Nation: Day 1 begins on Pickwick Lake
The Nation anglers are getting started on Pickwick. Check out photos of takeoff from Day 1 of the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Pickwick Lake presented by Lowrance!
Nation: Registration at Pickwick
Check out photos from registration as the anglers get prepared for Pickwick Lake. The field is sure to show out this week and bring some big bags to the scales at the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Pickwick Lake presented by Lowrance.
Expect a springtime slugfest at first B.A.S.S. Nation event of the season
FLORENCE, Ala. — If you ask Jimmy Washam, Pickwick Lake is as healthy as it has been in a while. It has taken 30 pounds to win almost every winter tournament the...
New Elite: Blake Capps
Oklahoman Blake Capps was a bass addict even before he attended Muskogee’s Hilldale Elementary School. In third grade, he and his classmates wrote on slips of paper what they hoped...
Applications open for 2025 AFTCO X B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant Program
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The AFTCO X B.A.S.S. Nation Conservation Grant Program continues its efforts to support conservation initiatives throughout the country in 2025. The Conservation Grant Program was created in 2018 to...
Gritter Grabs Yamaha Power Pay on Grand Lake
It’s no secret that blue-collared anglers are the lifeblood of tournament bass fishing. Many anglers work long hours throughout the week, waking up early and coming home late to take...
Remembering Bryan Kerchal
30 years ago today, the bass fishing community tragically lost Bassmaster Classic Champion Bryan Kerchal. The Connecticut native is still to this day the only B.A.S.S. Nation/Federation angler to ever...
The people we meet
In early November I participated in my first B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees out of Grove, OK. I qualified to fish the event nearly a year...
B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier Series schedule set for 2025
B.A.S.S. officials have announced the 2025 Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier Series presented by Lowrance.