Pilots know that, while a good tail wind can hasten your speed and push you toward your objective, you still have to control the flight. Heading into his second Bassmaster Classic, Russellville,...
I recently returned from four days of deer hunting in Texas, and all I can say is, “I needed that!”A lot of Elites enjoy hunting season, and for me, it’s a necessity. All the concentration that...
Jamie Hartman talks about his favorite bait when fishing conditions aren't ideal, and you're having a tough time on the water. Anglers often say to fish your strengths and confidence baits, this is...
In this Tackle Tip Tuesday video presented by Mercury Marine, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Rob Digh explains that he likes to fish creek channels as water temperatures cool down because bait fish...
Now that the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season is done, I’m looking back over my year, and I must say it has been a mix of ups and downs. Right off the bat, I have to say that if I were to script...
Through eight regular-season Elite Series events, here’s what we know … we don’t know squat.We had a New Yorker win in Alabama, an Australian win in Oklahoma, a Connecticut Yankee win in Georgia...
Take this with a grain of salt, but one of my favorite things to do in the whole world is to take a drive down to my local Hobby Lobby this time of year. Walking into that store around September,...
UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. — One of the famous Finger Lakes in western New York, Cayuga Lake certainly didn’t disappoint big-bass fans all over the country. The 2019 SiteOne Bassmaster Elite at Cayuga...
Wow! The thrill of winning an Elite event on Lake Guntersville had barely sunk in and now Cayuga.I’ll tell you, I dreamed of becoming an Elite angler, and I dreamed of winning an Elite tournament....
If you’re around bass tournament anglers any time at all, you will hear the word “decisions.” A tournament winner almost always points to a key decision that led him to victory. Everyone else has a...
There’s no question back-to-back tournaments keep us on our toes. This week is no different as we trade the smallmouth of the St. Lawrence River for largemouth on Lake Cayuga. If you ask me, there...
All weekend long we had to listen to the Bassmaster LIVE crew questioning the judgment of the pros who pursued largemouth at the St. Lawrence River, but now the shoe’s on the other foot. While...
Fresh off his comeback Elite Series win, Jamie Hartman displayed more heroics when he came to the aid of a couple whose boat burned and sank on Oneida Lake.
If I could choose one word to describe my Bassmaster Elite win on Guntersville it would be “solidified.”There was just this huge relief and after all the hard work, time, energy, money and...
When a four-day tournament is won by 6 ounces, over not one, but two other anglers, there are dozens of “what ifs” running through the minds of the top three guys. But Jamie Hartman had a “what if”...
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Lake Guntersville impressed, as it always seems to do by producing many bags exceeding the targeted 20-pound mark. Also as expected, big bass were caught on several different...