B.A.S.S. announced during the Bassmaster Classic that it's forged a partnership with BassGold.com to bring BassGold’s fishing pattern service to B.A.S.S. members.
BassGold.com is a web-based application that's taken 50 years of reported tournament-winning pattern information and turned it into searchable data. Anglers can search more than 3,000 (and counting) winning and high-placing tournament patterns – including nearly all B.A.S.S. events from the 1960s up until now -- by water body or water type.
For the first time, anglers can see pattern information displayed in bar-graph form. They will immediately be able to see, for example, that main-lake points, gravel and crankbaits factor in 50%, 30% and 72% of 1st- through 5th-place finishes on a given lake.
BassGold users can also drill down to see weight averages and pattern details, and are able to upload their own pattern information to benefit from the same tools.
“We’re very excited to introduce BassGold to our members,” said Jim Sexton, B.A.S.S.’s chief digital officer. “It’s a great tool for bass anglers now – very beneficial, fun and a huge timesaver – and will be even more so moving forward. It’s great for our web visitors who enjoy Fantasy Fishing as well.”
