Newly-crowned Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Gerald Swindle will spend the weekend in an Alabama hospital, according to a report on Bassmaster.com ...
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Newly-crowned Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Gerald Swindle will spend the weekend in an Alabama hospital, according to a report on Bassmaster.com ...
Brent Bonadona of Port Allen, La., has been fishing the Red River for over 25 years, but he’s never seen it like this.
“I started fishing here when ...
Joe Balog once competed in a bass tournament in which 95 percent of the entrants failed to catch a single keeper, yet the winner accumulated a limit by ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Dave Lefebre is 46. ...
A rotating hole course with limited electronics highlights some of the twists being introduced at the first Quest Pro Challenge tournament, set for Oct. ...
A report by Angling International today says Omega Custom Baits, which specializes in tournament bass jigs, has been taken over by new owners Brad ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Menendez is 52. ...
The 2017 FLW Tour rules, released on Monday, feature no significant changes to rules governing competition, but the deposit schedule for the upcoming ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Dennis Tietje is 52. ...
The 40-year-old rule that has limited Bassmaster tournament competitors to rods that were 8 feet or shorter will be changed for 2017, allowing competitors ...
Major League Fishing (MLF) officials announced that Lew's has signed on as a new sponsor of the made-for-television bass fishing competitions for the ...
Former tour pro Art Ferguson III is 52. ...
Bryan Schmitt fed Lake Champlain bass a steady diet of bogus crawfish this week to win the Bass Northern Open finale.
Fishing in only his fourth Open, ...
Bryan Schmitt had planned on catching a mixed bag of largemouth and smallmouth bass on day 2 of the Lake Champlain Bassmaster Northern Open, but it was ...
Joe Balog admits that for a long time he wasn't Gerald Swindle's biggest rooter – in his view, Swindle formerly got more air time than his performance ...
Guessing that his primary spot would be taken, Jesse Tacoronte went to his "plan B" spot and took the initial lead at the Lake Champlain Bassmaster ...
Mike Iaconelli will host a special 4-hour edition of Ike Live! on Sunday to wrap up the 2016 season. FLW Tour pro J.T. Kenney will be in the studio for ...
B.A.S.S. and Yamaha Marine Group have signed an agreement for Yamaha to continue to sponsor Bassmaster events through 2020.
“The B.A.S.S. tournaments ...
Scott Martin, Andy Morgan and John Cox held onto the Top 3 spots in the newest edition of the BassFan World Rankings, which will be the final update for ...
Canadian FLW Tour pro Jeff Gustafson is 34. ...
As of today, 42 of the 52 spots in the 2017 Bassmaster Classic have been officially claimed. With the Elite Series season coming to a close at the Mille ...
Jacob Wheeler, winner of the 2012 Forrest Wood Cup, is 26. ...
Bryan Thrift caught an 11-11 limit today to rally from 5th place to win the Lake Norman FLW Tour Invitational.
Thrift’s three-day total of 34-12 was ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe is 31. ...
Scott Canterbury sacked 12-01 today and moved into the lead with 24-00 overall with one day remaining at the Lake Norman FLW Tour Invitational.
The ...
(Editor's note: This short feature comes from industry rep Alan McGuckin, who's at the AOY Championship this week).
Gerald Swindle wasn’t himself on ...
Johnny Johnson's victory in the U.S. Open earlier this week came as a big surprise for the Arizona angler who hosts his own TV show, but it was his experience ...
Former Bassmaster Classic winner Robert Hamilton Jr. is 57; Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jason Williamson is 36. ...
North Carolina angler George Hirapetian, who has fished 100 FLW tournaments before this week – all as a co-angler – is the day-1 leader at the Lake Norman ...
As tough as the high winds on the first 2 days of competition at the 2016 WON Bass U.S. Open on the anglers and their equipment, the final day may have ...
In this week's edition of Balog's Bass War, Joe Balog discusses Seth Feider's improbable rally to finish 2nd at the Mississippi River Bassmaster Elite ...
Former tour pro Dave Wolak is 40; Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brett Hite is 38. ...
B.A.S.S. announced that it's signed a multi-year agreement with Skeeter for the company to continue as an official premier boat sponsor of all of the ...
When it comes to terminal tackle, there are various methods for storing and organizing all of the various hooks and weights and other tackle accessories ...
The comedy series pilot for a new proposed television series, “Catch-Em Lane”, starring veteran professional bass fisherman Mark Davis, recently won “Best ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Britt Myers is 42. ...
Heavy winds resulted in a major shakeup on the leaderboard on day 2 of the WON Bass U.S. Open at Nevada's Lake Mead as home-state angler Clayton Meyer ...
California-based lure company River2Sea announced that it's added FLW Tour angler James Watson to its pro staff.
Watson used the company's Whopper ...
The 2017 FLW Series will consist of five divisions with three events in each, according to the schedule released today by FLW.
The divisions will ...
On a day that saw the hot, slick conditions of practice on Lake Mead turned upside down with strong winds and cooler temperatures, the field of 186 pros ...
Mike Iaconelli got so dialed in on smallmouth during practice for the Mississippi River Elite Series that it was hard for him to transition away from ...
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Koby Kreiger is 48. ...
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Chris Zaldain is 32. ...
Mercury Marine announced today its six-year run as a sponsor of FLW tournaments will not continue in 2017. The company issued the following release around ...
Bassmaster Elite Series angler Jacob Powroznik is 38. ...
(Editor's note: The 34th annual WON Bass U.S. Open gets under way on Monday at Nevada's Lake Mead. This short preview comes from George Kramer, a longtime ...
Joe Balog was a big fan of the Toyota Texas Bass Classic when the event pitted anglers from both of the sport's top circuits against each other. Now that ...
B.A.S.S. today released the schedule for the 2017 Bassmaster Opens, consisting of nine events contested across eight states. Here's a look at each division:
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(Note: Industry rep Alan McGuckin caught up with Elite Series angler Casey Ashley, who spent several hours Monday night stranded on a sandbar in a backwater ...
Former Bassmaster Elite Series pro and current FLW Tour competitor Kurt Dove is 44. ...
Southern California-based Cal Coast fishing announced that it's signed FLW pros Jimmy Reese (pictured) and James Watson to sponsorship deals. The company ...
Brandon Card, the first angler to advance from the collegiate ranks to the Bassmaster Elite Series, will conduct a tournament for high school and college ...
Editor's note: Kevin VanDam and smallmouth bass are synonymous with each other, which is part of the reason why people are always asking the seven-time ...
FLW Tour angler Jim Dillard is 45; Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jared Lintner is 43. ...
Veteran Bassmaster Elite Series angler Bernie Schultz is 62; former Bassmaster Classic winner Takahiro Omori is 46. ...
Former Bassmaster Classic winner and two-time B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year Larry Nixon is 66; three-time FLW Tour Angler of the Year and former Forrest ...
Last week, B.A.S.S. announced it has earmarked two slots in the 2017 Elite Series field for anglers who would qualify under a newly created Legend criteria. ...
Matt Lee would prefer not to be stuck in a broken elevator with anybody, certainly not his brother, Jordan. Find out what other angler he could stand ...
Former Bassmaster Classic winner and three-time tour-level Angler of the Year Jay Yelas is 51; Bassmaster Elite Series pro Kelly Jordan is 46. ...
A group of Elite Series competitors will be appearing at the New York State Fair on Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. as part of a fishing clinic and demonstration. ...
Joe Balog takes a look at the two "legends" slots created for the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series in this week's edition of Balog's Bass War. In ...
Former tour pro Tom Mann Jr. is 63; two-time tour-level Angler of the Year and former Forrest Wood Cup winner Greg Hackney is 43. ...
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
By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff PALATKA, Fla. — With less competition, but more company, Cory Johnston leveraged late-day heroics to extend his lead