Bass Fishing

Anthony stumbles, misses out on Bassmaster Classic

Louisiana’s Samuel Anthony couldn’t hold onto the BASS Central Divisional lead during the BASS Federation Nation National Championship that wound up yesterday on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes. Anthony led the division after the second day, but had fallen less than 3 pounds behind Texas’ Bryan Schmidt when the scales settled.[…]

Bass Fishing

Lazy Anglers

Although the summer days are loosely labeled as lazy here in LouisianAlthough the summer days are loosely labeled as lazy here in Louisiana, November is actually the best month to be a lazy bass angler at Lake D’Arbonne.a, November is actually the best month to be a lazy bass angler at Lake D’Arbonne.[…]

Bass Fishing

Wax On, Wax Off

I shuddered when my cell phone rang and I saw the name on the screen. Ken Sherman had told me we wouldn’t head out until 5:15 a.m., an obscenely late hour for the die-hard tournament angler.[…]

Bass Fishing

Diversionary Tactics

I climbed into Capt. Frank Lawson’s Champion bay boat fully expecting to catch redfish. The fact that he was tying on three bass lures only made me think that he would be showing me how to use bass tactics to catch redfish.[…]

Bass Fishing

Little Lake Syndrome

One of my platoon sergeants when I was in the Army stood maybe 5 1/2 feet tall after putting on his boots. At first glance, there wasn’t much to this fellow, a Fiat on a freeway full of Ford trucks.

However, it didn’t take me long to learn that there was more to this man than met the eye after he picked me up from my initial processing into my new assignment at Baumholder, Germany.

Little dog syndrome, little man syndrome — whatever you want to call it, my new boss for two years had it. Whatever he was lacking in size, he tried to cover up by physically asserting his presence, and he was good at it.[…]