Bassmaster

There are a lot of addictive aspects of competitive bass fishing. Buying new gear (spouses usually define this as a hoarding issue) can certainly be an addiction. However, the most profound craving is born from the heart-pounding reaction to winning.

A lot of people might not realize that you didn’t start tournament fishing until your mid-20s. What made you decide to start then? I just saw that I could. I was busy working and playing golf throughout high school, so I never had the opportunity the

In October 1992, Rick Morris found himself on Lake Guntersville in the thick of a Bassmaster Megabucks competition. Five years later, he was fishing in the Bassmaster Classic at Lake Logan Martin, and 21 years after that, he did the same at Lake Hart

I look for areas along the main-river channel. For example, channel swings against points, points that run all the way to the channel or roadbeds that intersect with the channel. Those areas don’t have to have cover on them earlier in the summer when

AFTER EIGHT YEARS of ranking the nation’s best bass fisheries, you’d think the project would get easier. That is not the case. As Mother Nature throws curveballs (wicked rainfall in the West and South), Asian carp infiltrate new areas of the country

SAINT PETER IS nowhere in sight when we pass through the Pearly Gates. No big deal. The promise of heavenly fishing is all the fanfare we can handle. Fisheries biologist Dr. Neil Deacon and I left Harare, Zimbabwe, hours earlier, bound for Lake Chica

IF YOUR TRAVELS should take you to Lake Amistad in the next few months, make certain you pack some swimbaits with the rest of your tackle. And on your lake map, mark Burro, Box, Caballo, Tule and Zorro canyons as places to throw those swimbaits. The

GRASS IS ONE of the most prolific of bass habitats. It may be monolithic masses the size of football fields or smaller clumps as big as your boat; you could find it symmetrically spread across a flat or gradually tracing a channel or ditch drop. In a

Micah Frazier is just 31 years old, but the three-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier is old enough to remember when the dog days of summer meant cast upon cast built on a thin strand of hope. “Back in the day, you would find a spot on the map, and you

Date: Aug. 6, 2018 Venue: Lake L, a flatland reservoir Water: 85 degrees, stained Weather: Partly cloudy, high of 95 degrees Pro: Hunter Shryock, 30, Newcomerstown, Ohio. He began fishing the Bassmaster Opens in 2013 and qualified for the Elite Serie

There’s a lot not to like about midsummer bass fishing. Oppressive heat and humidity wilt the enthusiasm of the most hardcore weekend angler, and skyrocketing water temps can make for a painfully slow bite. Yet Bassmaster Elite Series pros consistent

Scratches are unsightly and decrease a kayak’s resale value. Keel protectors can avert the worst gouges that occur where the bow’s curve transitions to the flat bottom of the hull. You can make an easy keel protector that performs well with four laye