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Two Fish Enough For McCombs To Claim Victory

Sunday, April 30, 2017

By BassFan Staff For the vast majority of his 14 years away from the FLW Tour, Johnny McCombs couldn't have believed that a day like Sunday would ever more

Rookie Connell Pads Lead With 1 Day Left

Saturday, April 29, 2017

By BassFan Staff At ICAST last July, a group of pro bass anglers were milling around in the Garmin booth. Among them was Dustin Connell, who was taking more

McCombs Moves To Top With Massive Bag

Saturday, April 29, 2017

By BassFan Staff As an FLW Tour competitor from 1999 through 2003, Johnny McCombs logged a pair of top-10 finishes at Beaver Lake. Back on the circuit more

Connell Rides Morning Rally To Top Spot

Friday, April 28, 2017

By BassFan Staff The winds of change blew across Ross Barnett Reservoir today. And they’re fixing to keep blowing through the weekend as the Elite more

Meyer Maintains Narrow Lead With 12-08 Bag

Friday, April 28, 2017

By BassFan Staff Catching multiple quality fish on consecutive days from the same location is a rare occurrence at Beaver Lake, but Cody Meyer has more

Card’s 22-14 Seizes Top Spot At Ross Barnett

Thursday, April 27, 2017

By BassFan Staff Now the fun begins. Now we get to see what Ross Barnett Reservoir is really made of and if any of the Elite Series anglers who caught more

Meyer The Lone Angler To Top 16 Pounds

Thursday, April 27, 2017

By BassFan Staff With conditions at Beaver Lake altered dramatically since the start of practice last weekend, several anglers spoke on the eve of more

Beaver A Guessing Game As Water Keeps Rising

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Beaver Lake is unquestionably a better bass fishery these days than it was a decade ago. It may or may not confirm more

Cozy Confines Of Ross Barnett Proving Tough

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor While their FLW Tour brethren mix it up in northwest Arkansas at their annual Beaver Lake gathering this week, the more

Past Success At Venue Boosted Cox's Confidence

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor John Cox had a good feeling going into last week's Lake Chickamauga Bassmaster Southern Open in Tennessee. "I more

Prvonozac Stuck To Spawning Areas

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor The Grand Lake that Nick Prvonozac saw last week was nothing like the one he remembered from two years ago when he more

VanDam: Pay Attention To Blade, Color Combos

Monday, April 24, 2017

By Jonathan LePera Special to BassFan (Editor’s note: As part of our continuing Pro’s Corner series, this is part 3 of a 3-part feature on how pro more

Atkins Where He Always Expected To Be

Friday, April 21, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor People sometimes express a measure of disbelief when Justin Atkins tells them his sole focus since he was 7 more

Lane Seeks Decent Finish To Shift Momentum

Thursday, April 20, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Anybody who follows professional bass fishing closely knows that there's probably no angler in the sport who more

Attitude, Versatility Have Been Keys For Fritts

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor After the season that David Fritts had on the FLW Tour in 2016, few could've anticipated the strong start that more

Boyd Ready For Another Crack At Tour

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Allen Boyd's first "Living the Dream" season on the FLW Tour in 2012 got off to a good start, but more

Current Affairs: Canterbury Keys On Vertical Cover

Monday, April 17, 2017

By Jonathan LePera Special to BassFan Editor’s note: As part of our continuing Pro’s Corner series, this is part two of a three-part feature on how more

From Top To Bottom, Fish Were Scattered All Over

Friday, April 14, 2017

By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor The Toledo Bend Elite Series was a power-fisherman’s dream. It wasn’t easy to get a big bite, but it was easy to pick more

Good Ones Were Caught In Variety Of Ways

Thursday, April 13, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor The scenario that was predicted prior to last week's Lake Cumberland FLW Tour proved to be true: The massive more

Murray Stayed With What He Knew

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor Familiarity and confidence were two overarching themes to John Murray’s approach to the Toledo Bend Elite Series. He more

Martin Pulled 3 Species From 1 General Area

Monday, April 10, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Lake Cumberland presented the FLW Tour field with a lot of variables last week, but Scott Martin was determined more

Murray Mauls 24-15 To Score 1st Elite Series Win

Sunday, April 9, 2017

By BassFan Staff A few years ago, John Murray’s fishing career nearly ground to a halt due to the chronic joint pain brought on by a mysterious ailment more

Martin Captures 7th Tour Win At Cumberland

Sunday, April 9, 2017

By BassFan Staff One of the best anglers in FLW Tour history had a nightmarish day on Sunday at Lake Cumberland, and another one capitalized to extend more

Hartman's Lead Swells To 3-12 Entering Final Day

Saturday, April 8, 2017

By BassFan Staff Heading into day 3 of the Toledo Bend Elite Series, Jamie Hartman sat atop a cramped leaderboard where less than three pounds separated more

Wendlandt Pulls Further In Front At Cumberland

Saturday, April 8, 2017

By BassFan Staff Before his victory at the Potomac River in 2015, Clark Wendlandt had gone more than 14 years between FLW Tour wins. He appears determined more

Hartman Scrapes Together 15-12 For Day-2 Lead

Friday, April 7, 2017

By BassFan Staff The winds died down. The waves dissipated. The sun got high. And the fishing got … waaaaay tougher. After two days, it’s fair more

Wendlandt, Scanlon Just 2 Ounces Apart

Friday, April 7, 2017

By BassFan Staff Lake Cumberland toughened up a bit on the day after the arrival of a massive cold front, surrendering just three bags in excess of more

Wheeler Junks His Way To 25-01, Day-1 Lead

Thursday, April 6, 2017

By BassFan Staff This wasn’t how Jacob Wheeler anticipated things would go on day 1 at the Toledo Bend Elite Series. Never during or after practice more

Martin Atop Tight Leaderboard After Day 1

Thursday, April 6, 2017

By BassFan Staff The old adage that smallmouth bass love nasty weather was borne out on day 1 of the Lake Cumberland FLW Tour as 20 anglers caught more

New Year, New Toledo Bend To Tackle

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor In two of the last three years, Toledo Bend Reservoir has been tapped by the editors of Bassmaster Magazine more

Hard To Predict What Cumberland Will Offer

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Only one angler managed a 10-pounds-per-day average the last time Lake Cumberland hosted a tour-level event. more

Meyer Seeks Turnaround At Cumberland

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Seven-plus years into his tour-level career, Cody Meyer finds himself in his first true funk. The Californian's more

Houchin's Calculated Risk Paid Off

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

By Todd Ceisner BassFan Editor Quincy Houchin isn’t one to shy away from risk in tournaments. “I’m known for swinging for the fence,” he said. more

Why You Need 'Grass Jigs' For Your Bass Game

Monday, April 3, 2017

By David A. Brown Special to BassFan Bass equals grass, the old saying goes, but weedy Southern fisheries like those in Florida, Louisiana and anywhere more

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