The Inside Line

The first time I tied on a Whopper Plopper in Mexico, my longtime guide gave me the side eye and then laughed. Five minutes later, he wasn’t laughing. The fish had clearly never seen anything lik …

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It finally happened. After fishing for more than 40 years, nearly 30 of them semi-seriously, I pulled the ultimate goober move last week at El Salto. Luckily I was in the right place for it.  …

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Another week, another Dustin Connell victory, his second Redcrest Trophy. He’s not yet 34 and the force that seemingly prevents him from becoming the undisputed, best angler at the Bass Pro Tour …

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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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