Open: Friday canceled; full field fishes on Saturday
EUFAULA, Ala. — B.A.S.S. officials canceled Friday of the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula, due to inclement weather that will be unsafe for boating and related tournament activities....
Barnes blows doors off Day 1 at Eufaula
EUFAULA, Ala. — Justin Barnes works as a lineman for Georgia Power, so he’s used to being in high-pressure situations. But he was surprisingly calm following his electrifying start to...
Gear Review: Gill Hydro Short Boot
WHAT IS IT? Gill Hydro Short Boot WHAT SETS IT APART? Gill adapted features of its long-trusted marine boot that is a staple of deckhands and competition sailors into a...
The Tokyo rig alternative
Move over Tokyo rig, there’s a new piece of terminal tackle in town. It seems as though there’s a new product being birthed into the bass fishing world sooner than...
Hackney and Rivet love their Tundras’ fuel mileage and reliability
Like a lot of young Southern Louisiana bass anglers, Tyler Rivet grew up hoping to be like Greg Hackney, and given his current lead in the Bassmaster Angler of the...
Destiny’s child
It was the final day of the 1989 Bassmaster Classic. Jim Bitter had just landed a small James River bass. He measured it on a roughshod ruler imprinted on the...
Looking back, looking forward
During the 2022 Bassmaster Opens series my Ford F-150 truck and my Skeeter bass-boat traveled more than 11,500 miles getting to and from the nine Opens events. Between my truck...
Open: Eufaula’s prespawn equation
EUFAULA, Ala. — Bass fishing success in the prespawn is all about intercepting the movement of bass as they travel in the same direction, which of course, is from deep...
Boat review: Ranger Z520R
Editor’s note: This review comes from our friends at Boatingmag.com. These experts have decades worth of reviewing many types of boats in great detail. For more, visit Boatingmag.com. There are a handful...
Dressing for cold conditions
An inevitable challenge of fishing early in the year is dealing with cold conditions. This is not a light topic. The minute you start thinking about being cold, you’re not...
