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  • Only Way I Know

    Only Way I Know

    Bassmaster Classic Kick Off! FBF to James Overstreet's Only Way I Know

  • Oroville Hosts Wild West Bass Trail

    Oroville Hosts Wild West Bass Trail

    The Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) California Pro/Am circuit continues its season with its second stop at Lake Oroville. As many as 200 anglers will assemble on the Sierra Nevada foothills fishery on March 5-6 to vie for over $100,000 in payouts.

  • Bassmaster Classic Predictions: Techniques and Weights with the 2014 Classic Champ

    Bassmaster Classic Predictions: Techniques and Weights with the 2014 Classic Champ

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    With the Bassmaster Classic quickly approaching, the 55 anglers have been studying up on Grand Lake. For those who also fished in 2013, they are trying to determine what will be different this time around. The 2014 Classic Champ Randy Howell falls into that category and he believes it will be different from the last championship and possibly won with lower weights than the year that Cliff Pace won the event with a three-day catch of 54 pounds, 12 ounces.

  • Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic | Rippin' & Crankin' Plan for Brandon Card

    Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic | Rippin' & Crankin' Plan for Brandon Card

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    With the Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake, Okla. approaching, Elite Series pro Brandon Card believes these two techniques will be the best way for him to catch fish in the biggest bass tournament in the world. He has relied on these techniques over the years and always uses them when the water temperature dips.

  • Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic |  Strategies with James Elam

    Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic | Strategies with James Elam

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    James Elam, the 29-year-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma first signed his invitation to the 2016 Bassmaster Classic by winning the Central Open on Fort Gibson back in September of 2015. Elam is now set to fish the biggest fishing event of his career and it could not be more exciting. What many may not realize is that Grand Lake is considered Elam’s home lake and this is an opportunity to compete on bass fishing’s biggest stage.

  • Hugo wins WWBT Hold Up on Havasu presented by Add-A-Wrap

    Hugo wins WWBT Hold Up on Havasu presented by Add-A-Wrap

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    The Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) wrapped up its Add-A-Wrap Industrial Decals “Hold Up on Havasu” Pro/Am this past weekend, paying out over $100,000 to the 200 anglers competing in the event.

  • Edwin Evers Previews the Bassmaster Classic

    Edwin Evers Previews the Bassmaster Classic

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    He has never won a Classic, but always seems to do well in his home state and many are picking him to win it. In this article. he shares some insight for the event and what patterns he thinks will be used to win it all.

  • Baker and Kenyon runaway victors at Wild West Bass Trail Shasta Teams

    Baker and Kenyon runaway victors at Wild West Bass Trail Shasta Teams

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    The Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) welcomed 110 boats to Lake Shasta on Feb. 27 for its second circuit stop of the California Teams division. Partners Sage Baker, of Shasta Lake and Jon Kenyon of Redding, Calif. bested the field with a seven-fish limit for 28.65, leaving their nearest competitors trailing by 9 lbs.

  • Exposed Season 5 - Brent Ehrler - California Delta Preview

    Exposed Season 5 - Brent Ehrler - California Delta Preview

    2015 Bassmaster Elite at California Delta - Day 1 Practice - full video at www.propatterns.com

  • Taking West Coast Fishing Experiences to The Classic with Josh Bertrand

    Taking West Coast Fishing Experiences to The Classic with Josh Bertrand

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    “Being from the southwest, one thing all of our lakes have in common is that they are rock dominated. Some have brush, some have grass, but rock is dominant in the west no matter where you fish,” he said. “I grew up fishing rock and one thing I like about Grand Lake is that it is a rock lake…rockier than most lakes in that area.”

  • Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic | Locating Winning Fish with Randy Howell

    Countdown to the Bassmaster Classic | Locating Winning Fish with Randy Howell

    “Most people who plant brush piles do it in a fairly predictable way. You will often find them on flat points in even depth numbers, like 10- or 20-ft and then also right off the end of docks where people have pushed them from their own docks,” he said. Using this as a starting point, he uses SideScan to find and then mark them with a waypoint. To quickly be able to find them again, Howell adds a detailed description along with a symbol showing a tree. “I’m very specific when I add the detail and will type in all of the information like how many brush piles, how many bites I got there and everything else I can think of, so I don’t forget it when I come back,” he added.

  • Bassmaster Classic Strategies: Bobby Lane’s Arsenal

    Bassmaster Classic Strategies: Bobby Lane’s Arsenal

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    The 2015 Bassmaster Classic was held in frigid conditions at Lake Hartwell, SC. Florida pro Bobby Lane used a type of bait known for their success in cold conditions, a shad profile crankbait. He predicts that this exact bait will once again help him in the 2016 Bassmaster Classic and also added two more lures that he expects to rely on at Grand Lake, Okla.

  • Daiwa Pros Howell and Ehrler Look Ahead to the Bassmaster Classic

    Daiwa Pros Howell and Ehrler Look Ahead to the Bassmaster Classic

    Daiwa pros and Classic contenders Randy Howell and Brent Ehrler look ahead to the 2016 Bassmaster Classic at Grand Lake in Tulsa, Okla.

  • Successful Strategies for Fishing Behind a Boater

    Successful Strategies for Fishing Behind a Boater

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    Making the most out of used water comes down to adaptation and a confidence in your ability to make a move from the back of the boat. Co-anglers continue to learn and adjust to not only fishing conditions, environmental patterns and all of the other known stressors in tournament bass fishing, but these men and women must also compete on the fly where many times, boaters can throw serious curve balls throughout the day. This article is meant to help drive the co-angler’s ability to adapt and overcome.

  • 2016 ISE International Sportsmen's Expos & Arizona Boat Show

    2016 ISE International Sportsmen's Expos & Arizona Boat Show

    Digital guide to the ISE Arizona | Exhibitor list, event map and, theater schedules Demo Tank with seminars from Joe Uribe Jr., Johnny Johnson and many more.

  • FLW Circuit Breaker | Mark Daniels Jr. on the  Potomac River

    FLW Circuit Breaker | Mark Daniels Jr. on the Potomac River

    In the last regular season event prior to the 2015 Forrest Wood Cup, Mark Daniels Jr faces off against the fish on the historic Potomac River. This exciting tidal fishery changes not only day to day, but hour to hour. MDJ's ultimate goal is to simply keep the wheels on the wagon and maintain his qualifying rank to reach the championship. However, with his family riding along to cheer him on, can he set his sights even higher, fishing his way into a Top 20 cut?

  • Tackle How-To: Early Topwater

    Tackle How-To: Early Topwater

    Learn how to fish Topwater early in the season in this Lucky Tackle Box tips video. Water temps are heating up everywhere and it's time to start looking for giant bass on topwater baits.

  • Ish’s Durante-Nose Popper

    Ish’s Durante-Nose Popper

    Monroe is a perfectionist when it comes to tweaking his signature series baits. Take for example Ish’s Phat Frog, a hollow body frog design modified like no other hollow body frog on the market. “The first thing anglers will visually notice is a flatten profile. Holding my Phat Frog reveals a heavier body with legs that hang straight back, making for an extremely effective frog walking-hopping action.” #TBT

  • Project T 2016 EPISODE 8 | Pro's Point of View

    Project T 2016 EPISODE 8 | Pro's Point of View

    Daiwa's latest episode Project T Episode 8 is out regarding the new Tatula CT.

  • Wild West Bass Trail Heads to Havasu

    Wild West Bass Trail Heads to Havasu

    The Wild West Bass Trail (WWBT) heads south for its second Arizona Pro/Am circuit stop on Feb. 27 – 28. Two hundred pro and co anglers will compete for cash awards that will top $100,000.