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Upon The Cliff
There's only one way to look at all the news of the past few weeks: The next era of the sport is about ...More

Highs And Lows During A Fun 2-Week Stretch
This May was a busy month for me. For starters I was finishing up finals at the beginning of the month, ...More

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	Upon The Cliff There's only one way to look at all the news of the past few weeks: The next era of the sport is about to begin. FLW Outdoors president and ... More 8/17/2010
	Sonar Soundoff: Highs And Lows During A Fun 2-Week Stretch This May was a busy month for me. For starters I was finishing up finals at the beginning of the month, then I fished the final 1-day BFL on ... More 8/6/2010
	Worst-Case Scenario Becomes Reality I'm a competition junkie, and I'll compete at just about anything as long as I think the playing field is level. I don't mind going up against ... More 7/23/2010
	Some Stuff That's Worked For Me ICAST takes place in Las Vegas this week and soon all the gear talk will be about stuff that's unveiled there. Before that occurs, I want to ... More 7/12/2010
	Sonar Sound-Off: Sacrifice Necessary For Long-Term Success The feeling of deja vu hit me the instant I stepped off the plane as the cold, crisp air filled my lungs and the chilled rain hit my sandaled ... More 7/6/2010
	FLW Moves In Opposite Direction Don't think for a minute that the recent FLW Tour expansion wasn't a shock to many in the industry. Sure, nearly everyone was keyed up this ... More 6/23/2010
	Reinstate Montgomery: Closures Can, Will Happen (Capt. Steve Chaconas has been covering pro bass fishing for 20 years. Currently he writes for BoatUS Angler, Woods & Waters USA, The Sportsman's ... More 6/9/2010
	Sonar Sound-Off: Making Do At The Big O It was 11 p.m. and I was loading the Expedition with all my tournament gear. I 'd just gotten home from a late-night shift at Red Lobster when ... More 5/26/2010
	Book Review: An Impossible Cast: An Important Record I continue to be impressed with material coming out of the Whitefish Press. This small publishing house sort of reminds me of Miramax Films ... More 4/28/2010
	Sonar Sound-Off: Tale Of Two Tournaments � Good Decisions And Bad After getting home from the Bassmaster Classic, I quickly got back into fishing tournaments myself. The following is a rundown of two events: ... More 4/20/2010
	Sonar Sound-Off: Day With Howell Was Enlightening If Not Exciting Saturday, Feb. 20, 4:05 a.m. Riiiiiiing......Riiiiiing......Riii� "Uhhh, hello? Yeah, I�m on my way down right now," ... More 3/24/2010
	Sonar Sound-Off: Classic Experience Was Chock-Full Of Highlights It's the dream of every bass angler out there to fish in the Bassmaster Classic. The Classic is by far the largest fishing tournament in the ... More 2/26/2010
	The Bass University: Valuable Information With Some Entertainment Mixed In Entertaining. Enlightening. Educational. There might even be a few more "E" words that could be used to describe a session of More 1/28/2010
	No-Info Rules Serve Valuable Purpose (Editor's note: BassFan Bo Crawford lives in Alabaster, Ala. and is host of The Armchair Anglers podcast, which can found on iTunes or at ... More 1/25/2010
	Big Medicine (Editor's note: Rob Newell is a longtime freelance outdoor writer who covers freshwater and saltwater fishing. BassFans likely recognize ... More 1/21/2010
	Major Tours Must Start Capitalizing On Opportunities (Editor's note: Randy Blaukat competed on the Bassmaster Tour for 20 years and the FLW Tour for 13, fishing more than 300 tournaments with ... More 1/13/2010
	A Deafening Silence If you're watching the web, or BassFan, for information about the Genmar bankruptcy auction to be held this Thursday, you've likely noticed ... More 1/4/2010
	Bursting Bubble: What The Ranger Sale Really Means The events of this week have shown us just how tenuous major-league bass fishing truly is. It's the final pop of the decade's fishing bubble ... More 10/31/2009
	The Crawford Plan The FLW Tour crowned its champion at the Forest Wood Cup a few months ago and BASS recently declared its Angler of the Year (AOY) after the ... More 10/9/2009
	Post-Season Postscript I made a lot of noise about BASS's new post-season in a previous opinion ... More 9/23/2009

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