Columnists

Back to my roots

Kevin VanDam

It’s been a hectic spring with a lot of travel to the Elite series tournaments and promotion events, so the Memorial Weekend holiday was dearly needed time off. So, with...

Looking back on Norman

Sam George

First and foremost, I would like to congratulate Wesley Strader and Drew Benton on their recent wins. Wesley and Drew are two of the best fishermen to in the game...

As I see it: Thinking about the Classic….

Don Barone

Dateline: At the turn (almost) “The future starts today, not tomorrow.”Pope John Paul II Do you think we are all just oyster crackers floating in time soup? The technical term...

A break from tournaments

Casey Ashley

Some people might think that when a professional fishermen gets a break from tournament scene he’ll try to get away from the sport. Well, that may be true now and...

Vegetation: The basics

Shaw Grigsby

We’re going into the time of the year when our lakes, and some of our rivers, are beginning to turn green. Everywhere you look you see all sorts of vegetation...

Texas Fest – grad fest

Bernie Schultz

Lake Travis is a great lake — deep, clear and full of bass. And though I didn’t perform very well in the recent Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest event, I did...

The versatile worm

John Crews

Fishing conditions change quickly, and so does the bite. That’s why you hear so much about certain baits being versatile. You don’t have to retie or own several rod and...

Post-spawn: Going deeper

Jacob Powroznik

The fish are done spawning and the fish have left the shallow parts and are headed out deeper. This time of year fish may stop off at the secondary stuff...

Don’t miss what’s going on

Bill Lowen

I didn’t pick that title by accident. It’s there to make a point. It comes from the perspective of an angler who has missed what’s going on this year. And...

The little fish dilemma

Kevin VanDam

Every once in a while you run across a fishery like we saw at Lake Travis – lots and lots of small bass interspersed with some really big ones. As...

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