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Hackney on pace for the best season in Elite history

TERRELL, Texas – Just how dominant has Garmin pro Greg Hackney been during the 2016 Elite Season? Well, just THE most dominant ever. After six events – punctuated by Hackney’s win at BASSfest on Lake […]

The fish of BASSfest, Friday edition

DURANT, Oklahoma – It’s been an intriguing couple of days on Lake Texoma: 20-year-high waters, blazing heat, and just enough 6-plus-pound largemouth to keep the field pretty tightly packed down to the Top 25. And […]

Mean Green: We’re green with envy over Avena’s ride

DURANT, Oklahoma – It was dark as pitch when we made it to the ramp for Day 1 at BASSfest this morning, but like moths to a flame, we headed straight to the Hulk-green glow […]

The Nomad 9: Darkhorses to watch at BASSfest

DURANT, Oklahoma – En route to Durant, Oklahoma for BASSfest, and have been skimming Bassmaster.com’s Fantasy Fishing picks for the event. Some good choices by Kevin Hawk, Ronnie Moore and the gang about what might […]

It was a confounding week at the 2016 TTBC

FRISCO, Texas – I don’t know how else to put this, so I’ll just come right out with it: I hope we didn’t just witness the death of the Toyota Texas Bass Classic. Anyone who […]

A VanDoozy at Toledo Bend! VanDam wins 21st

MANY, Louisiana – Was it just me, or did everything feel just a little surreal at Cypress Bend Park during the recent Toledo Bend Elite Series event? I mean, was it just the dizziness I […]

Kickin’ it at Pickwick, FLW Tour style

MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama – Okay, admittedly, the tournament site for the FLW Tour event on Pickwick Lake was technically Florence, Alabama, but it’s kinda fun to say “Muscle Shoals”. Right? Besides, the Nomad crew was […]

Omori is hell on Wheeler, picks up sixth B.A.S.S. win

DECATUR, Alabama – Besides having one of the best walk-up songs on the Elite Series (so says Bass Nomad Chris Shangle), Takahiro Omori is a legitimate Top 10 threat to win every tournament he fishes. […]

Honey Badger don’t care! Tharp claims first Elite win at Bull Shoals

MOUNTAIN HOME, Arkansas – Count it among one of my favorite “little moments before the big moment”: the tiniest of smiles crept across Randall Tharp’s face as he sat in his boat on the Arkansas […]

Canterbury gets it done at FLW Tour event on Beaver Lake

ROGERS, Arkansas – It was hard not to root for FLW Tour veteran Scott Canterbury as the Beaver Lake FLW Tour event played out in mid-April. Canterbury is one of those potential fishing juggernauts that […]

Myers dials up long distance for win at Winyah Bay

GEORGETOWN, South Carolina – It might’ve taken him over 1,000 miles of running up and down the Intercoastal Waterway between Winyah Bay and Charleston Bay,  but South Carolina pro Britt Myers made every mile count. […]

Kicking it off at the Bassmaster Classic

It was only a matter of time, really, before Bass Pro Shops pro Edwin Evers finally hoisted the Classic trophy over his head. Evers, after all, has been a Top 5 threat to win the […]