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Educating Today’s Young Anglers

Last week we focused on some of the fishing etiquette issues pertaining to today’s up and coming anglers. We looked at “cutting off another angler” and “asking for permission to share a spot.” Today, we’ll continue...

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Educating Our Younger Generation of Anglers

 When you take a look at the landscape of both high school and college fishing, it’s obvious that up and coming anglers of today are not being taught the ethics or etiquette of bass fishing…the unwritten rules of the water! Young...

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Controversy Again on the Red River

It never fails, if there’s a bass tournament on the Red River, there will usually be some kind of issue or controversy. But for some reason, with most events on the Red, crybabies seem to come out of nowhere and want to complain about something...

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The Love Hate Relationship of the Red River

In the tournament bass fishing world, there are certain bodies of water that anglers both hate and love. It’s kind of like the Dallas Cowboys, you either love them or hate them, there’s not much in between. The mighty Red River falls into...

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A Thankless Job

Over the years as a tournament angler, I’ve noticed some guys never get the credit they deserve. No one ever tells them “Thank you” for what they do or how they do it. Housekeepers, healthcare workers, lunchroom ladies, childcare...

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The Fall Feeding Frenzy

 Get ready! It’s the time of year that all anglers look forward to… the fall feeding frenzy…where bass gorge themselves to the point that it looks like they ate a football! It’s official, the bass buffet is now open for...

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Remembering a True Fishing Legend

   On November 4th of 2021 the bass fishing world lost one of its greatest ambassadors in Aaron Martens. After a long 19 month battle with Glioblastoma, Aaron loaded his boat for the last time and headed into Heavenly waters. Aaron was...

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Will Bass Fishing Exist in 100 Years?

Today we’ll take a serious look at what bass fishing might look like 100 years from now. How will anglers of tomorrow look at anglers of today? Will they question our ethics? Will they question our techniques? Are we the pioneers of the bass...

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Earth Shattering News for Anglers

Anglers who are trying to reach the highest level of professional bass fishing just had the rug jerked out from under them. For any serious bass fisherman, their dreams as youngsters of making it to the highest level of professional bass fishing (the...

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The Good Ole Days Part II

Picking up where I left off last week on the “good ole days” of my generation, I’ve always felt that I grew up during the best time a kid could ever ask for. The Vietnam War was ending in the early 70’s and the crazy 60’s...

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