St. Croix Bassmaster Opens
Opens angler profile: Neal has time on his side
Michael Neal of Dayton, Tenn., has yet to qualify for the Elite Series via the Bassmaster Opens, but time is on his side. At only 24 years of age, Neal...
The amazing race for AOY
It’s a bad time to be an underachiever on the Bassmaster Elite Series. For that matter, it’s a pretty bad time to be a reasonably competent achiever. The stakes have...
Bradley Roy and USA Cares planning tournament
Lake Cumberland, Ky. – Calling all anglers! This September, USA Cares and Bassmaster Elite Angler Bradley Roy will join forces to present the second of two Stars & Stripes Bass Open...
Now it’s time to punch a mat
It’s been a long, hot summer. That’s not all bad, though, because that means the mats and the grass will be thick in most of our waters. And, where there’s...
Summertime smallmouth fishing
Our final Elite event is coming up in a couple of weeks on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisc., but I’ll be heading up a week early to spend...
This has been my worst year ever
This is the worst year I’ve had in my 30 years of fishing professionally, and I don’t really know why other than if it can happen, and it isn’t good,...
Larry Nixon recovering from heart surgery
Larry Nixon has made a career at seeing subtle changes in a fishery and capitalizing on them. It was one of those subtle things that literally saved his life. As...
Conservation News
Proposal to eradicate California bass withdrawn
Great news from the American Sportfishing Association as the proposal that would declare bass as invasive species in the California Delta was withdrawn. B.A.S.S. Conservation Director Gene Gilliland had this...
2017 Elite Series qualifications announced
As published in the 2016 Elite Series Participation Agreement, the following anglers qualify for the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series: Top 70 in final 2016 AOY Points 70 Top 5 Opens...
Conservation News
12 1/2-pounder breaks Washington state record
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed that a Snohomish County angler has set a new state record for the biggest largemouth bass caught in...
