Category: B.A.S.S.

Bassmaster Patches – The Gallery

Posted by Terry Battisti | Oct 15, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Bassmaster Tournament Patches, Memorabilia |

Bassmaster Patches – The Gallery will share the collection of Bassmaster Tournament Patches that Jeff Haines has amassed over the years.

The Alabama Rig – Who Invented It?

Posted by Terry Battisti | Sep 23, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Technique History |

The Alabama Rig ® would bring to the forefront of bass fishing a ton of controversy both on the water and in the courts – some of which has been settled and a lot of which hasn’t.

The First Issue of Bassmaster Magazine

Posted by Terry Battisti | Sep 14, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Videos |

In this video we’ll go through the entire magazine, cover to cover. The magazine was designed to offer bass anglers unprecedented access to new fishing tips and techniques, written by anglers themselves, without the hard sell from professional writers and editors pushing product

Harold on BASS

Posted by Brian Waldman | Aug 6, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Throwback Thursday |

Harold on BASS is a look back at a 1982 article written about Harold Sharp and how he helped Ray Scott lead B.A.S.S. beyond just tournaments.

Billy Westmoreland Wins Greers Ferry Lake

Posted by David Smith | Jul 27, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Historic Bass Fishing Pics |

In today’s historic bass fishing pic we see Billy Westmoreland weighing THE big bass and...

1975 Bassmaster Classic by Bob McNally

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jul 13, 2026 | B.A.S.S., Historic Bass Fishing Pics |

McNally’s pictures take you back to that event and reveal several anglers who helped start the sport. You’ll see anglers such as Marvin Baker, Tom and Don Mann, Roger Moore and John Powel

1968 B.A.S.S. Tournament Rules

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jul 8, 2026 | B.A.S.S. |

probably one of the most interesting was the ineligibility of Georgia and South Carolina guides from the contest. Not only that, if you’d been a guide within the last four years, you couldn’t play.

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