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Wheeler, Johnson Claim Titles

First off, sorry for the lack of a recap article last week. We took a nice vacation, but we still managed to get the rankings updated – just no story. So, we figured this week […]

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Fish Facts: Smallmouth Bass

The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) goes by many nicknames—smallie, bronzeback, brownie, and brown bass, to name a few—which is a sign of its popularity in different parts of the country. It’s the most trout–like bass, […]

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Record Chickamauga Lake Bass

When Mark Powell decided to go fishing on Chickamauga Lake at 4 a.m. on Monday, May 5, he never expected to hook the biggest largemouth bass ever caught there. But that’s exactly what happened! Powell […]

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Secret Bass Technique

Professional bass anglers are a secretive group when it comes to how they catch their fish. Sure, they’ll go into great detail about what rod, reel and lure they caught them on, but they dance […]

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Bass University Frog Week

Today starts FROG WEEK on The Bass University TV.  Frog fishing is definitely one of the most exciting and heart breaking ways to fish for big bass!  New this week on Bass U TV are […]

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New-Format Fishing Featured In BASSfest

In bass fishing, BASSfest is the new black.  June 11-15 in Dayton, Tenn., BASSfest will be the latest innovation in pro fishing. Part competition, part festival, the five-day event will feature 140 of the best […]

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DeFoe Dials Up Victory On Douglas Lake

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Ott DeFoe got the monkey off his back by finally winning a major tournament on his home waters.  The Knoxville, Tenn., competitor clinched his first victory at Douglas Lake by catching […]

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Douglas Lake Is Home To DeFoe

Consistency has put Ott DeFoe in position to win his first Bassmaster event on his home waters of Douglas Lake.  “Every big tournament we’ve had here I have done well, but I have yet to […]

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Dewayne Wilson Sets The Pace

Dewayne Wilson put his custom-built rods to the ultimate test by catching a heavyweight limit and claiming the lead in the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open presented by Allstate at Douglas Lake. Willson, owner […]

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Smart Prep For Tournament Success

Anyone who’s fished a tournament knows there’s more to competing than simply showing up on game day and relying on sheer luck to put fish in the boat. Especially if you want to win. Serious […]

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Speak Out On Bass Management

Now is the time to provide your opinion about Florida’s proposed change to largemouth bass management by filling out a new online survey. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wants to be sure […]

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Secret For Growing World-Record Bass

GRINDTV REPORTED FIRST: For nearly four decades, a 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass reeled from Georgia’s Lake Montgomery stood as the highly coveted world record, and as the years passed that 1932 catch became increasingly special. […]

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100 Best Bass Lakes for 2014

Bassmaster Magazine’s third annual ranking of America’s best bass fisheries has been announced, and there is a new champion. Lake Michigan’s Sturgeon Bay beat out the hottest fisheries in the U.S. to take the No. […]

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Hack Attack Week on BU

It is Hack Attack Week on TheBassUniversity.com!  Greg Hackney is well known for being one of the best power fishermen on tour.  His brand new 45 minute shallow cranking class is a must watch for […]

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Bassmaster University At BASSfest

The modern era of bass fishing was jumpstarted in the late 1960s when a team of professional bass fishermen joined Ray Scott’s B.A.S.S. Seminar Trail and traveled the United States, teaching advanced fishing techniques to […]

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Post Spawn, Big Worm Fishing

There’s nothing that goes together with post spawn fish better than fishing a big worm on drops, edges and points. It’s been a fishing fact for many years when the bass move off the beds […]

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Suspicion Rears Its Head – The Lane Boat

Continuing coverage by B.A.S.S.: One day after Chris Lane’s bass boat was destroyed by fire, there are more questions than answers concerning the cause. “The fire marshal is trying to figure out the cause of […]

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Hackney Overtakes Crews

Patience certainly does have its virtues. Just ask Greg Hackney, the new leader in the Bassmaster Elite Series at Lake Dardanelle.  After landing a 4-pound largemouth soon after competition began Friday, Hackney stuck it out […]

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Crankin’ The Ozarks

Early spring can be a great time for “cranking” up some bass in the Ozark’s deep clear water reservoirs. Deep running crankbaits will produce largemouth, smallmouth and Kentucky spotted bass, along with some occasional white […]

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FL: Largemouth Bass Management Change

If you are among the 750,000-plus Florida bass anglers, now is the time to provide your opinion about Florida’s proposed change to largemouth bass conservation by filling out a new online survey. The change being […]

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Pad Fishing Ph.D.

B.A.S.S. 1st Posted in 2008: Bright green lily pads with stark white flowers make for memorable backgrounds in artists’ renderings of leaping largemouth. But consistently catching oversized bass from pads isn’t easy, nor is it […]

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Combs Cracks Century Mark

It might be time to rename the Toyota Texas Bass Classic the “Keith Combs Charity Tournament.” Heading into last weekend, Combs had already won two TTBCs and finished third and fourth the other two times […]

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A College Angler’s Advice

Hey there fish-fans. Today I want to talk about something that anyone who has ever fished a tournament can relate to, and that is losing. As anglers, and as competitors, we of course want to […]

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Keith Combs’ World Record Wins

The world championship of bass fishing, the Toyota Texas Bass Classic was decided by a world record-breaking performance from two-time winner and defending TTBC Champion Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas. Combs broke the tour-level world […]

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Possible World Record Spotted Bass

Marinij.com REPORTED: On a late winter’s day in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Novato angler Keith Bryan was passing the afternoon casting a lure from a boat drifting near the bank of New Melones Reservoir. Bryan, […]

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Bassmaster News App

B.A.S.S. has introduced its newest interactive app, Bassmaster News, to help fans stay connected to all things bass fishing, all the time.The Bassmaster News app is a daily news feed that brings the user up-to-the-minute […]

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Advanced Swim Jig Tips

Swim jigs have a reputation for catching big bass out of heavy cover. There is no telling how many tournaments have been won or giant bass caught on a swim jig. Of all the swim […]

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Slightly Warming Water

When it comes to weather and its affect on how the fish respond nothing changes the bite more than a few degrees of water temperature increase in the early spring time. This year with all […]

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BPS Go Outdoors Free Workshops

For families who are looking to expand their outdoor adventures beyond the neighborhood park and pool, Bass Pro Shops free workshops and activities at their Go Outdoors event are the perfect place to learn the […]

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Powroznik Powers Way

The only knock on him was that he’d never won a major event. Well, that knock is gone. After a near disastrous Day 3 at the Elite Series event at Toledo Bend, Powroznik rebounded with […]

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A Later Bass Spawn

Following an early warming that brought many of the bass out of deeper waters, cooler temperatures and high winds lately have slowed the bass spawn tremendously this year. Though a few spotted bass were able […]

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Powroznik Throws KO Punch

Jacob Powroznik delivered that punch Sunday in the form of two good-sized bass in the last hours of competition of the four-day Evan Williams Bourbon Bassmaster Elite at Toledo Bend.  “I’m speechless. That doesn’t happen […]

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Dean Rojas In The Lead

Toledo Bend Reservoir produced a little something extra — lagniappe in Louisiana French-speak — for Dean Rojas on Saturday.  Actually, that something extra was very large: a 7-pound, 2-ounce largemouth bass. And it proved to […]

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Road Trip Edgar Evins State Park, TN

Some places are preordained to be visited by anglers and their families. Edgar Evins State Park  is one of those places. This beautiful state park is located on the shores of Center Hill Lake. The […]

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California Dreamin’ For Jared Lintner

Jared Lintner went to extremes Thursday, the first day of the May 1-4 Evan Williams Bourbon Bassmaster Elite at Toledo Bend out of Many, La.  He was especially extreme in his choice of fishing lines […]

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Bass Pro Shops salutes NRA

Bass Pro Shops, the primary sponsor of Richard Childress Racing’s No. 3 Chevrolet SS driven by Austin Dillon in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, will pay tribute to the National Rifle Association’s members and the […]

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School-Bus Yellow For Bass

Chances are good that chartreuse is one of the primary colors in your tackle box. It’s a standard for spinnerbaits. As a dip, it sweetens the tails of soft plastics.  On crankbaits and topwaters, it […]