The new Abu Garcia Revo Rocket with its 9:1 gear ratio helped Chris Lane win the Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series last week. The fastest low-profile ...
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The new Abu Garcia Revo Rocket with its 9:1 gear ratio helped Chris Lane win the Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series last week. The fastest low-profile ...
FLW announced the 2014 EverStart Series schedule today, featuring a slimmer slate of events and the return of the no-entry fee championship.
Among ...
Last week's Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series was a punishing event for competitors who made long runs to lakes Erie or Huron each day. BassFan columnist ...
Eyewear manufacturer Solar Bat announced recently that Indiana FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell has joined the company's pro staff.
“Many anglers spend ...
The Maryland record for heaviest largemouth bass had stood for three decades until it was broken recently by 12-year-old Colton Lambert of Huntingtown, ...
Just about every one of the 99 anglers who competed at the Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series could tell of a mishap or two that cost him some weight, ...
Britt Myers appeared headed for a bottom-of-the-pack finish at the Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series after weighing a 12 1/2-pound bag on day 1. ...
In 2014, FLW Tour anglers will not be allowed to cast an umbrella rig in competition.
According to the new FLW Tour rules published this afternoon ...
A benefit banquet for 14-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier Ricky Green, who's in need of a lung transplant, will take place Sept. 19 at Summit Arena in ...
The Bass University announced today that it's added a session in Niagara Falls, N.Y. to its 2014 schedule. The 2-day event will take place Jan. 25-26 ...
A few weeks ago, BassFan spent some time with Kurt Dove at Oneida Lake as he prepared for the Bassmaster Northern Open. We asked him his preferred set ...
In a joint statement released today, B.A.S.S. and American Bass Anglers, Inc. (ABA) announced the licensing agreement that grants ABA use of B.A.S.S. ...
The latest season of Major League Fishing is unfolding this week near Alpena, Mich., according to a report published in Monday's Alpena News.
A ...
Aaron Martens had a dynamite six-tournament run to conclude the 2013 Bassmaster Elite Series season, logging Top-15 finishes in each event to claim the ...
Ray Scott turned 80 years old on Saturday, Aug. 24. Seemed like yesterday he was organizing that little fishing tournament at Beaver Lake.
Last Friday, ...
To avoid a conflict with the Toyota Texas Bass Classic next spring, FLW has rescheduled its Tour event at Kentucky Lake to June 26-29, 2014. The host ...
With the Bassmaster Elite Series regular season now in the books, the snapshot of the field for the 2014 Bassmaster Classic is starting to come into focus. ...
Jason Christie retains the top slot in the newest edition of the BassFan World Rankings and reigning FLW Tour Angler of the Year Andy Morgan has moved ...
Aaron Martens' season got off to its usual sluggish start, but he's closed it out with a string of single-digit finishes to win the Toyota Tundra B.A.S.S. ...
Most good days of tournament fishing involve some culling, and we've all heard the horror stories of mishaps that have resulted in lighter bags than an ...
FLW announced today that Livingston Lures has reached a sponsorship ...
B.A.S.S. announced today that Rigid Industries LED Lighting has signed a multi-year supporting sponsorship deal with the organization.
“Rigid Industries ...
Former tour pro Jon Bondy is guiding on Lake St. Clair today and told BassFan via email that it looks as if nearly 100 percent of the field is headed ...
Joe Balog writes about the recently concluded Forrest Wood Cup in this week's installment of Balog's Bass War. He especially enjoyed the fact that anglers ...
Veteran Shreveport Times outdoors columnist Jimmy Watson took the fishing fans in his circulation area to task today for not turning out in better numbers ...
Gene Gilliland, a widely respected bass biologist and conservation advocate from Oklahoma, has been named B.A.S.S. National Conservation Director. Gilliland ...
Catching a little over 7 pounds on day 1 was not the start defending Forrest Wood Cup champion Jacob Wheeler was hoping to get off to last week at the ...
A conflict between the Kentucky Lake FLW Tour and the Toyota Texas Bass Classic next spring means the TTBC field at Lake Fork will likely be missing the ...
We want to thank everyone who participated in our Forrest Wood Cup giveaway in conjunction with Tackle Grab.
We had a very good response with a wide ...
BassFan followed Randall Tharp all morning and into the early afternoon on the water on the final day of the Forrest Wood Cup at the Red River. He fished ...
FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell will host a new television show on the World Fishing Network (WFN) that will air beginning in January 2014. The show, called ...
FLW, the world’s leading tournament-fishing organization, has reached an agreement with Wildlife Forever to become the title sponsor of the State-Fish ...
Major League Fishing last year began penalizing anglers who allowed fish to hit the carpet of their boats after landing them. Now, the fish won't be allowed ...
Brent Chapman got numerous bites on day 1 of practice for this week's Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series, but he wasn't impressed with the looks of ...
Major League Fishing posted a story on its website today in which officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission laud the organization's ...
Bassmaster Elite Series Cliff Crochet is running a guess-the-weight contest for this week's season finale at Lake St. Clair. The entrant who comes closest ...
Megabass of America, the U.S. arm of Japan’s most revered builder ...
The Forrest Wood Cup started fast for Adrian Avena, who was making his second appearance in the season-ending championship. He found himself in 4th place ...
It's here – the final day of the Forrest Wood Cup.
Someone's life is going to change today and it could come down to a big bite in the final minutes ...
It's day 3 of the Forrest Wood Cup, which means things will start getting more intense up and down the Red River, especially in Pool 5 where most of the ...
The 2014 Forrest Wood Cup will be held at Lake Murray with Columbia, S.C., serving as the host city. The dates of the event will be Aug. 14-17, 2014.
It'll ...
We hope everyone was able to follow our live coverage of the Forrest Wood Cup on Thursday. We're back on the water this morning with Ron Festavan, who ...
Sebile will launch a new "Action First" line of baits for 2014 and one of the flagship models is the Bull Crank. The wide-bodied bait comes ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Pirch is at the Forrest Wood Cup in Shreveport, La. this week to support his newest sponsor, Bass Bling. The company, ...
BassFan will be on the water each day at the Forrest Wood Cup, monitoring the action live from the Red River. We'll be posting periodic updates here on ...
In part 2 of an interview with Ish Monroe, Joe Balog gets the multi-tour standout to open up about why each of the major circuits he fishes is extremely ...
Spurred by the recent Dock Talk posting about former B.A.S.S. tournament director Harold Sharp's souvenir pin from the 1985 Chattanooga Bassmaster Invitational, ...
The Red River was off limits today to Forrest Wood Cup competitors. Instead, they worked on tackle, spent some at the service trailers with their boats ...
B.A.S.S. announced today that the Bassmaster Elite Series attendance record was broken for the second time this year at last week's event at the St. Lawrence ...
Berkley today announced the launch of the first International High School Fishing Club Challenge. Beginning Thursday, high school fishing coaches can ...
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic today announced the lineup of country music artists who will entertain fans at the weigh-ins of the Oct. 4-6 event at Lake ...
From 75th to 46th to 12th to 7th.
That was Steve Kennedy's daily progression in the standings at last week's St. Lawrence River Bassmaster Elite Series. ...
B.A.S.S. announced today that it's signed a sponsorship agreement with Yamaha that will run through 2016.
"At Yamaha, we build the most reliable ...
BassFans will remember the winter wonderland Tulsa, Okla., turned into on the final day of practice for this year's Bassmaster Classic. If not, here's ...
Reigning FLW Tour Angler of the Year Andy Morgan is the newest member of the Livingston Lures pro staff, the company announced Tuesday.
“After meeting ...
There will be 46 pros contending for the Forrest Wood Cup, beginning tomorrow at the Red River in Louisiana. Only one will walk away with the hardware ...
Practice is officially done for the Forrest Wood Cup. The 46 anglers will get a day off Wednesday before tackling the Red River for real on Thursday. ...
(Editor's note: The following Mark Zona blog entry was passed along by Alan McGuckin of Dynamic Sponsorships.)
As a kid growing up on Chicago’s ...
This spring, BassFan sales executive and PAA pro Tim Carini was invited to appear on the Florida Sportsman Best Boat television show as the crew ...
Jason Christie's 13th-place finish was a bittersweet thing for the Oklahoma pro who's won three tour-level events this year. On one hand, it allowed him ...
Former B.A.S.S. tournament director Harold Sharp was rummaging around in a jewelry box recently and came across this souvenir pin the organization issued ...
Lots of articles and videos every day covering the physical aspects of competitive fishing – which lures to throw, where to throw them, how to retrieve ...
Bass Cat boats announced that Paul Rossi has rejoined the company as a sales representative. His territory will cover Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, ...
Jay Yelas encountered water temperatures today in the mid-90s, which should tell you how hot it's been recently in northwest Louisiana, specifically around ...
Ranger Boats founder Forrest L. Wood and B.A.S.S. co-owner Jerry McKinnis will receive the Legacy Award at this year's induction ceremony for the Arkansas ...
There are so many applications for the Z-Man ChatterBait Elite. Fish it in and around grass, wood, heavy cover, open water, clean water, dirty water. ...
Lots of anglers have become aware of the performance and value combination found in Abu Garcia's Orra reels. For 2014, the company has produced an Orra ...
The Bass University has added a session to its 2014 schedule that will be held Jan. 11-12 at the Garden State Outdoor Sports Show at the New Jersey Convention ...
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and B.A.S.S. today announced the Bassmaster Elite Series will return to New York in 2014.
The specific venue and dates ...
BoatUS Angler and fishing personality Mark Zona are teaming up to give one BoatUS Angler member a chance to accompany Zona on a fishing trip this fall ...
Phoenix Boats announced today that Chris Dutton has joined the company as its new marketing manager. An industry veteran, Dutton will focus on helping ...
We've partnered with the Tackle Grab subscription service to offer up a free 3-month subscription to the BassFan who nails the winning weight for the ...
Skeeter and B.A.S.S. have signed a multi-year agreement for Skeeter to continue as an official premier boat sponsor of all B.A.S.S. circuits through 2016.
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BRP recently announced details of its Summer Savings Sales Event for its Evinrude outboard engine brand.
During the retail promotion, qualified U.S. ...
Joe Balog recently caught up with dual-tour pro Ish Monroe to talk about the unique challenges Monroe has faced over the years because of the color of ...
Living in Arkansas, Ray Scheide is used to some stifling summer heat. However, it's hard to duplicate the sweatbox conditions he's likely to encounter ...
Bourbon-maker Evan Williams announced today that it's signed Bassmaster Elite Series anglers John Crews and Hank Cherry to its pro staff for the remainder ...
If you're not up for a day of slinging a big umbrella rig around, Z-Man's QuadZilla will be a suitable alternative.
The QuadZilla combines the flash ...
Ever wonder how pros go about practice on a new body of water?
Sure, they pore over maps and Internet reports before they get to the ramp, but once ...
Bass Cat Boats announced that it's purchased a 30,000-square-foot building that sits just across the street from its facility in Mountain Home, Ark. The ...
Brent Chapman found the action at the St. Lawrence River to be about as good as everyone said it would be on the first day of practice heading into this ...
Eight international graduate students from the Clarkson University School of Business in Potsdam, N.Y. will analyze financial data from this week's St. ...
WON Bass tournament director Billy Egan confirmed today that 93 pro anglers signed up to fish the U.S. Open during the early registration period, which ...
The inaugural Platinum Team Trail event is still 4 months away, but 81 of the 100 available slots have already been filled by duos planning to fish all ...
Jim Bianchi closed out the victory at the Oneida Lake Bassmaster Northern Open today, catching a 17-07 stringer to close with 52-07, good enough for a ...
Jim Bianchi caught a 19-04 bag today, the tournament's heaviest stringer, and took over the lead with 35-00 with 1 day remaining at the Oneida Lake Northern ...
Livingston Lures announced this week that it will sponsor every American Bass Angler (ABA) tournament circuit for the upcoming season.
"Livingston ...
There isn't a tournament angler out there that hasn't at some point relied heavily on digital maps to learn more about a particular fishery and how the ...
Former tour pro Chris Daves caught a 17-02 sack comprised entirely of smallmouths to grab the day-1 lead at the Lake Oneida Bassmaster Northern Open.
“I ...
Brent Ehrler, Gerald Swindle and Brandon Palaniuk are three of the more active pro anglers in social media and now through their involvement with GoPro, ...
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Bradley Roy has been added to the X-Stand Treestands pro staff.
Roy is an avid hunter who works as hunting guide at ...
In the latest installment of Balog's Bass War, Joe Balog muses about whether there should be limits on technology for competitive bass fishing. He wonders ...
By MLF Communications Staff
EUFAULA, Okla. – As he idled out of Peter’s Point-Nichols Point Marina for the Championship Round on Lake Eufaula, Zack Birge
By MLF Communications Staff
EUFAULA, Okla. – Through five days of fishing at the MLF Bass Pro Tour event on Lake Eufaula, central Oklahoma’s notoriously
By MLF Communications Staff
EUFAULA, Okla. – Rising water. Falling water. Muddy water. Clearing water. Fish moving into flooded brush and onto beds. Oklahoma’s