Jeff Gustafson – Livewell

The bass fishing community will be looking in on Ray Roberts Lake in Texas this week as the 51st Bassmaster Classic tournament is set to kick off on Friday. This is the Superbowl event in our sport, with 54 anglers fishing who have qualified from the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series season […]

One of the questions I get asked all the time is “if you could only use one lure, what would it be?” In fishing, one thing that I’ve learned is that there is no one answer to every situation. Every lake is different, the weather can influence lure choices each […]

Coming into the seventh stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season last week at Lake Guntersville, Alabama I was feeling pretty good. After a pair of tough events in March and early April, I followed those with two solid finishes and was above the cut line for the Bassmaster Classic. […]

Usually I like to get an early season walleye column done prior to the opening weekend but since I’m not at home right now I’m a little bit off on my important dates. This past Saturday was the third of the month of May, marking the annual re-opening of walleye […]

The Bassmaster Elite Series season was back on this past weekend in Alabama at Neely Henry Lake, an impoundment on the Coosa River. This body of water was a new adventure for me and one that I had never seen before last week. Strong storms with heavy rainfall last week […]

One of the best parts about living in Sunset Country is that we are fortunate that there are always open fishing seasons for some species of fish. Of the most popular sport fish species, the walleye season closes for a month in the spring, musky season is closed from the […]

After a couple of tough finishes, I was motivated to turn my Bassmaster Elite Series season around this past week at Lake Fork, Texas. Through four events I had fallen outside of the Bassmaster Classic cut line so that was where the motivation to catch some fish was mostly coming […]

It makes me happy to see that the ice has disappeared from most area lakes across northwest Ontario and a new open water season has begun. My fishing tournament season in the U.S. is keeping my busy into June so we are staying south for the next while. I’m missing […]

The fourth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series took place this past weekend at the Sabine River in Texas. This is the fourth time that the tour has visited this fishery since 2013 but it was my first time fishing here. Each year there is usually one toughie venue on […]

Growing up I used to really enjoy these years when we would be fortunate to get an early ice out and we could get back in the boat a few weeks earlier than normal. That meant a lot more bass caught in a season and it made me happy. I […]

After fishing in Alabama last week we have a couple of weeks off before my fishing tournament season resumes in Texas the second week in April. Instead of heading home like we would typically do, my wife and I are staying with some friends down in Florida during the downtime.  […]

The weather over the past couple of weeks across Northwest Ontario could be considered beautiful on most accounts. Warmer than normal temperatures, no snow, plenty of sun and not too many windy days. It has certainly brought about the feeling that winter is coming to an end, a feeling that […]