The Inside Line

Did you make a Black Friday tackle purchase? How about a new graph on Cyber Monday? I made the former, and was greatly tempted by the latter. In the end, it was only about $75 out of pocket …

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Jordan Lee was not the legend who I expected to come back to BASS this year. Part of that is just his age – at 32 has enough time lapsed to merit the title. I mean, Jim Brown retired from footbal …

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I have to give a shout out to a brand acquired by GSM Outdoors.  Most know me as a hard core Yamamoto Baits plastics fisherman.  Traditionally, my first choice for picking off …

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Running is cheap, right? You don’t even need specialized equipment, just your old sneakers and a straight stretch of pavement, and certainly not four graphs, 12 rods and a boat. But if you want to …

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I’m still not ready to concede that forward-facing sonar should be banned, or even limited, at the top levels of professional bass fishing. I may someday reach that conclusion, but at this time I thi …

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In 2023, I’ve gone to Guatemala for sailfish, and I fished El Salto for bass. Domestically, I’ve been to Alaska for trout, salmon, and halibut, to Table Rock for the bass fishing trifecta, and the …

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