Excited about my Elite Series start
Evan KungWith the Bassmaster Elite Series continuing in April, I feel pretty good about my first season. Leading Rookie of the Year standings and sitting 19th in the Progressive Bassmaster Angler...
Celebrating Fothergill’s monumental victory
Brandon PalaniukSince Easton Fothergill’s record-setting Bassmaster Classic performance on Lake Ray Roberts, there has been a lot of negative online chatter trying to discredit his win. The keyboard cowboys say the...
Experiencing my first Classic
Wesley GoreI had looked forward to my first Bassmaster Classic for many years, and now that I’ve experienced it, I have to say it was worth the wait. Fishing the Classic...
I survived Florida
Beau BrowningWhen the Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series gets underway, many of our pros talk about surviving Florida. In most years, the first one or two events take place in the Sunshine...
Prime time for big ones
Greg HackneyIn my mind, there is no better time to be a bass angler than right now. I’m talking about the current springtime shallow bite that has emerged in the South...
Tips for prespawn cranking
Keith CombsShallow cranking can be an exceptionally productive tactic all year long, but it’s especially deadly for catching big fish and big bags at this time of year. During the prespawn,...
Working at my 21st consecutive Classic
Cody MeyerAs a professional bass angler, I’ve represented my sponsors at countless sport shows. This year marks the 21st consecutive time I have done so at the Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo....
A different Classic experience
Luke PalmerThis year’s Bassmaster Classic is the first one I didn’t qualify for since I started fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2019. As a competitor, you want to be fishing...
Classic is like nothing else
Randy HowellThis is the biggest week in bass fishing. We’ve always said the Bassmaster Classic is the Super Bowl of our sport, and it’s true. This event is like nothing else....
Leading up to the Classic
Cooper GallantIt’s crazy how this year’s Bassmaster Classic snuck up on me. I was planning to fly home to Canada after the Elite tournaments in Florida to do some steelhead fishing....