The Inside Line

We spend so much time learning to manipulate bass lures – to make topwaters skitter, to make frogs walk, and to make gliders glide – that it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that a …

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Each year, the Bassmaster Elite Series finds its way to Lake Fork … and for good reason. At just over 27,000 surface acres, the East Texas reservoir is an absolute big bass factory.  …

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I know that 2020 and 2021 were tough on a lot of people, and I don’t mean to make light of anyone’s tragedy, but for me so far 2022 has sucked in a lot of ways, at least in terms of fishing. Back in …

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Back in the day, when I was more attuned to the college scene, occasionally you’d see a shirt that said something like: “Michigan: The Harvard of the Midwest” or “Vanderbilt: The Harvard of the South …

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My first encounter with the Yamamoto Senko came many years ago. I was fishing as a AAA at a Clear Lake WON Bass Pro-Am Tournament and at this time, the Senko was just taking off on the West Coast …

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As I write this, my friend Terry Battisti – who wrote for Yamamoto before I did, and was actually the one who recommended me to the then-powers-in-charge – is waging a tough war on behalf of bass …

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