Small Powerful Blades with McClelland 8/31/2011 - Story and Photos by Dan O'Sullivan The summer to fall transition can be a blessing and a curse. So much of the country is still in the heat of the summer, so early morning topwater followed by an...
Jay Yelas – FLW Cup Wrap Up The 2011 Forrest Wood Cup was incredible. I was pleased to see my friend Scott Martin take home the Cup, and I know he will make a great Champion. Scott did an outstanding job finding and catching the winning...
Boyd Duckett – Sometimes Lucky – Sometimes Not Sometimes you get lucky. It happened to me last week. Twice actually. I was in Sandusky, Ohio to compete in the BASS Northern Open event on Lake Erie. The first piece of luck happened when I found a roadside...
Alternative Flipping with Dean Rojas 8/29/2011 - Story and Photos by Dan O'Sullivan The 2011 Elite Series event at Toledo Bend Reservoir turned out to be a breakthrough for Lake Havasu, Ariz. pro Dean Rojas. Not because he won; Rojas had...
Skeet’s Beat – Go Skeet Racer Go I got a huge rush of adrenaline this weekend. If you remember back a few years ago, I was introduced to Brian Barnhart, the President of the IZOD Indy Car Series and Kevin “Rocket†Blanch; the...
Shallow Plugs with JVD 8/28/2011 - Story by Dan O'Sullivan - photo courtesy B.A.S.S. / Seigo Saito Jonathon VanDam is a 23-year-old up and coming Elite Series pro from Kalamazoo, Mich. VanDam, as familiarity with the name suggests,...
Lobina Lures – John Karbowski Rico Advanced Angler reader and Lobina Lures Rico Fan John Karbowski, of Gloversville, NY, recently discovered that the Rico is capable of catching huge numbers of bass all day long, and big bass too. On an outing...
AMart Blog: Kids in School – Time to Get in Shape It’s my birthday and I’ll Blog if I Want To 8-25-2011 Well, it was actually yesterday. I turned the big 39 yesterday, and it was a good day. I spent a portion of the day at the pool with the...
Controlled Drift for Big Cats Editor’s Note – Phil King is well known in catfishing circles. He is the owner and operator of Phil King's Catfishing Guide Service on the Tennessee River Valley Lakes and has been a strong competitor on...
Dynamic Blog – Ike and Martin Truex Jr by Alan McGuckin – Dynamic Last October, the good folks at Toyota Racing graciously issued Mike Iaconelli a custom-fitted fire suit for a 120 mph hot lap with NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr. around Charlotte Motor Speedway. Later that...
Brent Chapman: Busy Summer, Catching Up I thought this summer was going to be a take it easy, relaxing summer. Instead, I have something going on pretty much every weekend and lots of projects around the houses. I visited one of my sponsors,...
Boyd Duckett – Major League Fishing Let me say, first, that Advanced Angler is a terrific forum for our sport. I enjoy of seeing the variety of offerings on this Web site, and I hope I can add a few cents that will make what you read this in...