Category: Tournament releases

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Trey McKinney hopped onto the stage at the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour, the infectious beat of “Church Clap” by Christian hip-hop artist KB filled Dickies Arena. Though conventional wisdom says don’t ever change what’s working, McKinney’s hype song might as well be “The Kids are Alright” by The Who, […]

YANTIS, Texas — Nothing went as planned for North Carolina’s Wyatt Hammond during the 2025 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship scored by TourneyX. Fortunately, every adjustment he made produced big largemouth bass. The Fayetteville, N.C., angler landed a 111.25-inch limit to win the coveted trophy, filling his limit with four bass measuring 22 inches or better along with […]

FLORENCE, Ala. — Dylan Nutt has only been fishing Pickwick Lake consistently for three years, but there may not be anyone who is more dialed into what is happening on that Tennessee River reservoir than him right now. The University of North Alabama junior secured the victory at the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Pickwick Lake presented […]

YANTIS, Texas — Giant bass await anglers who qualified for the 2025 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship at Lake Fork scored by TourneyX. With temperatures rising, multitime championship qualifier Matthew Scotch, who is based out of Fort Worth, Texas, believes this tournament will produce impressive bags.  “That time of year is probably the best time […]

FLORENCE, Ala. — It is safe to say Dylan Nutt has a good thing going on Pickwick Lake right now.  With a two-day total of 53 pounds, 14 ounces, the University of North Alabama junior leads the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier presented by Lowrance. After landing 25-15 on Day 1, Nutt landed a 27-15 limit on Day […]

FLORENCE, Ala. — Landon Myers enjoyed the best day of tournament fishing of his young life so far on Day 1 of the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Pickwick Lake presented by Lowrance. The 18-year-old Alcoa High School (Tennessee) senior landed a five-bass limit weighing 27 pounds, 7 ounces to take the Day 1 lead over second-place […]

PARIS, Tenn. — Nothing was certain on the final day of the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley presented by SEVIIN.  But this much was true — Japan’s Yui Aoki, who led by more than 6 pounds when the day began, would have to stumble substantially to not win the tournament. He didn’t stumble at all. […]

PARIS, Tenn. — There’s no such thing as an insurmountable lead in a B.A.S.S. tournament, but Yui Aoki has put himself in a very enviable position after Day 2 of the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley presented by SEVIIN. Aoki, a 25-year-old native of Minamitsuru District in Japan, weighed a five-bass limit of 24 pounds, 4 […]

PARIS, Tenn. — The lead changed hands often on Day 1 of the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley presented by SEVIIN. But when Thursday’s weigh-in was complete, a local stick was in the pole position. Jordan Hartman, who lives in Benton, Ky., on the north side of Kentucky Lake, caught a limit of five […]

FORT WORTH, Texas — In The Tempest, Shakespeare told us that, “What’s past is prologue.” With bass fishing’s grandest event just weeks away, Chris Zaldain’s optimistic with the way his highlight reel seems to indicate great potential for the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour to be held in Fort Worth, Texas, with competition on Lake Ray Roberts. Competition […]