Here’s the simple reason I fish balsa: I believe it makes a superior crankbait when it comes to attracting bass bites, and you can’t catch them if they don’t bite. First off, balsa is more...

Now’s the time of year when we’re all looking at new products and imagining how many bass we’ll catch with them, and that’s absolutely correct. We will catch bass with the newest and best products...

“Stick your hand into the fire and see how much you can take.” That’s Bassmaster Elite Series pro Drew Benton’s formula for climbing to the highest ranks in professional bass fishing. The 30-year...

Culling the bite from smaller bass to bigger bass is something that most of us try to do, at least some of the time. But, I can tell you as a professional bass angler that it’s also one of the...

We just moved from Panama City in Florida to a place out in the country with 62 acres in Blakely, Ga. I’m really excited about it. Things will be a lot different here, but they’ll be things...

From time to time I’m asked about what I add to or take away from my lures. I don’t necessarily do a lot of either one of those things, but I do fish with feathers on some of my topwater plugs and...

Jim and Thomas sit down with Elite Series pro Drew Benton and hear about how his pro-angling career got started.

The 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier was a unique experience for me, and it demonstrated the importance of hanging tough in the face of adversity. I was fired up when I first...