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Truly Going International

Truly Going International

Posted by Pete Robbins on Sep 1st 2022

How can they call it the “World Series” if only American teams are invited? That was more or less the conundrum that bass fishing suffered from for a long time. Even though like baseball, the spor …

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Tiger Bass  

Tiger Bass  

Posted by Pete Robbins on Aug 18th 2022

I’ve never been a Princeton fan, but for decades I’ve been a fan of their longtime basketball coach Pete Carril, who died this week.  Those of you who think that basketball begins and end …

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Head to Head

Head to Head

Posted by Pete Robbins on Aug 11th 2022

We’re into the stretch runs of both major tours in season number four of the post-divorce bass world and things seem to have equalized. The Bass Pro Tour is in New York, and the Elite Series is e …

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2022 St. Lawrence River B.A.S.S. Elite

2022 St. Lawrence River B.A.S.S. Elite

Posted by Bernie Schultz on Jul 28th 2022

No stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series excites me more than the Thousand Islands in Upstate New York. It’s beautiful there, and the fishing is fantastic. Both smallmouth and largemouth are plentiful …

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But is it a sport?

But is it a sport?

Posted by Pete Robbins on Jul 14th 2022

BASS Communications and (subsequently) BassFan ran a story about the efforts of two-time NFL Pro Bowler Trent Cole’s to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic. I have nothing at all against Cole. Well, I …

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2022 Lake Fork B.A.S.S. Elite.

2022 Lake Fork B.A.S.S. Elite.

Posted by Bernie Schultz on Jun 9th 2022

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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