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B.A.S.S. Announces 2012 Elite Series Field1/4/2012 2:21:33 PM
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 ...
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Lane and Faircloth Added to Major League Fishing Roster10/19/2011 10:00:23 AM
Bobby Lane and Todd Faircloth, two of the most accomplished and popular pro anglers in the U.S., have been added to the prestigious group of competitors scheduled to fish the MAJOR LEAGUE FISHINGTM ...
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Five Questions with Northern Open Points Champ9/30/2011 9:04:08 AM
Photo courtesy of Rob Russow / B.A.S.S. Communications
1. You have qualified for the Elites before and have again done it as the Northern Opens points champion. Are you making the step to the E ...
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Bassmaster Releases 2012 Open Schedule9/22/2011 2:14:55 PM
B.A.S.S. LLC announced
the 2012 schedule today for a three-division Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster
Open circuit that will hit nine bass fisheries in nine different states.
Timing on the fisheries ...
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Low Water and Shallow Bass Fishing in Bassmaster Open9/9/2011 7:30:41 AM
Low water levels on the Arkansas River are providing distinct
advantages to the anglers who can get shallow, as the top two anglers in
the Bass Pro Shops Central Open on the Arkansas River uti ...
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Bassmaster Elite Series 2012 Schedule Released8/30/2011 9:34:51 AM
Lucky 7 plus one marks the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule. It’s the seventh year of the world’s premier competitive bass fishing circuit, and with it come seven premium venues for ...
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Tournament News | Auten Wins PAA AOY8/22/2011 11:00:32 AM
Neely Henry Lake was pretty doggone good to Ranger Boats pro Todd Auten.
The quiet veteran from South Carolina came here two years ago and won a
storm-shortened PAA Tournament Series e ...
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Yamamoto Leads PAA on Neely Henry8/18/2011 6:21:03 PM
By PAA Communications
Gary Yamamoto never had dropped a boat into Neely Henry Lake until last
Monday morning, the first day of practice for the Bass Pro Shops PAA
Tournament Series presente ...
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New Major League Fishing Tournament Circuit Announced8/4/2011 8:38:34 AM
The Outdoor Channel and 24 top-tier professional bass anglers have partnered together to create a new fishing tournament circuit called Major League Fishing. This new tournament-fishing endeavor ...
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Tournament News | Ashley to the Top5/14/2011 6:15:44 PM
B.A.S.S. Communications
Four sporadic morning hours on a topwater bite were enough to carry Casey Ashley of Donalds, S.C., from the runner-up spot to the top Saturday in the Evan Williams Bourb ...
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Fishing Tactics | Water levels matter4/22/2011 2:58:06 PM
By Terry Brown
Across the Midwest, South Central, and Upper South it has been raining buckets in recent weeks. Rising water means another change in the position of the ...
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Tournament News | Golden Leads Elite Series Event3/10/2011 7:30:34 PM
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 ...
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Classic News | KVD Back On Top -- Again2/19/2011 9:01:08 PM
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 ...
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Classic and Elite Anglers Sporting Power-Poles2/2/2011 10:30:16 AM
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- ...
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Tournament News | PAA All Star Series Event Details1/26/2011 9:32:55 AM
Fifty top professional bass fishermen will attack Lake Ray Hubbard in April in the inaugural Bass Pro Shops PAA All Star Series tournament.
The no-entry fee tournament will be April 21-23 a ...
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Tournament News | Bassmaster Elite Series Set for 20111/11/2011 5:00:00 PM
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 ...
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Hackney's Christmas Wish12/17/2010 1:52:33 PM
By Alan McGuckin
Many of you believe Greg Hackney already has everything you want for Christmas. With an FLW Championship title, $2 million dollars in tournament prize money, a shirt full of ...
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Shallow Thinking Leads to Success10/20/2010 11:32:50 PM
Few fishing prognostics would have predicted pro bass angler Tommy Biffle to have a chance at claiming the Angler of the Year (AOY) title at the Professional Anglers Association's (PAA) final even ...
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Local Long Wins PAA on Table Rock10/17/2010 7:05:59 PM
American National pro Shane Long figured his 20 years of experience on Table Rock Lake and the “four swimmers and a 5-pounder” he caught Saturday would be enough to clinch the PAA Ba ...
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Long Leads PAA event10/16/2010 12:06:19 AM
American National pro Shane Long of Missouri leaped into the lead with 16.78 pounds Friday for a two-day total of 29.28 going into the final day on Table Rock in the PAA Bass Pro Shops Tournament Seri ...
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Sunline FC Sniper is Super Fluorocarbon Line9/21/2010 7:13:36 AM
We are very fortunate in fishing today that we have the best equipment. We have the best electronics, the best rods and reels, and the best in baits. We also have the best in li ...
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Gene Larew Biffle Hard Head Available....9/17/2010 3:05:56 PM
Tommy Biffle is known for flipping and ptiching but recently has added "bottom buggin" to his arsenal as well with the new Gene Larew Biffle Bug and Hard Head weighted hook. We ran a " ...
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Combs maintains lead at Tawakoni...9/11/2010 7:55:33 AM
Power Tackle pro Keith Combs of Texas has a two-day
total of 38.04 pounds and maintained his lead Friday in the the PAA Bass Pro
Shops Tournament Series presented by Carrot Stix ...
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Combs Jumps Out to Big Lead on Tawakoni9/9/2010 11:12:26 PM
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 ...
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Gene Larew Biffle Hard Head Contest.....Winners8/10/2010 6:35:09 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Gene Larew Hard Head Contest. The Hard Head and Biffle Bug information is available on the Gene Larew website. You can buy them by clicking ...
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KVD is on top once again7/31/2010 11:08:36 PM
Photos by Tammy CookAt this point, the only thing hotter than Kevin VanDam is Alabama in late July. The Kalamazoo, Mich., veteran closed in typical fashion on the Alabama River Saturday, scoring ...
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KVD Wins Again7/31/2010 7:20:08 PM
Photo by Seigo Saito/ BASS Communications
KVD just captured his impressive sixth AOY title and his third in a row. Just like last year, he won the last event of the Trophy Chase format and be ...
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Reese again chased by VanDam...7/31/2010 10:35:41 AM
BASS photo
As usual, Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., did what he had to do and took his familiar position at the top of the leaderboard but Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., did just enough too, pos ...
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Lane Takes Victory and Big Bite out of Reese's Lead7/25/2010 9:15:37 PM
Photos courtesy of BASS Communications
Heading into this week, Russ Lane of Prattville, Ala., just wanted to win a few boats. He didn’t see any plausible scenario where he could overt ...
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Reese's Lead on AOY Still Solid7/24/2010 8:54:03 PM
Photo by Seigo Saito / BASS Communications
Dodging a serious bullet, Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., extended his lead—albeit by .5 points -- in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year sta ...
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Lane Leads 12 in Trophy Chase on Lake Jordan7/24/2010 5:56:40 PM
Photo by Alan McGuckin
Our buddy, Big Bite Baits pro Russ Lane of Alabama was calm and anxious for the tournament to start when we talked to him last week at ICAST. He was confident he knew what ...
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Ranger Boats Tommy Biffle makes it two...7/13/2010 10:00:00 AM
Just a few weeks after it appeared that he might not qualify for the BASS Elite Series postseason, Ranger Pro Tommy Biffle is heading into the homestretch of July as one of t ...
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Biffle Wins in impressive fashion again7/11/2010 4:32:28 PM
Chalk up another one to experience and persistence for ol’ hardhead Tommy Biffle.
You have to fish out in deeper water in summer, people say. You can’t catch them shallow because it ...
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Two in a Row7/10/2010 7:23:01 PM
Tommy Biffle notched another win today with an impressive comeback. He weighed the biggest limit of the tournament to capture the victory with a three-day weight of 36.18 pounds of bass. He had a ...
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Lane Extends Lead at Cherokee7/10/2010 12:23:53 AM
Bobby Lane certainly wasn’t ready to
throw in the towel, but he knew something had to give with only about an
hour of fishing remaining before his check-in time.
The Spiderwire pro from Fl ...
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PAA Day Two Results7/9/2010 4:31:02 PM
Day two is in the books at the Professional Anglers Association lid lifter at Lake Cherokee in Tennessee. Florida's Bobby Lane took the lead and has about a four pound cushion over s ...
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Hallman, Lane Tied for First on Lake Cherokee7/8/2010 10:54:53 PM
What many thought would be a tournament featuring the skills of offshore anglers has turned into a shallow-water chess match where every bite is critical.
The opening event of the PAA Bass Pro Sh ...
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PAA Top 5 from today...7/8/2010 3:49:11 PM
Below are the top 5 from the PAA Tournament at Lake Cherokee. More detailed info to follow.
1. Bradley Hallman 15.57
2. Bobby Lane 15.32
3. Harold Allen 14.12
4. David ...
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Biffle Keeps it Simple7/6/2010 1:21:18 PM
By Alan McGuckin, Dynamic Sponsorships
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has absolutely nothing in common with Tommy Biffle.
However, the 18th Century German philosopher nailed Biffle’s st ...
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Biffle weighs in....Bottom Bugging?6/23/2010 2:19:52 PM
Today on Weighing In with Terry Brown BASS Elite pro Tommy Biffle talks about his win at Ft.Gibson and the new technique he brought to the table called "Bottom Bugging". His namesa ...
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Biffle's Jointed Jig Head......Another version6/22/2010 9:26:17 AM
Dollohan photo
When Gary Dollohan sent us a picture of Tommy Biffle's winning rig of the Gene Larew Biffle Bug and a specialized jointed football head it got us thinking. A company in ...
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Biffle win gives Mercury clean sweep....6/22/2010 7:56:38 AM
Mercury angler Tommy Biffle felt so good about his chances he mowed his lawn Wednesday, went to work Thursday on Lake Fort Gibson near Muskogee, Okla., and handily wrapped up the $10 ...
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Classic Berths from Elites locked in..6/21/2010 7:31:02 AM
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 ...
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Reese heads into post season with big lead...6/21/2010 7:26:39 AM
BASS photo
After narrowly missing out on his second Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year in 2009, Skeet Reese of Auburn, California, is leaving little to chance in 2010 with a ...
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Biffle Wins on Ft. Gibson6/20/2010 6:24:32 PM
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 ...
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Biffle Leads Top 12 heading into Finals6/19/2010 7:24:00 PM
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 ...
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Biffle Still on Top and Goofing Around6/18/2010 6:50:54 PM
BASS Communications
If this is how Tommy Biffle performs when the Wagoner, Okla., veteran is just “goofing around”, the other 46 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers that qualified for t ...
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Biffle Still Leading on Ft. Gibson6/18/2010 5:18:51 PM
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 ...
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The real Tommy Biffle...6/18/2010 8:23:19 AM
By Gary Dollahon, Dollahon PR
Without a doubt, Tommy Biffle got home field advantage when this week's BASS Elite Series event was changed to Ft. Gibson Lake, which is lite ...
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Biffle leads day one on home lake..6/18/2010 7:19:58 AM
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 ...
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VanDam's Domination on Kentucky Lake Extends6/10/2010 10:55:43 PM
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 ...
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Williamson Wows on Home Lake5/23/2010 5:37:40 PM
Photo and story courtesy BASS Communications
EVANS, Ga. – The stars were perfectly aligned for Jason Williamson heading into the final day of the Pride of Georgia on Clarks Hill Lake.&n ...
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Hometown Favorite Williamson Leads After Three5/22/2010 5:13:09 PM
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 ...
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Big Show Up By an Ounce on Clarks Hill5/21/2010 5:12:59 PM
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 ...
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