A good start to the 20th Elite season
I was really looking forward to the start of the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series season, and I had a good start, but we’ll get to that in a little bit. What...
Palmer’s Florida staples tacklebox
See the bait rotation that Elite Series pro Luke Palmer relies on for fishing in Florida.
Oh-Fish-ally Unofficial Podcast: Episode 2 – Superstitions
Join tournament emcee Dave Mercer for the second episode of the Oh-Fish-ally Unofficial Podcast. Matt Robertson, Kyle Patrick, Davy Hite and Bill Dance join the show!
Getting ready for Texas
Just like that, the first two Bassmaster Elite Series events of the 2025 season are over. Those two weeks just flew by, as our tournament weeks usually do, and I’m...
The DeBAIT: Chunk vs. craw jig trailers
Jigs have been a staple in the bass angler’s tacklebox for decades, but what goes on the back of them is where this DeBAIT topic centers. As the years have...
Building the new
Competitive anglers don’t typically treat change kindly. New technology, new rules, new formats … all are usually looked at with a furrowed brow and downward slant toward the corner of...
Palaniuk Gets Paid with Yamaha Power Pay
What a weekend it was in The Sunshine State. With a multitude of environmental factors at play, Yamaha pro Brandon Palaniuk managed to catch 95 pounds, 4 ounces in the...
Big bass of Lake Okeechobee 2025
Gaston lands biggest bass in Big O Elite while Palaniuk busts best bag there in victory
Redemption and camaraderie
Florida has been my Achilles’ heel as an angler for a long time, and within Florida Lake Okeechobee has probably been my biggest nemesis of them all. I don’t typically...
Mad respect for Scott Martin
Like most sportswriters, I got into this business because I was a sports fan. I still am today — and like every pro fishing fan with a pulse, I wanted...
