The 2018 Bassmaster Opens Series will again include nine tournaments, but the series format will be markedly different from recent seasons, B.A.S.S. announced ...
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The 2018 Bassmaster Opens Series will again include nine tournaments, but the series format will be markedly different from recent seasons, B.A.S.S. announced ...
John Crews has been one of the most consistent competitors on the Bassmaster Elite Series for more than a decade, but in recent years he's cemented a ...
BRP, parent company of Evinrude, announced that Tracy Crocker has been appointed to the position of Evinrude's senior vice president and general manager. ...
An hour after Jason Christie was finished towing a green-pumpkin tube around in 19 feet of water to win the Lake St. Clair Bassmaster Elite Series in ...
Paul Mueller was already under a lot of pressure heading into the Lake St. Clair Elite Series. He was 74th in points and knew those who finish the year ...
Brandon Palaniuk retained the No. 1 position in the latest edition of the BassFan World Rankings, but Jason Christie and Jacob Wheeler are right on his ...
Mike Hicks of Goochland, Va. caught a 16-14 stringer on Saturday to win the FLW Series Northern Division finale on the Potomac River. Hicks' three-day ...
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To commemorate Ray Scott's 84th birthday, a quartet of media members billed as "The Bass Reporters" got together via Skype to discuss the B.A.S.S. ...
Alan McGuckin, who works for Dynamic Sponsorships and is in the Detroit area for this week's Lake St. Clair Elite Series, filed the following piece from ...
In this week's edition of Balog's Bass War, Joe Balog writes about the state of Colorado's efforts to eradicate smallmouth bass from many waterways for ...
Gerald Swindle is known as one of the best junk-fishermen among the pros. He's not afraid to throw this and that over the course of a day to pull together ...
T-H Marine Supplies announced that Gene Eisenmann has joined the company as marketing director. In his new role, Eisenmann will oversee the company's ...
(Editor's note: The following missive was submitted by Dynamic Sponsorships' Alan McGuckin, who's on the ground at the Lake St. Clair Elite Series this ...
FLW announced today that Kelly (Flinn) Oettinger has returned to the company as vice president of marketing, replacing Patterson Leeth, who has departed ...
FLW announced today the 2018 Costa FLW Series schedule and it again features three events in five separate divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, ...
With one full-field tournament at Lake St. Clair and the 50-man Angler of the Year Championship at Mille Lacs Lake remaining on the schedule, the race ...
One angler completely dominated the final day of competition at the Major League Fishing Summit Cup in Alpena, Mich. The winner caught 17 smallmouths ...
The biggest fish caught to date at the Major League Fishing Summit Cup showed up on day 5 of the competition at Lake Winyah in Michigan. One angler caught ...
The 2nd annual Brandon Card College & High School Bass Open will take place on Norris Lake, 50 miles north of Knoxville, Tenn., on Dec. 2. The event has ...
The Major League Fishing Summit Cup in Alpena, Mich. switched to a new venue for the first sudden-death round today and largemouths became the predominant ...
“I’ll do anything you need – I’ll even come mow your grass.”
That was Justin Atkins’ response to Timmy Horton when Horton asked him what his skillset ...
Joe Balog had a spectacular time last week while attending the Forrest Wood Cup in Columbia, S.C. Everything from the food to the fishing competition ...
Greg Hackney likes to keep things simple when he's on the water, so when he was asked to limit himself to just three lures to handle any condition at ...
Jacob Foutz, a 19-year-old student at Bryan College in Tennessee, secured a berth in the 2018 Bassmaster Classic today by defeating teammate Jake Lee ...
The final six anglers advanced from the elimination round to sudden-death today at the Major League Fishing Summit Cup at Michigan's Lake Hubbard. Unlike ...
Only seven fish were caught before 10 a.m. during the second of three elimination rounds at the Major League Fishing Summit Cup at Michigan's Lake Hubbard, ...
Bill Spence of Vermont, tournament director of the Champlain Bass Series, passed along a note this week commending Bassmaster Elite Series rookie standout ...
Clark Reehm called it a classic case of zigging when he should’ve zagged.
On day 1 of the Forrest Wood Cup, he wasn't comfortable focusing on the ...
Nine Major League Fishing anglers took to the water today on Lake Hubbard out of Alpena, Mich. for elimination day 1 of the 2018 Summit Cup. Six advanced ...
Jonathan Henry, who was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in the fall of 2015, has announced that he will not compete on the FLW Tour in 2018 so he can ...
(Editor's note: This story came from industry rep Alan McGuckin).
Two freshmen from one of the smallest colleges in the field not only won the 2017 ...
FLW, in conjunction with Visit Hot Springs and the State of Arkansas, announced Saturday that Hot Springs, Ark., will host the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup on ...
Scott Martin and Matt Arey were sharing an area Friday morning and appeared to be working in tandem to locate fish that they hoped would rise to the surface. ...
Major League Fishing will return for an unprecedented third time to Alpena, Mich., to continue the seventh season of filming as 27 anglers compete in ...
White River Marine Group, the Bass Pro Shops entity that owns the Ranger, Triton, Nitro and Stratos boat brands, is adding Legend Marine to its portfolio. ...
We posed a direction question to 10 Forrest Wood Cup competitors today: Why do you feel that you're going to win this week?
It was a mixed bag of responses, ...
Kent Brown, host of the long-running Ultimate Bass radio program out of Sacramento, Calif., announced on his Facebook page that his good friend and angling ...
FLW Tour pro and Lake of the Ozarks guide Casey Scanlon is offering two jigs and a wacky-rig weight that he designed through his new Trophy Bass Company. ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers is auctioning off an opportunity for a two-angler team to fish against him and fellow Elite anglers Todd Faircloth ...
Here are a few tidbits about the previous two Forrest Wood Cups held at Lake Murray, which joins Lake Ouachita as the only venue to host the event three ...
About 15 years ago, a 10-acre tract of land in Granbury, Texas, caught Cody Bird’s eye. He envisioned building a home there and eventually relocating ...
There's only one glaring hole in Larry Nixon's sparkling pro fishing resumé – he's never won the Forrest Wood Cup. In this week's edition of Balog's Bass ...
Ott DeFoe's career, which has spanned the FLW Tour, Elite Series and Major League Fishing, has been defined by consistency. When asked to pick out three ...
Rapid Fishing Solutions, a Virginia-based company that makes fishing accessories, announced today it has added Elite Series angler John Murray and FLW ...
If you consider yourself a bass angler, you’ve probably caught your share of either largemouths or smallmouths. But what about the Suwannee or spotted ...
(Editor's note: Industry rep Alan McGuckin provided this short feature.)
The Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship begins as a team ...
Thirty years of fishing the James River paid off for former Bassmaster Elite Series pro Rick Morris, who won the second Northern Open of 2017 on Saturday.
The ...
Armed with a lucky penny, veteran Pete Gluszek jumped into the lead of the second Bassmaster Northern Open Friday at the James River in Virginia.
After ...
Pro angler Ott DeFoe was honored Thursday night as the Pro Athlete of the Year at the 36th annual Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame dinner and induction ...
Non-profit charity group Walleyes for Wounded Heroes is auctioning off a series of fishing equipment and experiences in an effort to support wounded military ...
In the latest BassFan 5ive Spot, we learn that John Cox doesn't like too many toppings on his ice cream sundae and that he once paid more than $100 for ...
Brandon Coulter is in 30th place in the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year standings and in good position to make a run at qualifying for his first Bassmaster ...
Shin Fukae, a Texas angler who is originally from Japan, learned some quick lessons on the James River Thursday as he moved into the lead in the pro division ...
Veteran angler Chad Grigsby has withdrawn from the Bassmaster Elite Series, effectively immediately, according to a report on Bassmaster.com today.
Grigsby ...
A historic marker will be placed in Garrett, Ind., on Aug. 12 to celebrate the founding of the Creek Chub Bait Company, according to a report in today's ...
The name Carhartt is synonymous with durability and quality and lately, the company has really focused its attention on the fishing market. Not only does ...
According to a report on the Bassmaster.com blog regarding the James River Northern Open, which started today, two competitors were thrown from the boat ...
Longtime pro angler Clark Wendlandt has seen the number of lure options available to bass anglers explode over the years so we figured we'd challenge ...
Joe Balog is a huge advocate of high-level tournament bass fishing, but he wonders whether today's emphasis on competition has caused many passionate ...
Brandon Palaniuk took over the lead in the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year race after the St. Lawrence River event. Now, following another 3rd-place finish ...
FLW Tour angler Bradley Dortch, the winner of the 2017 Harris Chain FLW Tour and the circuit’s top rookie this past season, has launched his own mobile ...
Skeeter Boats announced today it will add up to 35 new jobs as part of an expansion of its Kilgore, Texas, facility, where it will now manufacture boat ...
TNO Fishing, the parent company of Luck “E” Strike recently commissioned a custom 2017 Harley Davidson Softail Slim S and had it painted using the company’s ...
Matt Becker just wanted to be competitive in his second FLW Series tournament last week at the 1000 Islands. Turns out he was unbeatable as he picked ...
By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor
A look at the ages of the anglers who comprise the current Top 10 on the Bassmaster Opens Elite Qualifiers Division
By Dustin Wilks Special to BassFan
(Editor's note: "Catching Bass with Dustin Wilks" airs four times per week on the Sportsman Channel – 6
By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff
PALATKA, Fla. — Cory Johnston fished a full tournament. But with all due respect to nine other competitors, he could’ve