Columnists

Simplifying finesse fishing, part 1

Brent Ehrler

Fifteen or 20 years ago, the idea of finesse fishing for bass was considered to be a complex form of fishing that involved a lot tediousness. First, there were a...

You can’t spell ‘wink’ without ‘win’

Pete Robbins

The episode of The Bassmasters featuring Kevin VanDam’s win at Grand Lake is incredible, not just because it’s his record-setting 25th B.A.S.S. victory. It’s not just because he gives a...

Four myths about the postspawn

Ish Monroe

There are lots and lots of myths that surround bass fishing, but none of them are as crazy as some of the ones that deal with the postspawn. It’s like...

Confused by Lake Travis

Jason Christie

I’ll take a Top 12 finish any day, but I’ll admit, I’ve never been so confused by a lake as I was during last week’s Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting...

Look around before you fish

David Fritts

Now’s the time when our bass start moving out, and we have to move out with them. That can be a problem for some anglers, though. Things are easy to...

Time to talk crankin’

Kevin VanDam

Everyone knows how much I love to fish a crankbait, especially this time of year. In my mind, there isn’t a more efficient way to find bass and catch them,...

My impressions of Lake Travis

Alton Jones

Have you ever met someone for the first time and realized they remind you of someone you know well? That’s my impression of Lake Travis where we’ll fish the 2018...

How I will fish Lake Travis

Brandon Lester

It’s funny, in a lot of ways I feel like I’m still fishing the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Eastern Open on Lake Norman (where I finished 20th). There are plenty...

Clear water and hot weather

Aaron Martens

At the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Lake Travis, I’m going to face my first seriously hot tournament of the year. Keeping my cool...

The aughts and ESPN

Dave Precht

Late in 1999, two topics came up in frequent conversation: the “Y2K” problem, and what to call the decade of 2000-2009. Some feared the global economy would crash because computer...