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Keeping the drive alive

Rick Clunn

I had to chuckle while watching TV the other day. The pundits were making a big deal over the fact that last year’s Super Bowl MVP, Tom Brady, at age...

How-To

Food for fishing

John Crews

Ever since college, I’ve been into working out in the gym. For some reason, I just loved it. And when I was a kid, I loved fishing — still do....

How-To

Catch a giant this fall

Chris Zaldain

It’s fall, almost. Much of what you read and hear about involves catching numbers. The baitfish are moving shallow and so are the bass. But what about catching a giant?...

How-To

The tackle inventory purge

Clark Wendlandt

If you’re like me, you carry a ton of tackle that often consists of far more than you actually use. Over the course of time, your tackle management system is...

Bass through a looking glass

Bernie Schultz

One of the strangest contraptions ever to fool a bass has to be the glass minnow tube. Yet, as odd as they are, they somehow etched their way into the...

St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

1000 Islands Open recap

John Garrett

I was determined and focused that the last Bassmaster Northern Open tournament in 2021 was not going to derail my pursuit of a Bassmaster Opens Anger of the Year title...

Hot water bassin’

Derek Hudnall

We’re all hearing and reading about the fall migration of baitfish. That’s going to happen, for sure, but right now the water in most parts of the country is just...

The St. Lawrence paid off

Cory Johnston

After a bunch of near misses, I finally took home my first Bassmaster trophy this past weekend. While it wasn’t a blue one from the Bassmaster Elite Series, it was...

How-To

Try jigs for a tough September bite

Bill Lowen

September can be a tough bite, and in some years that tough bite can extend all the way into October for a couple of weeks. For me, the go-to bait...

Fishing and faith

Shaye Baker

For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve been writing about fishing for 15 years or so now. I’ve written about my faith as a Christian for closer to...

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