John Crews – Prep for Elite Season Hey folks, John Crews here with my first installment of the Crews Missile Blog on Advanced Angler. By the time you read this, I'll be in Orange, Tex. for the first Elite Series event on the Sabine River and...
Mark Menendez – Yesterday was a Tough Day Yesterday was the first day of Elite Series practice. I am not there for the first time in the history of the Elite Series. I think I am dealing with it fairly well! My new task is not to fish as much. It is...
Dynamic Blog – Sabine River, Sharks and Sirius Radio Four of the most accomplished and popular pros find themselves just 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to begin the 2013 Bassmaster Elite Series Season. VanDam, Iaconelli, Scroggins and Swindle graciously share...
Stephen Browning – Ready for Redemption Stephen Browning here; ‘til next week when the green flag drops for the first Elite tournament of the year, I am going to be looking for some redemption. It was only a few years ago that I had fished an...
Mark Menendez – Around the World in Three Days As I write this blog entry, my truck is outside cooling off from another road trip. I was at the Bass Pro Shops Spring Sales event at three different stores in three days! I represented Strike King on this...
Boyd Duckett – Classic Saturday Scorecard A few weeks ago I said that I would be utilizing a personal scoring system this year at every tournament. It’s called the Saturday Scorecard. The big-picture reason I’m doing this is so I can have a...
Dave Lefebre – Classic – then Home and Away I’m on an airplane now, heading back from the Classic in Tulsa and I hate it. Flying not only terrifies me, but it hurts my head and ears. As I’m typing I feel like my ears are actually bleeding, but Lord...
Boyd Duckett – 2013 Classic Day Two I've had a steady, consistent two days of fishing so far at the Classic. Unfortunately, steady and consistent won’t win you a Classic. It will help you fish on Sunday, but what I needed was one monster-bag...
Dynamic Blog Road Show The drive from Tulsa to Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees is a solid hour-and-a-half morning commute for Bassmaster Classic pros. It’s easily the greatest distance ever traveled between competition waters and...
Boyd Duckett – 2013 Classic Day One TULSA, Okla. - I tell you, this never gets old. I was late coming to the game at this level. I was in my mid-forties when I fished my first Classic, but now this is my sixth. It will never, ever, ever get...
Dynamic Blog – Ribeyes and Waypoints Q: How many GPS waypoints do you think you’ll actually rely on in the Bassmaster Classic? Scroggins: I’d say as few as 5. Swindle: 10 Lee: 15 Q: If we imagine the Shangri-La Marina area to be Grand...
Boyd Duckett – Day Before Classic TULSA, Okla. - Well, the Bassmaster Classic kicks off tomorrow morning, and we’re going to be shoving off in 22-degree weather. So what’s that going to be like? Well, right now the bottom of the boat is an...