Columnists

Why you should learn to flip and pitch

Ish Monroe

If you want to consistently catch bass, you’d better learn to flip and pitch. It’s the most reliable way to catch them day after day regardless of where you’re fishing...

How’s my recovery going?

Luke Clausen

“How’s your recovery going?” is a question that I have been seeing a lot on my social media accounts, and I am very grateful for everyone checking in on me...

Sorting through smaller bass

Greg Hackney

Last time I made a brief mention about catching bass that are just a little bit bigger. That’s what we do in tournaments. It’s about finding a pattern within a...

Comfort zone

Don Barone

“The long and winding road…” Dateline: Lake Oahe, South Dakota “There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there’s always a new place, always a new horizon.”...

How I’ll fish Lake Oahe

Brandon Lester

This week the Bassmaster Elite Series heads to uncharted territory for us. We are in Pierre, S.D., on Lake Oahe. My spell-check certainly didn’t recognize the name, and I didn’t...

It’s all about points

Casey Ashley

Points, this time of year, it’s all about the points for me.  Everybody knows that I don’t like smallmouth and smallmouth don’t like me; so every year, my goal is...

DeFoe: Lucky 13

Pete Robbins

I called Ott DeFoe around lunchtime on Sunday because I knew he’d be available, likely looking through the windshield of his truck at some of the 500 miles of terrain...

Every win means more than the last one

Ish Monroe

It’s been awhile, six years to be exact. I’ve told a number of people that every win means more than the last one, and that’s not an exaggeration and I’m...

Five tips for fishing with small children

Shaw Grigsby

Introducing your kids or grandkids early on to the outdoors and all it has to offer is important. If you do, it’ll stay with them forever. It builds self-confidence by...

Bass fishing fallacies

Bernie Schultz

Recently, while visiting with an old tackle-collecting buddy, we got to talking about the various fallacies we’ve heard on bass fishing over the years. Skewed logic that has led many...

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