The 2018 Bassmaster Classic is returning to familiar waters.
The 48th annual world championship of professional bass fishing will be held March 16-18 in Greenville, S.C. on Lake Hartwell, which played host to the Classic in 2008 and most recently in 2015[…]
LiveTarget, with its industry-leading designs and award-winning artificial lures, has added to its growing family with soft-plastic swimbaits that — even in their earliest stages of design — fool the forage fish they resemble so closely.[…]
The Tracker Pro Team 195 TXW is the largest, most-powerful, all-welded, modified Vee aluminum boat Tracker Marine has ever built. And no space was wasted, either. It’s packed that start at the bow with a huge bow casting deck and continue to the box beam, all-aluminum transom. […]
For coastal fly anglers, February can be the best of times and the worst of times.
The worst? Relentless wind. When it blows, it blows hard.[…]
Dusty Anders said Toledo Bend Reservoir is kind of intimidating for a fisherman new to the lake because it’s so big.
“I recommend that people pick an area, like one creek arm, and learn it,” Anders said. “Pick it apart.”[…]
Fifty years ago, Xpress Boats changed the horizon of aluminum boat building by being the first to weld an aluminum boat. Later, it pioneered construction based on using longitudinal rib construction rather than cross ribs and injecting expandable foam to create a unibody platform that exceeded Coast Guard Standards and provided enhanced performance while dramatically reducing hull noise and increasing the overall safety of their boats. […]
The F4 and F86 Center Console shallow-water boats harken back to the beginnings of the Excel Boat Co. With deep roots in duck hunting flooded Arkansas timber, Excel began with a need for tough durable boats and has grown to be a premier manufacturer of affordable models targeting the unique needs of outdoor recreational enthusiasts.[…]
A review of state’s waterbody management plans show that an estimated 1,264,533 Florida-strain bass were released into Lake Verrett, Grassy Lake and Lake Palourde areas between 1993 to 2011.[…]
Pro-Drive is a small company attuned to the wants and desires of its customers, building boats and motors to be used as a unit. Pro-Drive designers and builders all use shallow-water boats and drives when hunting and fishing, are open to suggestions and have the experience to make ideas work. […]
Although he spends most of his energy fishing heavy jigs and Texas rigs, Pineville Bassmaster pro Chad Wiley knows reaching for a ¾-ounce spinnerbait at the right time and place also can pay big dividends.[…]
Controlling a boat with using only a trolling motor can be challenging, particularly with stop-and-go crappie fishing.[…]
Lake Boeuf is one of Clyde Folse’s favorite fishing spots.
“It’s beautiful,” Folse said. “It’s close to where I live, (and) it produces a lot of fish and quality fish.”[…]
Clyde Folse didn’t grow up to be a fishing tackle manufacturer.
Rather, like thousands of other young Cajun men, the Des Allemands native was happy to land a secure job in the petrochemical or oil and gas production industries.[…]
Clyde Folse is a very particular guy when it comes to tackle, which is probably natural for a tackle maker.[…]
Marker buoys: You’re going to need a couple of those to take full advantage of Caney Lake’s deepwater crappie.[…]
Benson Bagwell doesn’t have much time for crappie fishing. But he is right in the middle of the action.[…]