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Bass Life

Why we fish: Memories

Don Barone

“When I was a kid there were creek chubs in a stream, I started with a stick, line and a Christmas tree hook…I was 3 years old.”— Arthur Ahalt Dateline:...

If you’ve got it, you’ve got it

Brandon Palaniuk

As we enter a new season of fishing, we’ll have a new crop of Bassmaster Elite Series first-year competitors. There will be another group of anglers looking to make the...

Here we go again

Chris Zaldain

It’s been a while since I’ve had this opportunity so I first want to bring you up to date on my world. Trait and I are both healthy. Trait’s dad...

Changing sponsors midstream

Bernie Schultz

If you follow competitive fishing, you know sponsorships change — not only for anglers, but for tournament organizations as well. It’s almost like a revolving door; you never know who’s...

Making the most of the offseason

Chad Morgenthaler

It seems like the tumultuous 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series season ended yesterday, and we’re already off and running for 2021. That means we had to use our “downtime” wisely because...

Winter bass bait options

Mark Menendez

Across much of the country water temperatures have dropped through the 50-degree range and in some places they’re touching the dreaded 40-degree mark. That can make fishing a little slow,...

Looking forward on and off the water

Patrick Walters

It has been almost three months since my season-ending victory at Texas Fest on Lake Fork, and I’m still trying to digest what that victory will mean for my career...

The importance of a good start

Cory Johnston

For the third straight year the Bassmaster Elite Series will start off at Florida’s St. Johns River. I’m hoping that my performance this time around is more like the one...

Martin’s plan on track

Bryan Brasher

I’ll give it to Scott Martin: he’s a man of his word. When I talked to him back in November 2019, Martin told me the two main goals he had...

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