It’s an extreme honor and pleasure to work with these fine companies in 2018.
#tbt to the time in Mille Lacs …
… when the dinosaurs came to town. With the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Championship – and high-noon shootout between Brandon Palaniuk and Jason Christie – bearing down on us next week […]
The quietest AOY race: who will claim the 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series crown?
Is it just me, or is this the quietest Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year race in history? Here we are just two events away from the 2018 AOY Championship, and there’s nary a […]
In pursuit of AOY: Behind the numbers
By Joel Shangle ST. CLAIR SHORES, Michigan – Brandon Palaniuk was Boat No. 1 yesterday morning on Day 1 of the Bassmaster Elite Series regular-season finale on Detroit’s Lake St. Clair. As he motored out […]

Ode to “The General” …
The Nomad 9: Who would we least like to face in a head-to-head fish off?
SEATTLE – The latest Bassfan.com World Rankings are out, and it’s no stretch that Jacob Wheeler is the new No. 1. He rankles a fair number of his competitors with his scouting/practice habits, but when […]
Classic rewind: Getting into Randy Howell’s head on Grand Lake
As we make our final preparations to head to Houston for the 2017 Bassmaster Classic, I can’t help but think back to the 2016 Classic on Grand Lake – my first! – and the psychology […]

Shaw’s Classic experience: our Q&A with Florida’s favorite mustachioed bass angler
2017 Elite Series first-lap observations: Wheeler chills, Horton hangs on
For a season that started off so ice-cold (literally, it was below freezing at Cherokee Lake), things have heated up pretty quickly on the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series. Faced with an inordinately early start to […]

Bass Nomad’s favorite moment: Rick, River and Skeet
Our friends at Bassmaster.com were gracious enough to include us recently in their “My favorite moment” series. The 2016 Elite Series season was memorable in many ways, but nothing was as powerful to us as […]
Cody Meyer’s record spot: it was only a matter of time
By Joel Shangle Bass Nomad Media AUBURN, Calif. – … and who, exactly, was surprised last week when Simms pro Cody Meyer yarded a potential-world-record 10.80-pound spotted bass out of the chilly waters of New […]