John Murray – A Good Start to Summer by John Murray It has been a good first couple of weeks of June. I ended my tournament at Dardanelle and we have a little bit of a break, about a month and a half break before the next elite. So that...
Dynamic – Three Lures Gerald Swindle Chooses for Early Summer Gerald Swindle tells stories of days prior to turning pro 20 years ago when he’d frame houses in the unmerciful hot Alabama sun, then throw down the hammer he hated late in the day just in time to go chase...
Boyd Duckett – Crowded water, a different mindset at Dardanelle by Boyd Duckett The Elite Series is on Lake Dardanelle this coming weekend, and under normal circumstances that would be good news for me. I love river systems, and I especially appreciate Dardanelle. I...
Boyd Duckett – Handling success and failure: Don’t get too high and don’t lose twice by Boyd Duckett One of the keys to being a consistent, successful angler is learning how to handle both failure and success. Whereas you shouldn’t get overconfident during a run of success, you also need...
Dynamic Blog – Pots and Pans for Kevin VanDam on Ross Barnett A lotta things change in three decades, so Kevin VanDam is putting in long practice days on Ross Barnett in preparation for this week’s Bassmaster Elite presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, because the...
Cody Meyer Talks about his New Daiwa Tatula Elite Dropshot Rod The team at Daiwa has allowed their pros to produce a series of rods tailored to their specifications, and Cody Meyer has built what he believes to be the best dropshot rod on the market today. HEar what...
Dynamic – Terry “Big Show” Scroggins Holds it together with Duct Tape at Toledo Bend Before he became a full-time pro, Terry Scroggins spent 16 years piecing wrecked cars back together in the family auto body business. But during day one of competition at the Bassmaster Elite Series event...
Dynamic – How Shaw Grigsby Adapts to Major Weather Changes During the Spawn It’d be difficult to dispute that any angler in the history of pro fishing has cashed more paychecks from catching spawning bass than Shaw Grigsby. He’s won nine B.A.S.S. events, and nearly all of those...
Dynamic – VanDam, Powroznik and Swindle talk Toledo Bend Kevin VanDam and Jacob Powroznik have both won recent Bassmaster Elite Series events on Toledo Bend. And reigning Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year, Gerald Swindle, recently finished second on the giant...
Boyd Duckett – Mountain #2 – Toledo Bend We’re at Toledo Bend for the third regular-season event, and here are my quick, general thoughts about the first two Elite Series events and the Bassmaster Classic. It’s nice to start an event in...
Dynamic – VanDam Says Wind Is Not Your Friend on Toledo Bend Wednesday morning had a weird vibe at Cypress Bend Park’s well-known boat ramp on Toledo Bend. It was as though all the stars slept in on the final day of practice for the Bassmaster Elite Series...
Dynamic – Jordan Lee Balances Phone and Fishing at Toledo Bend The air was thick and humid, so Jordan Lee wore red Carhartt rain bibs to easily avoid a wet butt from boat seats soaked with morning dew to begin the second day of practice for the Bassmaster Elite Series on...