Show up for the big show
I attended my first Classic in 2002, the year Jay Yelas won the event on Lay Lake by swimming a jig around shallow shoreline cover. Because it was a new experience for me, a newspaper journalist covering it for my paper's sports section, everything seemed significant. I loved seeing the anglers enter the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex arena as their favorite song blared over the loudspeakers.
BASS Signature Series
Peter Thliveros, an expert on the Carolina rig, talks about its history and how using the rig has helped him to win much of nearly $2 million as a professional angler.
Scroggins on flipping and pitching
BASS Signature Series Terry Scroggins on flipping and pitching matted vegetation
Jim Eakins on finesse flipping
BASS Signature Series: Jim Eakins on finesse flipping and Pitching