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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With one day in the books at the 2026 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour, the storyline for much of the field is change. Anglers enjoyed warm flip-flop weather during pre-tournament practice days in Knoxville, Tenn. Since then, the weather and water conditions have done the flip-flopping, bringing frost at…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Nick Dyer planned his trip to the Newport Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship at Chickamauga and Nickajack Lakes presented by Native Watercraft, he didn’t take off Friday, thinking he likely wouldn’t finish well enough to make the Top 10.  On Thursday afternoon, the Phenix City, Ala., pro had to call his bosses and ask for another…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — They say three times a charm, and that was the case for NASCAR driver Ross Chastain, who won the Progressive Bassmaster Classic Celebrity Pro-Am driven by Yokohama in his third attempt. Chastain and Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series pro David Mullins landed a limit weighing 18 pounds, 2 ounces of Douglas Lake bass to win the annual event, beating the second-place…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — “New opportunities” is a fitting theme heading into the 2026 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour. Though this will be the third Classic held on the Tennessee River out of Knoxville, Tenn., new regulations and a healthy fishery have local pro Sam Hanggi feeling optimistic that we’ll see the heaviest winning weight…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. today announced that Daiwa has been named the title sponsor of the 2026 Bassmaster Classic Kickoff Party, one of the most anticipated fan events of Classic week surrounding the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour, set for March 13-15 in Knoxville, Tenn. The Daiwa Bassmaster Classic Kickoff Party presented by TNT Fireworks will welcome fans, anglers…

JASPER, Texas —  An early taste of success locked Grayson Goss and Wally Wolcott into a pattern that produced a winning limit of 27 pounds, 5 ounces in the Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Representing the Arkansas-based Lakeside Rams Bass Club, the winners edged second-place Griffin Antunes by 3-3. The…

JASPER, Texas — On a day marked by chaotic drama, Aiden Phillips and Weston Mullins of the Scotts Hill Student Anglers sacked up a five-bass limit of 17 pounds, 4 ounces to win the Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Junior Series at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Finishing with a winning margin of 1-9, Phillips and Mullins made a…

JASPER, Texas — Garrett Ring and Trace Antunes III had a hunch that a big wave of largemouth would make their way to the backs of the drains on Sam Rayburn Reservoir during the Strike King Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops.  It took nearly all the tournament, but their patience and persistence…