Buggs Island: Practice update with Tom Frink
We are just hours away now from the start of the 2023 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Buggs Island. This will be the first stop for Division 3 of the...
Beating competition burnout
In my last two columns, I talked about some really great stuff. My early years in fishing — college edition coming soon — and the Bassmaster Classic. Those are things...
Podcast: Bassmaster Opens Winning Ways and Buggs Island preview
On Episode 124 of the Inside Bassmaster Podcast presented by Black Rifle Coffee Company, hosts Ronnie Moore and Kyle Jessie do a Bassmaster Opens Winning Ways roundup with Justin Barnes...
Joey Hanna with a nice one
Joey Hanna shows off a nice one at the 2023 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Buggs Island
High water levels could mean good things for Bassmaster Open at Buggs Island
CLARKSVILLE, Va. — Angling opportunity often is dictated by thresholds or marks at which bass may be inclined to change their positioning and/or behavior. That could be the case for...
2023 Open #1 – Div. 3 angler roster
Pro Anglers | Co-anglers As a service to the St. Croix Bassmaster Open anglers, fans and media, B.A.S.S. publishes on Bassmaster.com a roster of the anglers and co-anglers participating in each Bassmaster...
It’s time for the bass to chase me
In the first Bassmaster Opens Elite Qualifier events at Eufaula and Toledo Bend, I did what I love to do. I chased bass in shallow water. It didn’t pay off....
2023 St. Croix Bassmaster Open Series kicks of Division 3 competition this week in Virginia
2024 Bassmaster EQ Points and Classic invitation at stake on 50,000-acre Buggs Island Reservoir PARK FALLS, Wis. (May 1, 2023) – The St. Croix Bassmaster Opens Series rolls into Clarksville,...
My journey to the Classic
When Mike Iaconelli screamed “Never give up!” at the 2003 Bassmaster Classic on the Mississippi River Delta, I knew I no longer wanted to follow the sport as a fan...