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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
A season in the life: Andy Morgan’s AOY year
As I write this, the man with the best (most fitting) nickname in professional bass fishing is likely hunkered in a ground blind in Nebraska, waiting for a chance to bring yet another monster mule-deer […]

The dish with Ish: our Q&A with Simms pro Ish Monroe
Zaldaingerous! A Nomad glimpse at Chris Zaldain’s 2016 Elite season
The “California Kid” Chris Zaldain had a great year in 2016 – seventh in Angler of the Year points, new truck courtesy of the Toyota Texas Fest big bass – but more than anything, he […]
Smallmouth smackdown! A look at the monsters of Mille Lacs Lake
ONAMIA, Minnesota – I should’ve known it was going to be a Gong Show when the first boat pulled into the parking lot at the Grand Casino on Day 1 at the AOY Championship set […]