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• Open: Early bite puts Walters on top

  LEESBURG, Fla.

• Walters’ hot streak continues

  LEESBURG, Fla. — For Patrick Walters, at least, the year 2020 was one of his best. If today is any indication, the good fortune is carrying over to 2021.

• Making the case for big baits

  If you want to catch big bass, start throwing big baits.That’s not a cliché. If you want to be as successful as today’s bass pros, it’s a fact.

• An open letter to Opens anglers

  I fished the Bassmaster Opens series for several years. I can remember, when I first took the leap to fish them, I would save all my vacation leave at work for the events.

• Open: Harris Chain predictions

  LEESBURG, Fla. —The bite is on at the Harris Chain but not like what you might think. Early March usually brings massive waves of heavyweight females into the spawning areas, and tournament winning weights show it. 

• Hypertech reveals pro team

  BARTLETT, Tenn. — Hypertech has announced their newly formed fishing team, the Hypertech Reel Team.

• Our wives are the real superstars

  Let me begin by saying I'm a typical man. I am so focused on my goals that it's taken two years of absolute ground-shaking change for me to see and truly appreciate the real superstars of professional fishing.

• Falcon Rods back as Bassmaster Opens Angler of the Year sponsor

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Falcon Rods, which has designed and built specialty rods since 1990, will serve as the title sponsor of the Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Angler of the Year Award for 2021, B.A.S.S. announced today.

• Fantasy Fishing: Tennessee River's best

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River was a tough tournament for the majority of the Elite Series field. The cut weight to make Day 3 of the event was just under seven pounds per day.

• Ugly Stik appoints first Pro-Staffer

  Ugly Stik, the rough, tough and resilient brand from Pure Fishing, has been around for 45 years. But the popular product line has just appointed its first ever pro-staff member.

• Gear Review: Falcon Cara

  What is it?Falcon Cara Rods

• 100 days to the Bassmaster Classic!

  The 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmater Classic presented by Huk starts in just 100 days!

• Fishing cold, muddy water

  With more and more anglers thinking about spring bass fishing, I thought I’d give you my thoughts about fishing cold, muddy water — the curse of a bass angler.

• Grass will play key role in Southern Open on Harris Chain

  LEESBURG, Fla. — March in Central Florida typically sees plenty of big bass occupying the shallow spawning zone.

• Gussy gets the gold in wire-to-wire fashion

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — While check-in for the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River was scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, Jeff Gustafson was waiting in the parking lot behind the World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn by 2. 

• Get best fishing times with lunar fishing calendars

  To assist anglers when it comes to planning fishing trips, we supply astro tables each month on Bassmaster.com. Lunar periods are enhanced when they overlap a key solar period. The best of these overlaps are designated by the sun symbols below.

• 2021 Southern Open #1 angler rosters

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• Attend the 2021 Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake

  The 2021 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake will be held March 18-21 in Florence, Ala., on Pickwick Lake. As the event draws closer, more information and specifics will be added to this page. 

• Gear Review: Bass Mafia The Bud Bag

  What is it?The Bud Bag by Bass Mafia  

• Gussy one step away from wire-to-wire victory

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With a five-bass limit that weighed 15 pounds, 5 ounces on Saturday, Jeff Gustafson held onto the lead for the third straight day in the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River. 

• Mulberry High duo win Junior Series on Harris Chain

  LEESBURG, Fla.

• Clay High School takes Harris Chain title

  LEESBURG, Fla.

• High School and Junior coverage

• Gussy's Day 2 grind holds top spot

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Despite cool, rainy conditions, Jeff Gustafson maintained the lead during Friday’s second round of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee River, catching a limit of smallmouth bass that weighed 15 pounds, 10 ounces.

• Sumrall smiling into Saturday

  It was a good day to be a duck here in Knoxville for day two of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite on the Tennessee River. Elite Series pros were faced with 45-degree temperatures and a bone soaking, all day rain that began an hour after take off and continued through weigh-in.