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More than a fish
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976Do you know the story of Leroy Brown? No, not the Leroy Brown in the Jim Croce song from the early 1970s. I'm talking about Tom Mann's Leroy Brown — the fish.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009
Where have you gone, Harold Hays?
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976Did you know that 26 men won the very first BASS tournament they ever fished? Talk about starting off on the right foot! That's as good as it gets.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009
Notes from backstage
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I hope that everyone reading this took a look at the postseason coverage on BASS Insider and Bassmaster.com. A lot of work from a lot of people went into it, and I thought it was pretty successful.
Story | Conversation | October 07, 2009
The best without a major title
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I want to find the best angler who has never won a major championship — either a Bassmaster Classic or a Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009
Teach your jig to swim, part 2
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsIf you're like most bass anglers, you've cast jigs, flipped jigs, pitched jigs, hopped jigs, crawled jigs and even jigged jigs, but the only time you ever swam a jig was when you sprinted it back to the boat to make another pitch, flip or cast.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009The best without a major title
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976I want to find the best angler who has never won a major championship — either a Bassmaster Classic or a Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009
Teach your jig to swim, part 1
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsIf you're like most bass anglers, you've cast jigs, flipped jigs, pitched jigs, hopped jigs, crawled jigs and even jigged jigs, but the only time you ever swam a jig was when you sprinted it back to the boat to make another pitch, flip or cast.
Story | Conversation | September 16, 2009The candidates narrow
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsA couple of weeks ago, we posted a story about the anglers competing in the postseason entitled, "Anyone Can Win!"
Story | Conversation | September 14, 2009Insiders get Backstage Pass
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsIf you're an Insider — or even if you're just giving our premium Web site a free test drive for a month — we think you're going to love what we have in store for you at BASS' very first postseason.
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009The best without a major title
Ken Duke, BASS member since 1976A few months back, I wrote a column about the best angler who never won a BASS event and concluded that it was Paul Chamblee. I wrote another column about the best angler who never won the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award and decided it was Tommy Martin. But who is the greatest angler who never won a major championship — that is, a Bassmaster Classic or an Angler of the Year title?
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009
Follies, frauds and hoaxes
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsIn the 77 years since George Perry set the bar at 22 pounds, 4 ounces, dozens of anglers have laid claim to a largemouth bass that weighed more. None have been able to substantiate their claims; some haven't even tried.
Story | Conversation | September 08, 2009Anyone can win!
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsAfter eight "regular season" Bassmaster Elite Series events, we're now down to the postseason — two events that will determine the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year and all of the prize money that goes with it.
Story | Conversation | September 01, 2009Follies, frauds and hoaxes
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsThrow seven figures at something and you're bound to create some interest. That's the way it's been for the world record largemouth bass ever since the mid-1970s when someone decided that a new record would be worth more than $1 million.
Story | Conversation | August 27, 20095 tips to better deep water bass fishing
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsIf you're like most bass anglers, you probably consider yourself pretty adept at fishing down to 10 feet or so, maybe a little deeper if you throw a lot of big crankbaits or live near a highland reservoir.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2009Holiest of Holies
Ken Duke, Senior Editor, BASS PublicationsIn the world of bass fishing, there's no bigger tournament than the Bassmaster Classic, no more important species than the largemouth and no greater catch than the all-tackle world record.
Story | Conversation | August 14, 2009EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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