Crankbaits rule Quantum Next Generation tourney on Grand Lake
    Of the 102 high school and college teams that participated in the no entry fee, prize rich Quantum Next Generation Open event on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake, crankbaits were among the most popular choice of lures. And whether cast into shallow...

Swindle talks fishing and football Friday morning at Lake Chatuge
  Gerald Swindle is professional bass fishing’s funniest man, and one of only 11 men in history to win the prestigious Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points title more than once. Swindle is also a former 3-sport athlete from Locust...

J-Proz” previews AOY at Lake Chatuge
The 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series season concludes this week with the crowning of a Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Champion on gorgeous Lake Chatuge Reservoir in the ountains of Northern Georgia, on the North Carolina border.  It’s a...

It’s easy to love Matt Lee
I knew the first time I borrowed Matt Lee’s bathroom inside the college rental home he shared with a handful of other anglers on Auburn’s campus that I was dealing with a special dude.  Oh sure, there were empty pizza boxes on the kitchen...

Bassmaster Elite Series pros know St. Lawrence is full of footballs
As a tight end for the Dixie Hornets in rural South Carolina, 2015 Bassmaster Classic Champ Casey Ashley didn’t get to touch the ball much.  “We ran the wishbone all the time, so my job was to block,” says Ashley. “Every team in the...

Matt Lee and Swindle talk bass, blue crabs, and shopping carts
 Alabama anglers Matt Lee and Gerald Swindle are facing the same flooded and muddy Upper Chesapeake Bay as 106 other Bassmaster Elite Series pros, but on the eve of competition, both offered an admirable attitude of perseverance, and a bit of...

VanDam catches a 15-pounder
 Kevin VanDam was the very last angler back to the boat ramp at the end of a brutally tough, rainy, high water, practice day on Tuesday at the Huk Bassmaster Elite at Upper Chesapeake Bay presented by Mossy Oak Fishing.  Fact is, with hints...

Coming Soon for 2019! Popular Quantum Accurist S3™ still $99, Adds External ACS Cast Control
 Due to its highly affordable $99 price, and tough all aluminum frame, Accurist has long been a top selling reel for Quantum, and now the latest S3 version adds a super easy to use external ACS 3.0 cast control dial that allows for precision...

Coming Soon for 2019! Quantum Throttle II™ offers Performance Tuned Technologies for just $59.99
  The NEW 2019 version of Throttle will offer the same solid-as-a-rock Reel Engine Design™ unibody construction used to make the original Throttle one of fishing’s best built values, plus a new machined aluminum handle and a MaxCast II™...

Quantum Smoke™ reels in High School Bass Fishing World Championship
 The Kiefer, Oklahoma Bass Fishing Team of Jeremy Tolle and Garrett Hale competed against 766 other young anglers through three hot days of mid-summer fishing on Pickwick Lake near Florence, Alabama before the field was cut to 31 teams for the...

Two Summer Lures VanDam Won’t Leave Home Without
  The greatest professional bass angler of all time got his start while casting topwater lures at summertime bass as a young teenager while walking the shoreline of School Section Lake where his grandparents lived in Central Michigan.  Not...

Casey Ashley talks Willie and swimbaits at Texas Fest
  Casey Ashley caught a solid limit amid Thursday’s sweltering heat to sit near the top of the leaderboard. The always easy-going 2015 Bassmaster Classic Champ took a minute prior to Friday’s launch to talk about Lake Travis, Toyota...

Matt Lee and KVD talk Texas Fest on Lake Travis
Two of professional bass fishing’s classiest guys, Matt Lee, who is getting married in 16 days, and Kevin VanDam who has been married for 26 years, gladly took a break from the 95-degree sunshine in Central Texas to sit in the shade and answer...

McClelland and VanDam feel at home on Lake Travis
Tuesday morning marked the start of the second very long hot practice day on Lake Travis for the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife.  Two of pro fishing’s most likeable, accomplished, and even-keeled veteran...

Swindle says Lake Travis is full of fish
Gerald Swindle has no history with Lake Travis. He’d never seen the gorgeous 18,000 acre reservoir along the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country until arriving for practice on Mother’s Day. But after another long 12-hour day of...

Hackney and Powroznik Preview Bassmaster Elite at Kentucky Lake
  The famous yellow mustard flowers are blooming around the banks at Kentucky Lake this week at the Bassmaster Elite, and that means the bass should be biting.  Straight-shooting veteran anglers Greg Hackney and Jacob Powroznik preview the...

KVD's 25th Win at Grand
    Kevin's gear for the win: TKVD705MB >    SHD200PPT >       Alan McGuckin

Casey Ashley off to a ‘rocky’ start at Grand Lake Elite
The limestone, sandstone, and dolomite beds that cradle Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees yielded a disappointing 11-pound limit for Casey Ashley on Day 1 of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite.  But the diamond he presented to longtime...

Matt Lee: Misplaced wallet and a lot of caffeine
Carhartt angler Matt Lee began the first day of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Grand Lake with scrambled eggs, low carb wheat toast, and black coffee in his 5th wheel RV, but soon realized on the dark drive to the Wolf Creek...

Kevin VanDam likes Coleslaw Spinnerbaits
  As a Michigan native, Kevin VanDam grew up throwing a lot of spinnerbaits featuring painted blades for smallmouth. Some of the willowleaf blades were painted chartreuse, others were painted white, and when burned at a high retrieve speeds,...