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This week, Joe Balog has been glued to the Major League Fishing Team Series Heritage Cup, taking place in and around Minocqua, Wis. The format, he says, is the perfect blend of teamwork, mystery ...

The annual Bass Fishing Hall of Fame silent auction, a highlight of the Hall's Celebrate Bass Fishing Week, is set to go live on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. EST. Among the experiences up for grabs are ...

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Jacob Wheeler has finished another season atop the BassFan World Rankings. It's a refrain that's played out for six-plus years now as the Tennessee angler ...

Shaw Grigsby's tournament career spanned five decades and, oh, the memories he made along the way. Joe Balog caught up with the Floridian after his recent retirement announcement. To read the newest ...

A little time off gave Joe Balog a chance to reflect on his writings for BassFan over the years. It also reopened the discussion about the sport's legitimacy and the challenges it still faces.

Joe Balog hearkens back to the long-ago days when he was obsessed with the Bass Pro Shops catalog in this week's edition of Balog's Bass War. Back then, he was certain that the thick book filled with ...

COOKSON, Okla. — Multiple patterns could be at play during the Bassmaster Elite Series event at Lake Tenkiller, but which ones perform best will be determined by potentially high water levels and ...

Does forward-facing sonar remain a huge part of the professional tournament scene simply because of the advertising dollars coughed up by the major electronics manufacturers? Joe Balog isn't buying ...

Greg Hackney is having a down year on the Bassmaster Elite Series, but a recent NPFL victory and a steely determination to keep doing things his own way has the Louisiana veteran in a pretty good ...

The Bass Pro Tour's Heavy Hitters event, which concludes today at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia, will award $100,000 to the angler who catches the biggest bass in the Championship Round. Will that ...

Freshwater fishing in Florida these days is nowhere near as good as it once was, and in Joe Balog's view, the reason for that is the way it's been managed by governmental agencies. There are people ...