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Read more about the road to the Classic.

Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation is your path from fishing club tournaments to fishing in the BASSMASTER Classic!

Memories on Guntersville

Jeff Barnes can picture it still, clear as day. Eating lunch on the river. The clouds hanging overhead. Lizards running across the rocks. “Then it rained, and we had to go in,” Barnes said. “I never forgot that day. It turned me into a fisherman. I feel blessed that I had a grandad to take me out there.”

Randy Howell holds up a fish that Joe Long caught at Guntersville Reservoir.

How Mercury pros Alton Jones, Alton Jones Jr. have cemented their status as the “first family” of professional bass fishing

The father/son relationship between 60-year-old Wendell Alton Jones and 31-year-old Wendell Alton Jones Jr. is multi-sided. It’s grounded in strong family values – respect for a parent, love for a child, etc. – but it also represents a high-level working rapport where each is both partner and competitor.

Bass tournament success is a family affair for the Joneses.

At the Future Angler Foundation, we help schools bring fishing into their program and curriculum. Whether a passionate angler within their community brings the need to the FAF, or if a school needs to fill, we help make it all work together.

Kayak fishing has grown over leaps and bounds over the past decade and a half with vessels growing from once simple, sit-inside boats to sit-on-top, miniaturized bass boats with all the bells and whistles of professional tournament rigs.

Southern Fishing News talked to bass pro and guide Jimmy Mason in a Q&A interview. His responses give you an inside look at his bass fishing ideas and opinions based on more than two decades of tournament fishing as well as a professional guide.

Reigning Angler of the Year Matt Becker, six-time BPT winner Jacob Wheeler highlight 80-angler field.

Some things in life simply don’t make much sense. Lure color is definitely one of them.

There are 55 anglers lined up for Grand Lake competition as every berth is set for the 2024 Bassmaster Classic in Tulsa, Okla. — except for the Bass Pro Shops Team Championship winner.