Last-minute bite earns Lynchburg’s Luckey the win Saturday at Phoenix Bass Fishing League event at Smith Mountain Lake. Maryland’s Dixon tops co-angler division.
March 31, 2025 • MLF • Press Releases HUDDLESTON, Virginia. – Boater Broderick Luckey of Lynchburg, Virginia, caught a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 14 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Smith Mountain Lake. The tournament was the first event of the season for the […]
Fothergill Sets New Record with Bassmaster Classic Win!
Fothergill wins 2025 Bassmaster Classic in dominant fashion With a total of 76 pounds, 15 ounces Easton Fothergill wins the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour in record-breaking fashion on Lake Ray Roberts! FORT WORTH, Texas — Nineteen months ago, Easton Fothergill was lying on a gurney in an Alabama hospital, […]
Bassmaster honors Rick Clunn’s legendary 50-year career with inaugural Bassmaster Person of the Year Award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Following a historic 2024 season that marked his 500th Bassmaster event and celebrated a remarkable 50-year career, legendary angler Rick Clunn will be honored with the inaugural Rick Clunn Bassmaster Person of the Year Award at the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour. Established to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the sport […]
Expect a springtime slugfest at first B.A.S.S. Nation event of the season
March 5, 2025 Expect a springtime slugfest at first B.A.S.S. Nation event of the season FLORENCE, Ala. — If you ask Jimmy Washam, Pickwick Lake is as healthy as it has been in a while. It has taken 30 pounds to win almost every winter tournament the Tennessee pro has fished there this year. A 20-pound bag […]
Palaniuk claims sixth Bassmaster Elite win at Lake Okeechobee
March 2, 2025 OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — The gift that kept on giving finally stopped giving. Thankfully, that gift had given enough for Brandon Palaniuk to cruise across the finish line with a four-day total of 95 pounds, 4 ounces in the Champion Power Equipment Bassmaster Elite at Lake Okeechobee. “It’s so crazy how things happen for a reason,” Palaniuk […]
Bassmaster Open at Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley could see ‘absolutely perfect’ water condition
February 26, 2025. PARIS, Tenn. — John Garrett finished fourth in the FXR Pro Fish Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River, but he wasn’t surprised when, an hour later, he was asked to shift his attention instead to the upcoming Division 2 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley presented by SEVIIN back home on the Tennessee/Kentucky border. The Open will be […]
Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats returns to Sam Rayburn for Southwestern Division event
February 25, 2025 BROOKELAND, Texas – The Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats is returning to Sam Rayburn Reservoir, next week, March 6-8, for the second Southwestern division tournament of the 2025 season – the Toyota Series at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The three-day tournament, hosted by the Jasper-Lake Sam Rayburn Area Chamber of Commerce, will showcase the region’s top bass-fishing […]
Lake Murray readies for Bass Pro Tour PowerStop Brakes Stage 3 Presented by Strike King
February 25, 2025 COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour is set to visit Columbia, South Carolina, and Lake Murray next week, March 6-9, for the third regular-season event of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour – the PowerStop Brakes Stage 3 at Lake Murray Presented by Strike King. Hosted by the Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board, the […]
Lowen lifts second Elite trophy with narrow St. Johns victory
Posted on February 23, 2025 by Chad Gay PALATKA, Fla. — Twice in three days vegetation threatened to thwart Bill Lowen’s efforts. Both times persistence prevailed, as the Brookville, Ind., pro tallied a four-day total of 73 pounds, 14 ounces to win the 2025 FXR Pro Fish Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River. Lowen, who won his first Elite title at Pickwick Lake […]
2025 Bassmaster High School, Junior National Championships headed to Clarks Hill Lake
Posted on February 25, 2025 by Chad Gay BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. officials announced today that the Bassmaster Junior National Championship will be held July 25-26 on Clarks Hill Lake in Evans, Ga., followed by the Strike King Bassmaster High School National Championship July 31-Aug. 2. Visit Columbia County will host both events, with daily takeoffs and weigh-ins held at Wildwood […]