Learning from your mistakes
Kevin VanDamIt’s been a busy fall for me with sponsor obligations, filming commercials and TV shows since the Elite season ended. As we move into winter, I will focus on last...
Nation: Why not you?
Don Barone“…the process works.”Brandon PalaniukBassmaster Elite Series angler Dateline: B.A.S.S. Nation Championship To all the anglers in this Academy Sports + Outdoors B.A.S.S. Nation Championship presented by Magellan Outdoors shindig I...
Fishing with a president
Alton JonesA couple weeks ago, I told you about an upcoming trip my son and I would make to former President George W Bush’s ranch. Now I’d like to tell you...
The roadies of bass
Don Barone“Now the seats are all empty…” Dateline: B.A.S.S. Nation Championship “Sal, we gotta go and never stop going ’till we get there.’ ‘Where we going, man?’ ‘I don’t know but...
Nation Championship: Last road trip of the year
Don BaroneAs it is many years, this here B.A.S.S. Nation gig is my last road trip of the year, and so it is this year, some two-thousand and seventeen years after...
Magical time for big smallmouth
Kevin VanDamThere are several things I like about the fall, but nothing tops my list more than fishing for big smallmouth in northern Michigan. The month of October, especially when the...
Fishing and music festivals
Bernie SchultzOrdinarily, you might not think of music and fishing together. But they can be a great match. B.A.S.S. has a long, rich history of pairing music with fishing. In fact,...
Clausen’s ‘Battleship’ 2017 season
Luke ClausenI’ve been trying to figure out the best way to describe my 2017 Elite Series season, and the best I can come up with is this: It was like a...
Attacking a weird fall, part 1
Greg HackneyThis has been kind of a weird fall. It’s pushing into the middle of October but, except for a week or so, most of the country has been experiencing hot...
Hunting with my family
Jason ChristieNow that the Bassmaster Elite Series tour is over, I’m enjoying my vacation season and everyone who knows me understands that I’m talking about deer season. Oklahoma’s season opened Oct....
