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...
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...
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,...
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...
Being Heroes and Spreading Joy 8/22/2011 - Story by Dan O'Sullivan - photos by Dan O'Sullivan, B.A.S.S. / Seigo Saito and B.A.S.S. Forgive me for a moment while I depart from the usual content style of Advanced Angler to write from my...
Deep Cranking with the Crews Missile 8/21/2011 - Story and Photos by Dan O'Sullivan Crankbaits are fish catchers. More importantly, crankbaits are fish locators. There may be no better tool for quickly locating biting bass than a lipped diving...
Every Rico Has a Story – Brewer Splashdown 8/18/2011 - Story and Photos Courtesy of Jody Only It is true every Rico has a story and I, myself have seen the “Every Rico has a Story” contest before; but always had the image of needing to tell the...
Choosing Reel Speeds the KVD Way 8/15/2011 - Story and Photos by Alan McGuckin - Dynamic “Slow it down. Don’t reel so fast. You’ll get a lot more bites. This water is really stained,” emphasized VanDam to a weekend warrior along for...
FLW Cup In-Depth – Champion Scott Martin 8/15/2011 - Story by Dan O'Sullivan - photos by Tom Leogrande / Advanced Angler The 2011 Forrest Wood Cup is in the books, and as most of you know by now, Scott Martin from Clewiston, Fla. claimed victory in...
Beyond the Pond – Miyu Fukae 8/9/2011 - Story by Jody Only - photos courtesy of Shin and Miyu Fukae “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~ French Writer and Nobel Prize winner Andre...
Flipping Deep Hidden Grass with Greg Hackney 8/8/2011 - Story and photos by Dan O'Sullivan Flippin’ has long been a very popular way to catch bass year round, but in the summer time, Flippin’ can become one of the only ways to catch bass. When on a...
2011 FLW Cup Preview 8/7/2011 - Story by Dan O'Sullivan - photos by Jason Duran This week marks the start of the 16th FLW Tour Championship known as the Forrest Wood Cup. Named after Forrest L. Wood, the FLW Outdoors championship...