Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
Many, LA — 11 years is a really long time.
11 years is a really long time to pursue something.
11 years is a really long time to pursue something without the big payoff.
That is precisely what John Murray has been doing, and finally, he got to hoist the trophy and the big check. And just like he’s been doing for the past 11 years as a part of the Series, he had to fight for it. And he fought like hell. [Read more…]
Houston, TX — There’s an insider saying that goes, “You can’t win the Classic on the first day, but you can lose it.”
Apparently, Jordan Lee never heard the expression before.
In the first round, Lee didn’t even manage to weigh in a limit, bringing only 3 fish and 8 pounds 6 ounces to the scales. Prevailing wisdom would have been to count the young Alabama native out. [Read more…]
It’s been 10 years since Horton last won on the Elite Series
Okeechobee, Fl — Hurricanes, fluctuating water levels, and habitat and vegetation issues, Lake Okeechobee has endured them all, and through all, one fact remains—you can put a huge bag in the boat.
With the top seven finishers of A.R.E Truck Caps all weighing in over 70 pounds of Florida bass, this tournament was yet another reminder. [Read more…]
Onamia, MN — Perennial fan favorite Gerald Swindle would not be denied in 2016. The Alabama native fought hard all year, and this weekend, received the payoff.
Gerald Swindle is your 2016 Bassmaster Angler of the Year.
While he failed to put a limit in the live well on day one, he would solve the puzzle, and bring a hefty 22 pounds to the weigh ins on the final day. The title is the second AOY in his career. [Read more…]
La Crosse, WI – In 2011, Ott DeFoe won the Bassmaster Rookie of the Year.
Five years later, and the Tennessee native gets to raise an Elite Series trophy overhead. A rabid field nipped at his heals to take home the final win of the season, but DeFoe was not going to be shaken, and he held onto that number one spot for three days. [Read more…]
A lot of people only have one name in mind when it comes to performance eyeware.
You see them wearing the shades, the hat, the shirt—it’s like a uniform for people who want to make sure other people know they fish once in a while.
You know the brand already, don’t you?
If performance is your thing though, you’re open to something new. If you have to be able to peer into the water, endure long fishing days, and get fish to hand, you want something that works.
Enter Native Eyeware. [Read more…]
Union Springs, NY — KVD needed to come from behind to get it done, but the living legend did so to take his second Elite Series trophy in six weeks.
Coming into Sunday, VanDam was in third place and two pounds out of the lead. 15 pounds, seven ounces later, KVD hoisted his 22nd Elite Series trophy, further extending the record he set in May. [Read more…]
Decatur, Al— If tournament bass fishing were basketball, Omori’s win at Wheeler Lake was a buzzer beater. With a final day bag weighing 25 pounds, 3 ounces, the trophy belonged to him.
After a slow start, and a bag weighing just south of 11 pounds, Omori found himself in 72nd place at the end of the first day. Friday was kinder to him, and the 23 pounds, 3 ounces he weighed in put him in 4th place—and well within striking distance of a win.
He would continue to climb from there. [Read more…]
Tulsa, OK— Right now, you will probably have a tough time convincing Edwin Evers that anything is impossible.
His charge to the Classic trophy didn’t exactly start off with a bang; only weighing in 13 pounds, 12 ounces on four fish. He stuck to an early strategy that worked well in practice rounds, but fizzled hard when competition time rolled around. [Read more…]
We are catch and release guys. We like fishing, we like catching, we enjoy a good picture or two, and we like letting them go.
Let ’em go, let ’em grow—as they say.
Maybe you’re a catch and release guy too. We hope so (if not, that’s cool too, just be responsible), and we want to give you a few tips to make sure the fish you are releasing live.
There’s nothing worse than putting a fish back and seeing him swim off half-sideways struggling to find gravity’s pull.
With these tips, more of your fish will go on to live productive lives as members of fish society, telling war stories to their grandkids. [Read more…]