St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

2020 Bassmaster Opens field may be toughest ever

Imagine you’ve just launched your boat before takeoff at a 2020 Basspro.com Bassmaster Open. You look over your right shoulder and see Florida pro Scott Martin, winner of eight FLW...

Why I’m fishing a smaller boat this year

Every veteran pro I know has some career-defining moment that sort of stays with them their entire career. For me, it was my first B.A.S.S. win on Buggs Island Lake in...

Opens: Best of top lures 2019

Heading back to B.A.S.S.

In my 30-plus years as a full-time professional angler, myself and other veterans have never remotely seen the changes we witnessed in this sport in 2019. While we can debate...

Castledine heads to the Opens

Todd Castledine is a man who isn’t afraid to get right to the point when he talks. Ask him about his five FLW wins — three at the BFL level...

Brian Latimer commits to the Opens for 2020

South Carolinian Brian Latimer will be making the leap from the FLW Tour to compete in both the Eastern and Central Bassmaster Opens for the 2020 season. “I feel like...

Andrew Upshaw returns to his B.A.S.S. roots

[Full disclosure from the author: Andrew Upshaw is my son-in-law. He met my daughter Valerie when she came to support me at a Bassmaster Open tournament I competed in several...

I want to be a Bassmaster Elite Series angler … again

Next year will bring a big change in my career. I’m leaving FLW and fishing all of the Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens in an attempt to qualify for the Bassmaster Elite...

Scott Martin joining B.A.S.S. to pursue unfinished business

Scott Martin dreams a lot — and lately, those dreams have all had a common theme. Martin, who announced today he’s leaving the FLW Tour after 20 years to fish...

Opens profile: Schmitt’s dual fishing careers

Maryland angler Bryan Schmitt rarely spends an entire day without being aboard some type of fishing vessel. When he wasn’t competing in a Bassmaster Eastern Open or an FLW Tour...