The Inside Line

Occasionally, the Bassmaster Elite Series visits highland reservoirs, and this year Alabama’s Smith Lake made the schedule. When it was announced, reactions were mixed — some for, some again …

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The Oki Worm is a recent addition to the Yamamoto line of plastic baits. Measuring 10.5” in length, the Oki Worm's slender tapered profile and subtle spade-like tail combine to produce the perfec …

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I once weighed in a five-fish limit on the James River that totaled a whopping 4.51 pounds. Another time, fishing as a co-angler in an Elite Series event on the notorious pig factory known as the …

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My wife and I have one main goal in retirement: We want to be the people who pounce on the deal when the airline representative announces, “We’ll give you a flight tomorrow and a thousand-dollar …

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For most of the past decade, my wife, Hanna, and I have been fortunate enough to take two trips a year to Mexico for bass. Usually the first one comes in January or February, just to escape the c …

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We are living in a golden age of bass fishing information. It’s not just that you can watch every minute of every Elite Series tournament, from 12 different angles, close-captioned for the language-i …

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