Our friend Glenn
Bernie SchultzAfter more than 30 years of competing in B.A.S.S. tournaments, I’ve seen a lot of anglers come and go. Some I dig deep to remember, others I’ll never forget. Glenn...
A near miss for the ages
Bryan BrasherDuring the summer of 1997, I was in a period of professional transition. I had already accepted a job as the outdoors writer for The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspaper in Georgia,...
Reflections on Guntersville win
Jamie HartmanIf 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,...
Why big bass get away
John CrewsThe short answer: Bass lures and most of the rest of our tackle are designed to catch 3- to 5-pound bass at best, and so are we. But that’s the...
Why bass bite plastics
Mark MenendezIn this first column on why bass bite certain lures we’ll talk about plastics. In later columns we’ll look at crankbaits and topwater plugs. They’re all a little different in...
If you can take the heat
James Hall“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...
Ledges let me down
Cory JohnstonI rolled out of the Lake Guntersville Bassmaster Elite Series stop with less than I’d wanted to accomplish. The Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year (AOY) race was a big...
What a week at Guntersville
Kelley JayeThe sixth regular-season stop on the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule brought us to Lake Guntersville, about 160 miles due north of my home in Dadeville. It was a memorable...
Make the most of community holes
Chad PipkensTournament anglers often debate the merits of fishing “community holes.” The community hole is an area of the lake in which fish are caught on a consistent basis and that every...
A chance to give back
Keith CombsWith the postponement of the Fort Gibson tournament I suddenly had an unexpected gap in my 2019 schedule. Some of that time was spent mowing grass and catching up on...
