Columnists

Screeching hot

James Hall

When I heard Thomas Allen screaming, I assumed he had been hooked through the eyeball with a No. 2 treble. And yes, it was a scream, not a yell. Allen, senior...

Don’t stop learning

Bryan Brasher

During the spring of 1994, my cousin, Brian Brown, and I fished the Mark’s Outdoors Lay Lake Open. It was an annual tournament so routinely plagued by bad weather that...

Pay-to-play bass fisheries

Bernie Schultz

All across America, bass fisheries abound. And if tapped at the right time, just about any of them can produce quality catches…even some true trophy-sized specimens. But what about those...

Catching California confidence

Aaron Martens

“Aaron, it’s been a tough year.” I’ve heard that from some people lately, and it’s true. I’m not having the year I would like to have so far, but that...

Palaniuk got game

Don Barone

“I’ll never quit, I’ll never lay down…” Dateline: Attitude “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”– Joe Namath I sat in a chair watching former Pittsburgh...

College experiences part 1: Basic training

Jordan Lee

A lot has been written about college programs, and there’s been good coverage of college tournaments by B.A.S.S. and other media outlets. We need that, and I’m thankful for it....

“Make me love it…”

Don Barone

Dateline: Dining room table “…make me love a sport I’ve never seen or ever played.”– Frank DefordAKA Benjamin Franklin Deford III6 Time Sportswriter of the Year2 Time Magazine Writer of...

Finding bass in muddy water

Greg Hackney

We’ve had a series of bad storms around the country for the past few weeks. Heavy rain in a short period of time seems to be the norm, and it...

How I will fish Lake Dardanelle

Brandon Lester

This week we are in Arkansas on Lake Dardanelle. After a little bit of a stumble at Sam Rayburn a couple weeks ago I need to have a good tournament...

The truth about sandbagging

Brandon Card

Bassmaster Elite Series pros catch a lot of flack from the media for sandbagging. Many pros report getting few bites on practice days, then these same guys lug heavy limits...