How I use digital maps and waypoints
I recently served as a boat captain at a high school tournament. The two young anglers I chaperoned were really smart and talented. They were skilled with their tackle, boat...
Hamner’s 11-7 wins big bass of the 2024 season
Not much can top the feeling of catching a personal best bass, except of course catching a personal best bass during Championship Sunday of a Bassmaster Elite Series event. That...
Switching it up in the offseason
I like to do a little fun fishing during the offseason, and I recently returned from one of my favorite places in the world — Venice, La. I’ve been going...
Unwinding after a challenging season
Now that we’re well past the end of the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series season, I’m feeling much more relaxed than I was a couple of months ago. Wrapping up the...
Magnitude of Bass Fishing Hall of Fame
While driving home from the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Springfield, Mo., recently, I really started thinking about how far the Hall has come over the years....
Reflecting on my sophomore season
After the last Elite event at the St. Lawrence River, I stayed four extra days to enjoy a little more of that fantastic fishing. That’s a common Elite destination, so...
Card’s on solid ground at High Rock
Advertorial Content Watching his buddy Steve Summer of Rock Outdoors in Lexington, N.C., catch a limit of Buggs Island bass on a golden-shiner-colored spinnerbait “they weren’t supposed to bite” might...
What to do when fishing sucks
It’s the time of the year when fishing can be at its toughest – on just about any body of water. The summer-to-fall transition period can seem like an eternity. We start getting...
Don’t sleep on a big Texas rig
In recent years we’ve seen all sorts of new bass lures, including lots of finesse rigs and several new ways to rig plastic worms. In all of the excitement a...
