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Yes, bass can hear you

Mark Menendez

Sometimes it’s good to review some of the basics of bass fishing, and so it is with noise.  We all know that the surest way not to get a bite...

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Just because it’s old…

Drew Benton

Now’s the time of year when we’re all looking at new products and imagining how many bass we’ll catch with them, and that’s absolutely correct. We will catch bass with...

No more long-lost fishing buddies

Bryan Brasher

ORLANDO, Fla. — I was milling around the annual New Product Showcase during last week’s ICAST fishing tradeshow when I suddenly realized industry legend Bill Dance had entered the building....

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Hartman and Zaldain gave us a thrill

Mark Zona

I’ve covered a lot of tournaments and seen a lot of drama and nail-biting finishes. That said, nothing compares to what we saw the last day of the Academy Sports...

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Making night moves

Jake Whitaker

With the Guntersville tournament behind us, we’re more than halfway through the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule. It will be several weeks before I leave home to fish the next...

Headin’ up north

Hunter Shryock

The recent Bassmaster Elite Series tournament at Lake Guntersville was the last of our southern events. Our next two tournaments take place in New York in mid to late August....

No time to chill

Brandon Card

Even though the next Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on the St. Lawrence River is several weeks away, I won’t have time to sit around twiddling my thumbs. There’s much to...

Excitement at ICAST

Brock Mosley

This will be my sixth consecutive year of attending ICAST as a professional angler, and I’m just as excited as ever. This is the sport-fishing industry’s biggest show, and it...

Trends in rod building

Bernie Schultz

It doesn’t matter if you’re looking at a rack of rods at your local tackle shop or those offered by an online retailer. Chances are good that at least some...

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My top 5 baits for July

Micah Frazier

Summer’s a great time to fish, but the fishing’s vastly different depending on where you are. Here in Georgia it’s hot. Really hot. But this is also the time when...