Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe got the monkey off his back by finally winning a major tournament on his home waters.
The Knoxville, Tenn. resident ...
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Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe got the monkey off his back by finally winning a major tournament on his home waters.
The Knoxville, Tenn. resident ...
Randy Haynes caught a tournament-best 27-10 sack on Saturday to win the Kentucky Lake Central Rayovac with a 3-day total of 75-05. It was his fifth career ...
Consistency has put Ott DeFoe in position to win his first Bassmaster event on his home waters of Douglas Lake.
“Every big tournament we’ve had here ...
Jason Lambert caught his second straight 24-pound stringer Friday to take over the lead at the Kentucky Lake Central Rayovac with a 2-day total of 48-09.
Lambert, ...
FLW announced today that Patterson Leeth will join the organization in the position of VP of marketing. Leeth, who previously worked for Minneapolis-based ...
Dewayne Wilson, a resident of nearby La Follette, Tenn. and the owner of Dixie Custom Rods, caught a 21-12 sack Thursday to take a 1-pound advantage over ...
Brandon Hunter, an FLW Tour rookie from Benton, Ky., grabbed the initial lead Thursday at the Kentucky Lake Central Rayovac with a 27-09 stringer that ...
Thirty-three anglers from the Bassmaster Opens ranks will join the 107 Elite Series competitors for BASSFest at Lake Chickamauga in 2 weeks. A handful ...
Marine lighting manufacturer Blue Water LED has added Bassmaster Elite Series veteran Alton Jones to its pro staff.
“I’ve gotten to know the good folks ...
Joe Balog is an authoritative source on smallmouth bass in the Great Lakes region and it certainly hasn't escaped his attention that the standard for ...
The Berkley Experience Trailer will be at Scheels All Sports in Minot, N.D. this Thursday through Saturday (May 29-31). In its 9th year, the trailer has ...
A Missouri high school bass team will be forced to sit out a championship event at Table Rock Lake next month because the requirements of the school's ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking public input on its proposal to alter the way it manages largemouth bass. In an effort ...
Following his 5th-place finish in last month's Toyota Texas Bass Classic, Jason Christie related to BassFan his belief that bass caught from offshore ...
Jason Christie has moved back to the top of the BassFan World Rankings following his victory at the recent Lake Dardanelle Bassmaster Elite Series. To ...
The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger produced a story this weekend in which 2013 Bassmaster Classic champion Cliff Pace says he's been cleared by doctors ...
According to a report in the Muskogee (Okla.) Phoenix newspaper, Major League Fishing was in Muskogee this week filming the first of two Select ...
Joe Balog has always been intrigued by situations in which high-level tournament anglers seem to display super-intimate knowledge of how to catch quality ...
(Editor's note: The following tip comes courtesy of industry rep Alan McGuckin.)
Twelve hours after losing by ounces at the Bassmaster Elite ...
Veteran pro Stacey King of Missouri has withdrawn from the final two FLW Tour events of the season so he can undergo cancer treatment.
“They’re going ...
Mike Iaconelli knew he needed a solid finish last week at the Lake Dardanelle Elite Series if he was to have any hope of staying in the mix for a berth ...
Shane Lehew has made an extremely smooth transition from collegiate fishing to the professional ranks.
With two-thirds of the FLW Tour season in the ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Chris Lane told BassFan today that the cause of the nighttime fire that destroyed his boat just hours before the start of ...
It's Jig Week on The Bass University TV.
Jigs are known as one of the best baits to catch giant bass, and fishing both football-head and swimjigs are ...
Thanks to LEER truck caps and tonneau covers, the two most recent Bassmaster Elite Series winners have hauled home more than just the $100,000 prize. ...
For the most part, David Walker was pretty pleased with how he fished at Lake Dardanelle last week. There was one exception, though.
"A few years ...
Solar Bat Sunglasses and Bassmaster Elite Series standout Aaron Martens have teamed up to design a line of sunglasses for the serious bass fisherman.
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FLW Tour pro and reigning TBF national champion Mark Daniels Jr. of Fairfield, Calif., weighed a 26-12 sack on Saturday to win the California Delta Western ...
Pro angler Randy Blaukat was among four athletes inducted into the Joplin (Mo.) Area Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony held Friday.
Blaukat, who turned ...
A blanket of fog over Lake Dardanelle has delayed the start of day 2 of the Bassmaster Elite Series. Overnight temperatures in Russellville, Ark., dropped ...
FLW reported that longtime tour pro Ron Shuffield is in a Hot Springs, Ark. hospital, recovering from a heart attack he suffered earlier this week. The ...
Chris Lane got a rude awakening Thursday morning when his boat was found on fire in the parking lot of his hotel in Russellville, Ark., just hours before ...
Last week's Toyota Texas Bass Classic at Lake Fork provided plenty of photo ops – there was world-class entertainment, lots of family-friendly activities ...
(Editor's note: Industry rep Alan McGuckin passed on this short feature from this week's Bassmaster Elite Series stop in Arkansas.)
Kevin VanDam ...
Like many BassFans, Joe Balog was astounded by the weights chalked up by competitors in last week's Toyota Texas Bass Classic at Lake Fork. In his view, ...
Last week, Berkley posted a video (embedded below) on its Facebook page regarding its plan to restore its IronSilk monofilament line to its product lineup ...
Keith Combs, winner of the recent Toyota Texas Bass Classic, and three other Bassmaster Elite Series pros will conduct a Pro-Bass Class session July 8-10 ...
Funeral services for former professional bass angler Ricky Green will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Hot Springs, Ark. ...
Brent Chapman cut short his first practice day for the Lake Dardanelle Elite Series on Monday after a band of storms moved across central Arkansas. The ...
Last week, BassFan editor Todd Ceisner took part in the annual Niagara Media Event that showcases the Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario fisheries ...
Former tour pro Keith Green confirmed today that his father, 14-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier Ricky Green, died on Sunday at age 69. He'd battled ...
Two men from Marshall County, Ala., were arrested last week and charged with tampering with a sport contest after it was discovered they were allegedly ...
A 45-minute session by Gerald Swindle on developing a positive mental attitude is now available on The Bass University TV. A preview is embedded below.
"We ...
Joe Balog was scheduled to compete in the James River Northern Rayovac, which was scheduled for last week but postponed until September due to high water ...
The Lew's Speed Spool, an iconic baitcasting reel that helped launch the low-profile craze more than 40 years ago, is the focus of a special consumer ...
Jacob Powroznik carried his big blue Bassmaster Elite Series trophy across the boat ramp parking lot at Toledo Bend on Sunday evening, placed it securely ...
Electronics manufacturer Raymarine announced recently that it's added eight anglers to its pro staff. The expansion comes on the heels of the company’s ...
Most times Glenn Browne is presented with opportunities to catch fish with a flipping rod in his hand, he's going to take advantage of it. At Toledo Bend, ...
After three events of the Bassmaster Elite Series season, Jonathon VanDam found himself mired in unfamiliar territory – in 97th place in the Toyota ...
FLW announced today it has moved the already rescheduled James River Northern Rayovac Series to Aug. 21-23.
It was originally scheduled for this past ...
Industry rep Alan McGuckin got an up-close look at what Kevin VanDam was using to catch his 17-pound stringer on day 1 at the Toledo Bend Bassmaster Elite ...
Due to a decision by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Association biologists to recognize two distinct subspecies of spotted bass, a 6-01 fish caught in 2011 ...
A couple of relief funds have been set up to aid residents of the Mayflower, Ark. area who suffered losses from this week's tornadoes. Mayflower is the ...
After a successful inaugural year, the Alabama Bass Trail (ABT) has released its 2015 tournament schedule. The 10-lake, team-style tournament series will ...
FLW today announced the dates for its 2015 Walmart FLW Tour events. According to a brief email sent out by FLW on Thursday, the locations and additional ...
Just hours after canceling the first day of competition due to unsafe conditions, FLW announced Thursday it has postponed the James River Northern Rayovac ...
Heavy rains in recent days have led to flooding along the James River and prompted FLW this morning to cancel day 1 of the James River Northern Rayovac ...
Joe Balog addresses an issue that hits close to home in this week's edition of Balog's Bass War – the proliferation of gobies throughout the Great Lakes ...
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