Converting lookers into biters is key

Yesterday, second-place pro Bobby Stanfill described his day as “torture.” We asked him how he justified that statement, given his strong performance and he said it was a case of...

How-To

Dealing with fall transition

This is the time of year when fishing can get tough. It’s early fall, and the fish tend to scatter. I saw that first hand last week when I visited...

Largemouth make big Day 1 showing

Some fisheries are defined by a particular black bass species, even when others share the pond. Go to Lake Erie, you’re after beastly smallmouth. Amistad, it’s chunky largemouth. Shasta —...

The Opens experience

Carl Jocumsen arrived in the U.S. nine years ago with a suitcase, rod tube, tacklebox and a dream. That was to become the first Australian to qualify for the Bassmaster...

Open: Hahner leads Day 1

ANDERSON, S.C. — When the window of opportunity opened, Cody Hahner of Wausau, Wis., seized the moment and nabbed a pair of big largemouth bass to anchor a limit of...

Gear

Gear Review: Big Frig Badlands Cooler

What is it? Big Frig Badlands Cooler What sets it apart? The Big Frig Badlands Cooler comes packed full of features for an affordable price. It is a roto-molded cooler...

Pandemic leads Venezuelan anglers to Hartwell

Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. When Venezuelan anglers Daniel Valois and Mauricio Marciales found their travel plans hugely impacted by COVID-19 travel restrictions, they decided that fate had delivered a...

Dialing into Hartwell

ANDERSON, S.C. — Do the arithmetic and the sum of the whole equals a tough bass fishing scenario in play at the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open at Lake Hartwell. The...

Eastern Open blog

Check the blog for the latest updates from the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastner Open at Lake Hartwell.

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