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MegaStrike’s Uhrig: Diving With Bass
by Bobby Uhrig, MegaStrike I’ve been a serious bass fishermen longer than I can remember. Fished everywhere I could, tried every lure I could, read and watched everything I could. But at some point that wasn’t enough for me. I had this feeling that if I could learn more about what bass do in their […]
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 – […]
MegaStrike sponsors BassGold
BassGold announced that MegaStrike has become BassGold.com’s newest sponsor. BassGold, a B.A.S.S. partner, is a revolutionary bass patterning web app that provides pattern and weight recommendations using thousands of actual bass tournament patterns. “I’ve known [MegaStrike CEO] Bobby Uhrig for a long time,” said BassGold CEO Jay Kumar. “He’s a good fisherman, a long-time B.A.S.S. […]
A-Rig Definitely Had An Impact
by Jay Kumar [You may have seen this article on Bassmaster.com too.] What was the impact of the hottest rig in bass fishing in 2012 – the umbrella rig, aka the Alabama Rig? The answer depends on how you look at it. First of all, the umbrella rig single-handedly blew up – in a good […]
2010 Bass Champs Patterns Uploaded!
Just uploaded 70+ patterns from TX’s Bass Champs circuit for 2010. That means BassGold has all available Bass Champs patterns from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and part of 2012 – or almost 300 patterns for the Bass Champs circuit alone. We’re hoping to get all remaining Bass Champs patterns – plus more – input […]
Bass Champs 2009 Patterns Uploaded
We just uploaded 50+ patterns from TX’s great Bass Champs circuit for 2009, making the total number of patterns in the BassGold database 4,600 –and growing just about every day. For Bass Champs pattern info, that means BassGold has all available patterns from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and part of 2012 – 200+ for Bass […]
KVD Hook, Weight Secrets
by Jay Kumar Quick story: When me and another guy created the BassFan World Rankings back in 2000-01, it was for one purpose: To prove to the world that tournament bass fishing isn’t just luck and shouldn’t just be measured by an event won here or there. And when the rankings debuted in August 2001 […]
Kevin Short’s Secret Wood Baits
If you’re reading this, you consider yourself a bass angler and probably are a fan of pro bass fishing. So I have to ask: Why don’t you own a WEC E1 crankbait? Do you know anyone who does? Why not? Because it’s not like Bassmaster Elite Series pro Kevin Short has been keeping it a […]
Tim Horton: Late Fall Cranking
“It’s a great time to be out cranking,” says Elite Series pro Tim Horton says about the late fall. “The key to catching bass in November and December is finding out where the bass are located. I like to begin searching in a main tributary that feeds the lake,” he said. “I go halfway back […]
The Scoop on Pete’s Quiet Killer Crankbait
by Jay Kumar You’ve probably heard his name, but if you’re not real familiar with NJ’s Pete Gluszek here’s a quick bio: a former tour pro who recently qualified for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic and the Elite Series through the Northern Opens, who’s been an Elite angler and fished in the Classic before. Pete also […]
60 Uploaded: Updating FLW Tour
BassGold’s patterns database goes back farther than FLW Outdoors’ own web site: we have patterns for the FLW Tour from as far back as 1996. From there BassGold’s FLW Tour patterns went until 1999, then there was a gap until about 2006. Well, we recently completed 2000-2002 for the FLW Tour, plus added a few […]
