B.A.S.S. pros hope Santa brings trip to Classic

With Christmas Day rapidly approaching, most CITGO BASSMASTER Tour pros are hurriedly finishing their preparations for the arrival of Dec. 25th. But while most pros will be home for Santa's arrival the tour pros couldn't help but think of where they'd like to be come next July: sweet home Alabama.

How-To

Tournament Lessons

Peter Thliveros offers tips on Fall pattern fishing.

Davy Hite: Angler of the Year

It was a brutally hot morning on Lake Eufaula, but Davy Hite hardly seemed to notice. The 2001-02 CITGO BASSMASTER Tour was winding down, and the personable South Carolina pro was putting the finishing touches on perhaps his most satisfying career achievement.

America’s dirtiest environmental secret

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Every day that it rains or snows, 772 of the nation's older cities and towns face health and environmental threats from outdated sewer systems.

Thompson goes spoon jigging for Clear Lake win

Zach Thompson surprised himself with how effective his decision was to change lures two days into the Citgo Bassmaster Western Open

Heavy cover

To humans, hollow pieces of plastic vaguely resemble squid, but come in colors that Jacques Cousteau never imagined in his undersea adventures. However, these colorful bits of plastic ring dinner bells in bass brains as they slip through brushy cover.

Get wet for bass

Many anglers mistakenly believe wading is strictly a spring fling for bass fishermen.

Pete Ponds goes wire-to-wire

Pete Ponds with the tri-fecta of the days, and finally bringing it home to win a Bassmaster Classic.

Fishin’ the slop

Water covered with a thick carpet of vegetation represents bass fishing's ultimate approach/avoidance conflict.

The Dean of finesse bed fishing

Texas immigrant Dean Rojas wields heavy tackle whenever bedding bass will tolerate it, as they did when he caught a Bassmaster record of 108 pounds, 12 ounces in 2001 at Florida's Lake Toho. His primary outfit there was a flippin' rod and 25-pound Izorline.