The Inside Line

When B.A.S.S. announced the 2015 Elite Series schedule, I liked what I saw. Most of the tour stops were very familiar to me, and those that weren’t also looked promising.My plan was to research each b …

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By Ken Smith For the vast majority of us, what we know about bass is learned from the fish we are able to catch. We were in the right place at the right time (to the best of our knowledge) and we foo …

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By Stan Fagerstrom *Part One If you read my previous column you’re aware of what the Oregon and Washington Fish and Wildlife Departments have recently done or are still in the process of doing on th …

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By Stan Fagerstrom Part One I caught my first bass in Washington State shortly after I and my parents arrived there from North Dakota way back in 1936. Except for the more than three years I spent …

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During the long drive north to Lake Michigan, my thoughts drifted to last year’s Angler of the Year (AOY) Championship — an outcome of which I’m still quite bitter.Until that event, I was well inside …

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My first experience on the Chesapeake Bay was during the 1991 Bassmaster Classic. Realizing a lot had changed since then, I made arrangements to scout the area ahead of the 30-day off limits period.Mo …

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