Columnists

Catching Tennessee catfish on the Mississippi River

Bill Dance

Editor’s note: In celebration of the 2019 Bassmaster Classic taking place in Tennessee, legendary angler Bill Dance is exploring fishing across the state. The Mississippi River is woven tightly in...

Enjoying a relaxed fishing event

Jason Christie

As much as I love to compete on the Bassmaster Elite Series, it is nice to bring it down a few notches and enjoy a more relaxed element of the...

St. Lawrence River recharge

Keith Combs

When I first saw the 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule, I figured that it would give me the opportunity to contend for the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title....

Day in the life of an Elite: Competition

Bernie Schultz

It’s 3:45 a.m. and you’re wide awake … waiting for an alarm to sound. You don’t really need it. You never have. Probably through anxious anticipation, you always seem to...

Getting ready for your championship

Ott DeFoe

It’s getting late in the year. The Bassmaster Elite Series and some of the anglers are getting ready for our year-end tournaments. They’ll decide a number of honors, and careers...

Fishing rivers in the fall

Greg Hackney

It’s hot now but in no time it’ll be fall and that means good river fishing. The water will be low, or maybe normal given all the heavy rainstorms we’ve...

Trying to beat the fish

Alton Jones Jr.

Looking back at my experience at last week’s Bassmaster Elite event on the St. Lawrence River, I can say that some facts are more important than others. First, the fact...

‘I didn’t see it coming’

Josh Bertrand

You hear it over and over again, but it’s true: A win against this level of competition validates your career. It’s not what other people think about you so much...

Sic fac Novum (Make It New)

Don Barone

“Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher Dateline: Aug. 30, 2007 I am standing on a dock at...

Lovin’ the St. Lawrence!

Kevin VanDam

We’re back in Waddington, N.Y., a place that has been very good to me and one I love to visit. I fished my first B.A.S.S. tournament on the St. Lawrence...

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