Veteran outdoor writer Pete Robbins provides a fan's perspective of B.A.S.S. complemented by an insider's knowledge of the sport. He blogs about fishing travel at www.halfpastfirstcast.com
While I consider myself a loner, an introvert and a rugged individualist, I’ve spent more days and hours in organizational settings than I care to remember.I’ve been in bass clubs, on teams and on...
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...
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plainAnd the wavin' wheat, can sure smell sweetWhen the wind comes right behind the rain.That sound you hear, whooshing from Kansas to Texas and...
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...
George: I got about 50 feet out and then suddenly the great beast appeared before me. I tell ya he was 10 stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence he gave out a big bellow...
Over the past month, Bassmaster Elite Series rookie Lee Livesay’s Facebook account has been a nonstop parade of Lake Fork beauties. If you’ve followed it closely, you’ve seen one client after...
Next March, the eyes of the bass fishing world will focus upon Lake Guntersville, a legendary TVA impoundment loaded with grass and big bass. There are 75 Elite Series pros who dream of competing...
Bassmaster Elite Series sophomore Chris Groh’s long hair may represent a fashion decision or a lifestyle choice, but more likely it reflects the fact that he can’t stop moving long enough to get a...
If you’ve fished local or regional bass tournaments for any period of time, you know that each circuit develops into its own ecosystem – complete with cliques, anglers to beat and a pecking order....
After the long runs and light weights of Winyah Bay, the Bassmaster Elite Series will pick up the schedule midstream at Lake Fork, a comparatively compact playing field with comparatively monstrous...
Straight on the heels of Brandon Cobb’s wire-to-wire win at Hartwell, the Elite Series pros need to pick up and head to the coast – not for a beach vacation but rather to make the Bassmaster Elite...
Top-level B.A.S.S. competition returns to Lake Hartwell for the first time since the 2018 Bassmaster Classic, and while Jordan Lee won’t be there for a delayed defense of his crown, there are...
The Bassmaster Classic is always a great event, but each iteration is great in different ways.After months of speculation about the Tennessee River, muted concerns about the departing anglers, and...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – By all conventional tournament metrics, Tennessee pro Ott DeFoe won the 2019 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK'S Sporting Goods. His three-day catch of 49 pounds 3...
The sun is beating down and Jesse Wiggins has finally removed his heavy clothing. After a short fish he hooked up with something bigger. From our distance, it is hard to tell how big, but we'd...
Jesse Wiggins is keeping the Knoxville-area Pilot stations happy this week, burning gas by making long runs. We just followed him for 10 minutes down the river, passing Jacob Wheeler's flotilla...
We followed Jesse Wiggins down to Gallagher Creek, but we were a little too slow. Another photographer told us that he caught one on his first cast.As I typed this he landed another, but it didn't...
Wiggins shows no signs of slowing down. He just landed four more back to back to back to back off,the same point.. Two helped, two got unceremoniously dumped back into Fort Loudoun. His culling...
Seventy five yards into the creek, Wiggins hooked up in front of a brushy laydown. He flopped it onto the carpet and then got down to the hard but profitable work of culling. He tossed one...