Category: BASS
How Zaldain Caught ‘Em at T-Bend
Chris Zaldain finished 8th at the recent Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Toledo Bend Reservoir, using Strike King baits in two different situations. Here’s how he did it. “In 2012 I had a top 12 at Toledo Bend at a similar time of year,” he said. “This time we were a little bit earlier, but […]
Classic and Open Patterns Uploaded
Quick update: The Top 25 patterns from the 2014 Bassmaster Classic on Guntersville, AL were uploaded, along with the Top 2 patterns from the recent Bassmaster Central Open on the Red River. Many more once again in the works…and many more have been uploaded, just not announced here!
Positive Visualization Helps BP Bass-Fish
Brandon Palaniuk knows the mental part of professional tournament bass fishing can be as important as the physical part, so he relies on a technique known as ‘positive visualization’ to carry him through the tough days of competition. It’s something the Yamaha pro learned as a wrestler, and he continued it when he began fishing […]
How Gville’s ‘Trap Fish Got Caught
At last weekend’s Rat-L-Trap-only tournament on AL’s Lake Guntersville, the air temp was in the single digits at launch and the water temp was in the 30s. Not exactly optimal for a crankin’ bite, but it was Rat-L-Traps only so the anglers had to make it work – and they did. The tournament was won […]
Feb-Mar Gville Patterns in for Classic!
Over the past couple weeks we’ve uploaded 40 patterns spanning several trails and years in preparation for the Bassmaster Classic. Very cool info. We’re always stoked to see what BassGold shows. Word is BassGold’s Jay Kumar should be in the Classic War Room again, talking about what BassGold shows of course, plus some other stuff. […]
Browning’s Red River Winning Pattern Deets
Stephen Browning won the Red River Bassmaster Central Open this past weekend, but the reporting on the tournament didn’t have enough deets to satisfy our curiosity so we called him and documented his pattern for posterity. Some of the deets are here, in brief, all will shortly be in BassGold! Stephen fished backwaters in the […]
Deets on Bone’s Winning Flash Mob Jr.
This month Pat Bone became the first angler in B.A.S.S. history to win a tournament using an umbrella rig – in this case a YUMbrella Flash Mob Jr. at the Douglas Lake, TN Open. Bassmaster.com and BassFan.com had some of the deets on Bone’s winning pattern and rig, but not all. BassGold has ’em all, […]
Top 25 Classic Patterns Uploaded
Jay documented the patterns of the Top 25 finishers at the Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake for Bassmaster.com. All of them, plus a few tidbits no one reported on but he found out there, are now in BassGold.com. Another way to say it: Before the Classic we could find only one February pattern for Grand […]
BassGold Nails Classic Winning Pattern Again!
For the second year in a row, BassGold.com’s bass patterning tool predicted the Bassmaster Classic winning and high-placing patterns and weights. BassGold, a B.A.S.S. partner, is a revolutionary bass patterning web app that provides pattern recommendations using thousands of bass tournament patterns. Even though BassGold didn’t have patterns specific to February on Grand Lake – […]
Why ‘Water Type’ Is Key for Patterning
2 Water Type Lessons This year Brandon Palaniuk won the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Bull Shoals, MO. It was a lake he’d never fished before – so how could he have possibly won a tournament there fishing against some of the best anglers in the world, many of whom had fished that lake before? […]
20+ Patterns: BASS, PAA, NABC
We uploaded about 20 patterns today, some good ones: > 5 patterns from the recent Fort Gibson, OK Bassmaster Open; > 7 patterns from the recent Toyota Bassmaster All-Star in IL (3 from Shelbyville, 4 from Decatur); > 3 from the PAA tourney on the Arkansas River; > 7 North American Bass Circuit finishes. On […]
