Craig
Lamb
Biography
Forty years ago, Craig Lamb went to his first B.A.S.S. tournament as a starstruck teenager. As a grownup, he reports about the people, places and news of the tournament trail.
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Service yard saviors: Joby Smith
Service yard saviors: Joby Smith
Ask service technician Joby Smith about his most important tool of the trade and the answer will surprise you. It is not a hammer, pair of pliers or screwdriver. A cell phone is his most prized...
Zaldain's change up
Zaldain's change up
Chris Zaldain is faced with an east wind that is causing him to adjust his strategy. Previously, wind wasn’t a factor because conditions were relatively calm compared to the conditions in play on...
Mueller's lure lineup
Mueller's lure lineup
Paul Mueller is a lure tinkerer and his bait choices prove the point. He favors hand-poured jig heads made from molds sold by Do-it, the longtime DIY company with 55 years in the business. Here’s...
Auten's one-two punch
Auten's one-two punch
BASSTrakk shows Todd Auten in the early lead on this rainy, chilly Championship Sunday.Yesterday he told me that he’ll make a modification to the Livetarget Yearling Baitball Jerkbait. Color choice...
Zaldain's comfort zone
Zaldain's comfort zone
Chris Zaldain grew up in California, home to world record breaking spotted bass, where he honed his skills on lakes Shasta, Oroville, Folsom and Berryessa. Zaldain also has experience fishing Lake...
Power and finesse
Power and finesse
What’s so cool about what’s in store this afternoon on Lake Lanier is the contrasting styles of angling. I have access to the BASSTrakk map and it displays a very noticeable separation between the...
Mueller's magic
Mueller's magic
Paul Mueller unloaded a wealth of knowledge just now on Bassmaster LIVE. Most of it was the well deserved accolades he spoke of about the Garmin Panoptix technology and specifically, the LAKEVU HD...
Mind games
Mind games
Yesterday at weigh-in the feedback was unanimous about what to expect from these nomadic spotted bass for the remainder of the tournament.Change is inevitable and nothing will stay the same....
Combs' early bite
Combs' early bite
Yesterday Keith Combs said he is already dialed into a productive morning bite, the likes of which the was catching 20 pounds or so during practice. It's too early to know if today bodes well for...
Dialing in the weather
Dialing in the weather
The mood was unanimous this morning on the dock. Everyone expects the bite to be better. Weights will go up based on the increasing chance of showers and with it, the incoming cloud cover and wind....
Anglers talk about Day 2 on BassCam
Anglers talk about Day 2 on BassCam
Listen to some of the top anglers talk about their plans for Day 2 on BassCam.
Talley’s silent fishing partner
Talley’s silent fishing partner
When a pro refers to “fishing history” it means fishing in the past, or returning to spots that paid off in previous events.This week Frank Talley is fishing history of a different kind at the...
Walters watch
Walters watch
Patrick Walters is coming off a strong fourth-place finish on Sunday at the St. Johns River. And now here he is climbing up the BASSTrakk leaderboard, coincidentally in fourth place at 9:34 a.m...
Going Zaldangerous
Going Zaldangerous
Chris Zaldain is bringing West Coast logic to the northwest Georgia mountains.“My game plan is real simple. I’m going to fish like we do out West in deep water with a swimbait,” he told me this...
Service yard saviors: Scott Beattie
Service yard saviors: Scott Beattie
Up long before daylight and in bed way after dark. Checking in and out of hotels for months at the time. Drive through fast food and takeout grub eaten on and with plastic. Working in all kinds of...
Clunn's retro confidence bait
Clunn's retro confidence bait
Between 1983 and 1984 B.A.S.S. visited the St. Johns River and Palatka three times. As it goes with B.A.S.S. history the anglers went searching for, and found, yet another hidden lure treasure. It...
Crews' lure lineup
Crews' lure lineup
This morning before takeoff I recorded the lure details for the gallery to be shot later today by Shane Durrance. John Crews is rotating through a lineup of his Missile Baits but with...
Retro Menendez
Retro Menendez
Mark Menendez is at it again. First let’s cover two lures that he’s using that aren’t so old. The first is a 3/8-ounce Strike King Premier Spinnerbait. The consummate lure tinkerer is adding a less...
Johnston vs. Johnston
Johnston vs. Johnston
Are we about to see the very first head-to-head championship battle between two brothers in the 50 years of B.A.S.S. competition? It sure looks like it. And it’s going to be fun to watch.Chris...
Arey's new landing skills
Arey's new landing skills
Matt Arey is no newbie when it comes to landing big bass. For 10 years he did it well on the FLW Tour. Using a dip net. Nets are permitted on the FLW Tour but not in B.A.S.S.It’s been fun watching...
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