B.A.S.S. just announced the 2012 field for the Bassmaster Elite Series. Among the 100 professional anglers are winners of more than 200 Bassmaster tournaments, 17 Bassmaster Classic championships ...

                              Bandit Fishing Lures is prou ...

    Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you. This year has been an up and down one for Elite Series pro Matt Herren but that has fueled his fire to excel in 2012. He i ...

Bradley Roy of Lancaster, Ky., injected new life into his sagging season Saturday at the Bassmaster Elite Series season finale by bringing in 17 pounds, 10 ounces, and jumping four places into t ...

By B.A.S.S. Communications David Walker, who fished a major circuit for years before leaving it to join the Bassmaster Elite Series this season, says everyone believes he’s won a ma ...

Denny Brauer of Camdenton, Mo., called dibs on the Diamond Drive lead Friday with a limit of 19 pounds, 7 ounces of Arkansas River bass. Brauer, who led the first day by only 2 ounces, put mo ...

The toughest test of the Bassmaster Elite Series season kicks off tomorrow on the Arkansas River out of Little Rock. This is the game changer for the whole Elite Series post season and Classic ...

    Chris Ross knows how to build crankbaits. His Mississippi based company has been doing it for years and his color selection is second to none. He even has a color called "mistake" th ...

Photos and story Courtesy of B.A.S.S. Communications Jami Fralick was struggling on Lake Murray until he landed a 6-pound, 9-ounce largemouth, the anchor to his 17-9 bag and the key to the ...

Courtesy of B.A.S.S. Communications Steve Kennedy had been counting down the months ever since the 2011 Pride of Georgia location was announced as West Point Lake more than a year ago. ̶ ...

Courtesy of B.A.S.S. Communications Fishing on West Point Lake turned tougher for many of the Bassmaster Elite Series pros, even some of those who claimed top leaderboard spots in the P ...

Story and photos courtesy of B.A.S.S. Communications   Matt Herren is a warhorse competitor, not easily rattled. But a week after the April 27 tornadoes that devastated hi ...

Photo by Seigo Saito / B.A.S.S. Communications He has led for three days running, amassing 57 pounds and 7 ounces of Toledo Bend bass, so there’s no reason Dean Rojas shouldn’t ...

Photo by Seigo Saito / B.A.S.S. Communications Dean Rojas caught 16 pounds of Toledo Bend bass by 10 a.m. Thursday.   Then he got serious. He went looking for the big spawning bass, and f ...

Photo courtesy of B.A.S.S. Communications Well we sat down and went through two full fields of anglers to get our picks for both the Bassmaster Elite Series event and the FLW Tour event this ...

B.A.S.S. Communications Experience, get ready to meet raw ambition.   Keith Poche, a Bassmaster Elite Series sophomore seeking his first Bassmaster win, plans to give Alabama Charge ...

B.A.S.S. Communications Dam largemouth: Keith Poche nailed seventh place on Day One with 20 pounds, 3 ounces of largemouth bass — all taken, he said, within 20 feet of the Wilson Dam. &n ...

B.A.S.S. Communications Denny Brauer’s five largemouth were not unusual on Wednesday. Trick was, his five included a 7-12 and four look-alikes, enough bass to be boss for the day at ...

Courtesy of B.A.S.S. Communications If only it were lonelier at the top. Leading by 7 pounds, 9 ounces on Friday, Alton Jones hung on Saturday at the Power-Pole Citrus Slam with a 60-10 tot ...

Photo by Gary Tramontina / B.A.S.S. Communications Tweet Alton Jones has a plan, and he’s sticking to it. After all, it’s taken the pro from Waco, Texas, into the le ...

Florida’s Shaw Grigsby is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, sight fisherman of all time when bass are on their spawning beds – and he’s more than living ...

Photo by B.A.S.S. Communications If it worked once, repeat. That’s Pat Golden’s plan when he gets back on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes on Friday to defend his slim lead ...

  Kevin VanDam, often described as the best angler in the world, said he simply got lucky Saturday when he hauled 22 1/2 pounds out of the Louisiana Delta on a day when other Bassmas ...

    Power-Pole Anchoring Systems will be well represented at the Bassmaster Classic and on the Elite Series tour this year. Forty-one out of the 50 Classic anglers will be running Power- ...

The field of competitors for the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series has been set. The 101 most talented anglers in bass fishing will be competing for the coveted 2011 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler o ...

Whether Bandit Lures CEO Chris Ross is talking to potential customers or looking for pro staffers, he wants them to understand the company’s culture. It’s not about gimmicks, gizmo ...

         Venerable Elite Series Angler Matt Herren is a stickler for details. Every bait he touches must be right. His stellar tournament record proves that the smalle ...

Photo Courtesy of PAA Keith Combs watched another angler fishing in front of him down the same bank of Lake Tawakoni, both of them working the same shoreline in a rotation found in several places ...

     Photo courtesy of Brad Wiegmann Outdoors Santone Lures just released their new Sam Rayburn Swim Jig. The Sam Rayburn Swim Jig's unique design was a joint effo ...

    With ICAST just around the corner, lure manufacturers are scurrying around like a nest of fire ants. This industry reunion is the kick-off to new products, innovation and breath ...

    After an eight-event regular season stretching from California to Georgia, a bevy of Bassmaster Elite Series anglers were able to cash in on the fruits of their labor Sunday in the f ...

Courtesy of BASS Communications While the AutoZone Sooner Run was the official name of the Bassmaster Elite Series regular-season finale, it could, and perhaps should, have been titled the Tomm ...

BASS COMMUNICATIONS With the final day of the AutoZone Sooner Run looming, Tommy Biffle of Wagoner, Okla., is finally ready to dig deep into his bag of tricks and unlock his much-discussed ...

Biffle continues to lead after two days of competition in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Ft. Gibson Lake in Oklahoma. The lake is litterally in Biffle's backyard and he seems to have the fi ...

  On Wednesday, 92 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers scoured Fort Gibson Lake, looking to glean any bit of knowledge from the Oklahoma fishery during the truncated one-day practice period. The 9 ...

Kevin VanDam can breath easily again. Never satisfied with being an also ran in the sport, Kevin VanDam showed a seriousness and wrestlessness that other anglers have come to recognize when KVD is ...

By BASS Comunications Kevin VanDam’s Kentucky Lake domination is beginning to get a bit ridiculous.  Despite a rough start – VanDam failed to connect on consecutive 5-pounders ...

Photo by Seigo Saito / BASS Communications It was more a question of when, not if, five-time Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year Kevin VanDam was going to make a late-season charge.  ...

With Clarks Hill churning out a tough-as-nails bite this week; it’s no surprise that a local angler would be in the catbird’s seat as the Pride of Georgia winds down.  Enter J ...

Photo by Seigo Saito / BASS Communications Clarks Hill Lake has confounded, confused and discombobulated the Bassmaster Elite Series field this week at the Pride of Georgia, the sixth Bassmaster ...

Photo courtesy of BASS Communications Kriet Celebrates Birthday in Style with Lead at Clarks Hill Lake   Getting in contention at Elite Series tournaments has not been a problem for Jeff ...

Despite changing water levels, the threat of nasty weather and moderate boat traffic in his primary area, Kevin Short of Mayflower, Ark., made zero adjustments Friday, opting instead to keep thing ...

BASS Communications - Seigo Saito Considered a pioneer of the swimbait craze, Byron Velvick, a West Coast transplant, furthered his legacy with the bait Sunday at Clear Lake, taking the Golde ...

  BASS photo   Byron Velvick remained hot today and extended his lead at Clear Lake going into the final day tomorrow. He had a 5 bass limit that weighed 24-8 today for a total of 75-8 fo ...

 Photo courtesy of B.A.S.S. Del Rio, Texas angler Byron Velvick took the day-one lead at Clear Lake today with a five-bass limit weighing 29-0. Velvick has been here before with a win and ...

    BASS photo   From BASS: The equivalent, for an angler, to Lebron James swishing a last-second three-pointer is to land a 5-pounder on the last cast.  John Crews of Salem ...

The Wired2Fish staff had the opportunity to follow the anglers as they came off the stage and into the press room after weighing in at the Bassmaster Classic that concluded Sunday on Lay Lake ...

  A familiar trio danced around one another again at the top of the Bassmaster Classic leaderboard Saturday, but with a slight shuffle in the lineup. Wired angler Jeff Kriet of Ardmore, Okla., ...

  Through black ice, snow and cold, windy weather the Wired2Fish team (Todd Hammill, Terry Brown, Jason Sealock and Brad Raymond from G2) have arrived in Birmingham, Alabama for ...

  Alabama pro Matt Herren's new wrap is with Santone Lures and Skeeter Boats and its sweet. Check out the the giant mosquito flying through the flames. Nice touch! ...

   Elite Series pro joins Marty Stone and Pete Ponds at Bandit...  Bandit Lures announced today that BASS Elite Series pro Matt Herren has joined Bandit’s National Pro St ...

         European rod manufacturer Colmic announced today that they have signed Bassmaster Elite Series pro Matt Herren. With over 30 years experience buildi ...

  BASS announced Thursday the field for the 2010 Bassmaster Elite Series, the most visible and prestigious tournament trail in fishing.  The field of 95 of the world’s top anglers w ...

Today on Unplugged Wired contributor Alan Clemons talks to Elite Series Pro Matt Herren about his practice for the upcoming Bassmaster Classic. To read click here. ...

  You have a major championship coming up more than two months from now, the seasons will begin changing by then and your last practice day on the water was Sunday.   So how do the Bassma ...

   How does this sound for a rookie season tale of the tape? Eight Elite Series tournaments, nine Bassmaster Opens, eleven checks and 55,000 miles staring into a windshield, criss-crossing ...

More than three months away from the 2010 Bassmaster Classic, the full field of 51 anglers was finalized Saturday with Darrell West of Drasco, Ark., winning the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series ...

  Well known Texas jig and spinnerbait manufactuer Santone Lures announced today that they have signed Elite Series pro Matt Herren. “ I’m very excited to have the opportunity to w ...

    As the top two finishers in the season’s Bassmaster Northern Open division standings, Frank Scalish of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Bassmaster Elite Series veteran Kotaro Kiriy ...

  As the formerly shy and quiet Billy McCaghren signed autographs and mingled with the fans on the last day of the last Elite Series event of the season, he did it without his Rookie of the Year ...

  Wired2Fish pro staffers know how to fish. They are on the top of their game and qualifying for the best of the best year end events prove it.  Scott Suggs and Brent Ehrler made the ...

Bassmaster Elite Series’ 37 Qualifying Spots Set for 2010 Bassmaster Classic Top 83 Pros also Qualify for 2010 Elite Series Season The final list of the Bassmaster Classic qualifies and to ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – After a slow and steady season of progression through the ranks of nine first-year BASS pros, Billy McCaghren of Mayflower, Ark., was officially named Bassmaster Elites Seri ...

Howell Leads Tight Leaderboard at Bassmaster Elite Series Regular-Season Finale on Oneida Lake Randy Howell has treated Oneida Lake much like a complex puzzle. After four consecutive years of ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2009   Arkansas’ Kevin Short Scores First Bassmaster Elite Series Victory on Mississippi River   FORT MADISON, Iowa – Tapping into his exten ...

Iowa Awaits Bassmaster Elite Series’ First Visit for the Genuity River Rumble on Mighty Mississippi     The second longest river in America has been waiting for BASS for a while. Th ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2009   Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year Leader Kevin VanDam Aims to Keep up Momentum at Kentucky Lake, Site of 2008 Victory   For related imag ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2009 Alabama’s Aaron Martens Holds on For Fifth BASS Victory at Bassmaster Elite Series Slugfest on Guntersville GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. – Despite nearly rel ...

We’ve officially hit the halfway mark in this abbreviated eight-event Bassmaster Elite Series season. If you’re riding high on the fantasy horse, like our good buddy and ...

PAYNE LEADS DAY ONE OF SOUTHERN OPEN DECATUR, ALABAMA - Chris Payne of West Blocton, Alabama, relied on several different baits to amass the biggest bag of the day of 18 pounds, 8 ounces at the Bas ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2009 Bassmaster Elite Series Swings by 2010 Bassmaster Classic State of Alabama for Fifth Event on Lake Guntersville After an exciting finish to the fourth event ...