It’s been a good year!
When you're at the tail end of your career, you understand that winning is hard, that it’s not going to happen every time out. In fact, you realize — or at least I did — that even being in a position to win should be cherished.
Lunker Lessons: JVD on the Arkansas River
There’s a time in tournaments when you need the big bite. The best way to get it is to use a big bite bait like a heavy jig and sizeable trailer. It’s as close to an absolute rule as there is in fishing.
Lunker Lessons: Rogne Brown’s Douglas Lake Lunker
I don’t argue the point that you can catch big fish with a 4-inch bait. But, you’ll catch more big ones if you upsize to a 10-inch worm.
Lunker Lessons: Lake Murray
On Day One of the 2011 Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash on Lake Murray, Elite Series pro Jami Fralick boated a 6-pound, 9-ounce largemouth — the tournament's biggest bass. Here's how he did it.
Lunker Lessons: West Point Lake
On Day One of the 2011 Pride of Georgia on West Point Lake, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Dustin Wilks boated a 7-pound, 8-ounce largemouth — the tournament's biggest bass.
Perfect timing helps anglers to a spawning shad bite
The West Point Lake event is set up perfectly for the spawn bite.
Muddy water blues
We've had a lot of rain lately, and it's muddied up the water, but that doesn't mean you can't catch smallmouth. Here's how.
Small river fishing
When he won the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship on the Red River, Brandon Palaniuk relied on the same types of cover he fished on the rivers back home.
Toledo Bend: Best baits and techniques
Tips and techniques from the top pros of the 2011 Elite Series Battle on the Bayou on Toledo Bend Reservoir.
