Lake Tawakoni won't present anything that's too complicated for the anglers who've gathered there for the third event of the 2010 PAA Tournament Series ...more
After a day of rest today, the third event of the PAA Tournament Series kicks off tomorrow (Thursday) at Lake Tawakoni in Texas. While there's one event ...more
Whether he was in the back of the boat or the front, catching quality fish on tournament days had come pretty easily for Stetson Blaylock over the past ...more
Jim Gildea's first experience fishing against a field loaded with tour pros was certainly a memorable one. He performed extremely well on the water, and ...more
Shinichi Fukae's recent triumph at the Champlain Eastern FLW Series was twice as sweet, he said. First, it marked his first win since the Walmart Open ...more
A lot of people expected a much better performance from Luke Clausen in the recent Forrest Wood Cup at Georgia's Lake Lanier than the 66th-place showing ...more
Out of the more than 300 million people living in the U.S., only a very small percentage give a hoot about bass fishing. But most of those who care at ...more
<i>(Editor's note: This is part 3 of a 3-part story that chronicles, in timeline form, major milestones and events during the ESPN era of BASS. To read ...more
Todd Schmitz's practice for the Detroit River Bassmaster Open was cut short due to a commitment to his day job as a regional sales representative for ...more
<i>(Editor's note: This is the second part of a multi-part story that chronicles, in timeline form, major milestones and events during the ESPN era of ...more
<i>(Editor's note: This is the first part of a multi-part story that chronicles, in timeline form, major milestones and events during the ESPN era of ...more
Out of eight Bassmaster Elite Series regular-season events in 2009, Alton Jones finished among the Top 20 seven times and came within a single placement ...more
The 2010 tour season officially concluded 10 days ago in Atlanta, Ga. at the Forrest Wood Cup. But there's still plenty of activity for BassFans to watch.
Although 2010 was a topsy-turvy year for business in the sport of pro bass fishing, the pros pretty much went about their own business and fished a full ...more
Finding just one reliable way to catch keepers on a clear-water impoundment in late summer can be a severe challenge. If you've got more than one, then ...more
The cloud cover that showed up today in the Charlotte, N.C. area for the final day of the Norman PAA Tournament Series helped some anglers and hurt others. ...more
After four visits to Lake Norman with the FLW Tour, Shinichi Fukae has nearly 1,000 GPS waypoints pegged on the North Carolina reservoir. He stores them ...more
It was a virtual certainty that the recent Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Lanier in Georgia would be won off of deep brushpiles. However, there are untold thousands ...more
The two anglers who finished directly behind winner Kevin Hawk at the Forrest Wood Cup share some similarities, but the contrasts between them are striking. ...more
Lake Lanier is undoubtedly one of the premier spotted-bass fisheries in the nation, but it's an aging reservoir, and thus the primary structure is now ...more
Ray Scott, the founder of BASS and face of the organization throughout its entire existence, has yet to go public with his thoughts about the proposed ...more
Veteran pro anglers talk a lot about paying dues - that you have to slave and starve and get beat down until you nearly give up. Only then can you become ...more
Every day of the previous year, Cody Meyer thought about the Pittsburgh Forrest Wood Cup that he very nearly won. It was on his mind yesterday when he ...more
Georgia's Lake Lanier doesn't have a slot limit - there's a 14-inch minimum. But day 1 at the Forrest Wood Cup was a lot like playing a slot machine: ...more
Georgia's Lake Lanier won't be at its very best this week when it hosts the Forrest Wood Cup. One thing's for sure, though - it'll kick out much bigger ...more
Rumors of a BASS sale have circulated throughout the industry for months. At first, chatter involved possible talks between ESPN and Outdoor Channel, ...more
With each passing year, Kevin VanDam continues to reach what seems unattainable heights. His latest triumph - a third consecutive Toyota Trucks BASS Angler ...more
Over the course of BASS history, the Angler of the Year (AOY) title was decided either by total weight across the regular season, or total points across ...more
Along with the rest of the bass-fishing world, the 20 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who run Triton boats learned yesterday that the long-rumored sale ...more
Official practice for next week's Forrest Wood Cup at Lake Lanier near Atlanta, Ga. opens soon. Contestants aren't allowed on the water until practice ...more
Russ Lane's tournament experience on Lake Jordan is so extensive that a lot of people would've been surprised if he <i>hadn't</i> won the first leg of ...more
Skeet Reese notched two victories among his six Top-5 finishes during the Bassmaster Elite Series regular season. He might need another triumph in the ...more
Skeet Reese settled into the middle of the pack on day 1 of the Toyota Trucks BASS Championship Week at Lake Jordan, but that didn't hurt his quest to ...more
Junk-fishing is a general term that means an angler didn't fish a specific pattern. It's characterized by several rods on the deck and a willingness to ...more
Cheating scandals most often occur at local- and regional-level events, which is perhaps why yesterday's events at the WON Bass U.S. Open continue to ...more
A two-time U.S. Open winner and legend in the sport almost clinched another U.S. Open crown at Lake Mead, but western young gun Cliff Pirch rose to the ...more
Russ Lane can walk to one of the Bassmaster Elite Series post-season venues from his home in Prattville, Ala., and he can drive to the other in about ...more
For all that Skeet Reese achieved during the 2010 Bassmaster Elite Series regular season, he's still got some fishing to do to claim the Angler of the ...more
BassFan previously published a story that listed the full 2010 Forrest Cup field, with a few notes about how each participant qualified (<a href="http://www.bassfan.com/news_article.asp?ID=3662"><u>click ...more
Pretty much everyone assumed there'd at least be a decent deep bite at the recent Cherokee PAA Series near Knoxville, Tenn. It's mid-summer, the shallows ...more