Columnists

Remembering T.J. Stallings

Bernie Schultz

My business is about two things: catching fish and building relationships. If you can do either successfully, you can make a living. If you can do both, you‘re sure to...

Your boat, your way

Matt Lee

Anyone who reads the columns and articles on this site gets lots of information about how to pack tackle and how to pack that tackle in your boat. It’s good...

Tommy Biffle: Game face

Don Barone

“Well, we all have a face…” Dateline: A steak joint “The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.”– Agatha Christie The face of this morning...

Five easy ways to increase your catch

Greg Hackney

It won’t be long and most of you will be heading out to your favorite lake or river to go fishing. Here are five easy and inexpensive ways you can...

Being there: Elite No. 2

Don Barone

“I’ve looked under chairs…” Dateline: Lake Okeechobee “I like to watch.”Chance The GardenerBeing There (1979) The role of a storyteller is to whisper into your ear stories you would never...

The wonders of Cherokee

Mark Zona

Sometimes people ask me what exactly it is I like about covering bass tournaments. It’s a question that, at times, catches me off guard, because I start to ask myself,...

How I will fish Okeechobee

Brandon Lester

It’s hard to believe that last event on Cherokee was the start of my fourth year on the Elite Series. Where does the time go? This is also the fourth...

Okeechobee: 5 things you might not know

Chris Lane

A lot of anglers think of Lake Okeechobee as a weedy, grassy freshwater ocean where giant bass swim everywhere. It is that, but it’s so much more. Okeechobee’s a diverse...

Finding the 10-pound bite

Alton Jones

Going into the second Elite event on Lake Okeechobee, I’d say I have a good outlook for two reasons: First, coming out of the season opener on Lake Cherokee with...

I survived Cherokee Lake

Keith Combs

Of all of the tournaments on the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule, Cherokee was the one that scared me the most. Last year my quest for the Toyota Bassmaster Angler...