185 results for 'Mark Zona'

    When Will the West Win Again?(Post)

    Another Bassmaster Classic is fast approaching and as I looked back at the event’s recent history I was surprise ...

    Getting Ready for Mexico with GSM(Post)

    This year marked the first time since 2012 that I did not go bass fishing in Mexico. During most of those years, I went twice, often to multiple lakes. At least twice, I went three times in a year. S ...

    Run for the Border(Post)

    The Johnston brothers’ historic run of St. Lawrence River dominance that I’ve been writing about for the past month continued this past weekend as Cory grabbed his first B.A.S.S. trophy b ...

    Any Given Sunday(Post)

    This past weekend marked the second consecutive year that my friend Clifford Wiedman flew here straight after ICAST in order to chase northern snakeheads — and for the second straight year I w ...

    Old Wine in New Bottles(Post)

    The next stop up for the Elite Series is my home water, the Potomac River. When I first started fishing the Nation’s River in 1995, it was already a regular stop on the Bassmaster circuit and had bui ...

    Ike, Unalike(Post)

    Image courtesy of NatGeo Wild - nationalgeographic.com I’ve now watched four e ...

    Head to Head(Post)

    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 ...

    Hawk Talk - Roy Takes Us On the Trail(Post)

    By Roy Hawk The life of a professional tournament angler is multifaceted — it can be complex, exciting, exhilarating, frustrating and heartbreaking all at the same time. For me this season stacks up ...

    Rules Matter(Post)

    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 th ...

    2022 Lake Fork B.A.S.S. Elite.(Post)

    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.  ...

    Closing Time with BP(Post)

    *photos courtesy of BASS/B.Kanies You might not believe that Brandon Palaniuk is the greatest closer in bass fishing history. A case could reasonably be made that Kevin VanDam, Denny Brau ...

    Respect Your Elders(Post)

    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 bas ...