From Electrical Issues to a $39K Trophy: Clint Knight Steals the Bassmaster Open on Home Water
Clint Knight banked a 19-11 final-day bag to win the 2026 Bassmaster Open at Kentucky Lake despite morning electrical issues and no side imaging, edging Tristan McCormick by 23 ounces and locking up a Phoenix boat plus $39,000 on his home water.
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First Saratoga, First Barra: Inside Mark Berg's Melville Island Fishing Addiction Trip
Mark Berg flies two Fishing Addiction comp winners — Mick from Canada and Aussie host Slug — to Melville Island for five days of surface saratoga, mangrove jack and a hunt for their first barramundi.
Slow It Down, Sit It on the Bottom: Shannons Fishing's Five Soft-Plastic Mistakes Costing You Fish
Shannons Fishing breaks down the most common soft-plastic mistakes Australian anglers make - fishing too fast, mismatching jig heads and plastics, ignoring structure, and missing strikes by not watching the line on the drop.
Why Ryan Moody Has Quietly Switched From Vibes to Sinking Stickbaits
Former Queensland charter skipper Ryan Moody is telling viewers that a same-weight sinking stickbait — his 36 g Pillager — out-performs the vibe on inshore and estuary demersals because it falls slower and gives the fish a longer window to commit.
Chartreuse Herring on the Wall: How Paul Marks Took Down Lake Murray Twice
Two Bassmaster Elite trophies, both on lakes where blueback herring run the bite. Paul Marks broke down the hook, the rod, the leader and the Sunday tweak that turned a slow morning into a Lake Murray title - and into a new Zoom soft-jerk colour finding a major-tournament shelf.
Alloytec Jet Punt Christened: Josh Read Tames a 40-Year River Low for Cod to 81cm
Australian lure-fishing specialist Josh Read has used the maiden voyage of a new Alloytec jet punt to push deep into a Murray cod river that local farmers say is running at its lowest level in four decades, landing a string of cod on weedless rigged Ricky the Roach soft plastics including an 81cm trophy fish.
May Bass Become the Hunters: Jacob Wheeler's Six-Bait Plan From Beaver Lake
Filming from Beaver Lake the week before stage six of the MLF Bass Pro Tour, Jacob Wheeler walks through the six baits he leans on through May 2026: the new Rapala Clap Tail topwater, a wacky Pig Stick, a Jowler walker, a white swim jig, a bluegill-pattern frog and the Freeloader minnow when offshore schools begin to stack.
Schooled by Teenagers and Still 8th: Ben Milliken's Toledo Bend Recovery Day
Former Elite Series pro Ben Milliken put up 23 lb on Championship Friday at the Bass Nation Regional on Toledo Bend, climbing into 8th and locking a championship spot at Lake Hartwell. He filmed himself joking that he'd 'crashed a college tournament.'
Glass Body, Slow Drop: Inside Fishing World's Glasseye Lures Test
An Australian-made glass-bodied lure range has been put under the microscope by Fishing World, with reviewer Zac Panaretos finding the slow-sinking jigs and Hikari heads tempt strikes from flathead, snapper, bass and jewfish.
King Salmon Are Back in California: Die Hard Fishing Opens 2026 With a 10-lb Maiden Voyage Catch
After two effectively closed seasons, California's king salmon fishery has been handed a longer 2026 window. Die Hard Fishing's Adam Irino used the early-May opener to put a 10-pounder over the rail on the first reel-up.
Bass Draft Reads Lake Murray as Local-Knowledge, Herring-Spawn Event — Brandon Cobb the Consensus Pick
On Bass Draft episode 8 the Toledo Bend regulars bring on Bass Pro Tour pro Britt Meyers to break down the 2026 Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray. The verdict: a herring-spawn event where local knowledge and the right shallow point may matter as much as the forward-facing-sonar screen.
109 cm of Smiles: Isaac's PB Barramundi Comes on a 5-inch Pink Paddle Prawn
Hodgie The Barefoot Fisherman watches a regular crew member, Isaac, drag a 109 cm barramundi clear of NT snags on a 5-inch pink paddle prawn — the smaller of two paddle-prawn presentations on the boat that day, and a textbook case of small-lure logic landing a big fish on 30-pound leader.