Category: Classic
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. […]
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 – […]
Classic Analysis: Red River Pools
In compiling the 1st- to 11th-place patterns from this year’s Bassmaster Classic on the Red River, we made sure to ask which pool(s) the guys fished in. Why? To inform the database, and thus to better-inform BassGold members. In the past, according to BassGold pattern info, most 1st through 5th finishers have fished in Pool […]
Classic Patterns for 1st-11th Uploaded
It’s now common for the major bass fishing news sites to have pattern details for tour-level events for the 1st- through 5th-place finishers. But for at least the Bassmaster Elite Series, BassGold (and Bassmaster.com) will have pattern details for 1st through 10th place. Why? Because pattern information is valuable, and because the pattern info of […]