can’t imagine how excited I am to be back in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk and to have it in my home state. I...
Not much Classic pressure
Frank TalleyI’m really looking forward to fishing the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk in my home state, but honestly, I don’t think there’s much pressure on me....
Three more derbies and a lot on the line
Seth FeiderIt may only be June, but the Bassmaster Elite Series season is reaching the final stretch. I’m sitting in the lead of the Bassmaster Angler of the Year race with...
Two decades of Bassmaster Classic lessons
Chad MorgenthalerWhen I fished my first Bassmaster Classic, on the Louisiana Delta in 2003, I was 37 years old. Compared to today, I had no clue what I was doing. At...
Beware of experience
Mark MenendezMuch has been made of my fishing bluegill beds during the 2021 Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Lake Guntersville and the fact that I finally had a decent finish. That finish...