Columnists

Catch ’em deep right now

Brandon Card

Fishing deep is my favorite way to sack a bunch of big ’uns, and the best offshore bite of the year is happening right now. Unfortunately for me, there aren’t...

Mid-season game plan

Alton Jones

Now that we’re at the mid-season break, I think it’s important for me to evaluate where I am and consider my game plan for the remainder of the season. For...

College experiences part 2: Suck it up

Jordan Lee

Another part of dealing with the pressure of professional level bass fishing is learning to deal with the media. If you’ve never done it, let me assure you it isn’t...

If not for Bob Cobb

Dave Precht

In the spring of 1967, when Ray Scott ­began promoting his All-American Bass Tournament at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, almost nobody believed in him or bought into his idea.  The Chamber of...

Taking time to share

Kevin VanDam

It’s nice to be able to chill. For some, that means climbing into a recliner or spending time doing nothing. For me, it’s going fishing. Fun fishing. Let me explain. I just came...

Screeching hot

James Hall

When I heard Thomas Allen screaming, I assumed he had been hooked through the eyeball with a No. 2 treble. And yes, it was a scream, not a yell. Allen, senior...

Don’t stop learning

Bryan Brasher

During the spring of 1994, my cousin, Brian Brown, and I fished the Mark’s Outdoors Lay Lake Open. It was an annual tournament so routinely plagued by bad weather that...

Pay-to-play bass fisheries

Bernie Schultz

All across America, bass fisheries abound. And if tapped at the right time, just about any of them can produce quality catches…even some true trophy-sized specimens. But what about those...

Catching California confidence

Aaron Martens

“Aaron, it’s been a tough year.” I’ve heard that from some people lately, and it’s true. I’m not having the year I would like to have so far, but that...

Palaniuk got game

Don Barone

“I’ll never quit, I’ll never lay down…” Dateline: Attitude “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”– Joe Namath I sat in a chair watching former Pittsburgh...