Many of the new techniques that have come along in bass fishing over the past couple of decades have come from Japan, where anglers only have a limited number of fisheries that actually have bass. That means the fish are highly pressured so anglers need to continue to show the […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
It’s hard to believe that we are already nearing the end of summer. I have been staying busy over the past month, fishing most days and it has just flown by. It’s been fun and we’ve had some great weather but it’s depressing to think that it will be coming […]
Growing up on Lake of the Woods really does give you a real appreciation for the actual size of the lake. Having spent thousands of days on this body of water, there are still massive sections that I have never even seen before. There is literally a lifetime of exploration […]
There are a lot of lures out there that catch fish. The best ones catch everything, not only the species that they were designed for. When I think about some of the best all-around lures in my boat there are several that deserve an honorable mention for being great at […]
The longest running bass tournament in Sunset Country – the Kenora Bass International – is all set to blast off on Thursday morning from Safety Bay in Kenora. In 1988, local resident Doug Bishop, then the owner of Canadian Tire, had an idea for a fishing tournament on Lake of […]
It was a good weekend of bass fishing for anglers across the Sunset Country region with record setting catches brought to the scales at both the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on Rainy Lake and the Bronzeback Classic on Lake of the Woods. Nice weather, reduced fishing pressure over the […]
The final Bassmaster Elite Series event of the nine tournament season took place this past weekend out of Waddington, New York on the St. Lawrence River. The river has been a regular stop on the schedule for several years to spotlight the phenomenal smallmouth fishery found there and it showed […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series visited Lake Champlain in upstate New York this past week, one of the most popular fisheries in the United States amongst our field of anglers because of the excellent bass fishing for both smallmouth and largemouth bass. I had been excited for this event for months […]
Local anglers who enjoy competing in our numerous bass tournaments across the region are happy to hear that most of the long running events are back on the schedule after some took a year off last year due to the pandemic. They are fun for those of us who participate […]
My career within the fishing community brings me around anglers of all ages and one of the things that I notice when I get I’m around some of the older anglers who have been fishing for decades is they are often quick to dish out advice on protecting yourself from […]
Back in the late 90’s, when the Kenora Bass International tournament was really at it’s peak, with over 200 boat fields and anglers coming from all over North America to compete on Lake of the Woods, the first Aqua-Vu underwater camera made an appearance in bass tournament competition. Minnesota anglers […]
The 51st Bassmaster Classic took place over the weekend in Texas, at Ray Roberts Lake and if you have read my column in the past you probably know that this is the Superbowl event in professional bass fishing. I was fortunate to qualify for this tournament, my second Classic, and […]
