Across the country, there are thousands of ultra-talented bass anglers who would have loved to compete in this week’s 50th Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk.

If Hank Cherry’s arm is bothering him, it certainly doesn’t show.

Matthew Vandagriff and Asa Robertson relied on tactics that work for them back home in middle Tennessee to win the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Classic presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors held Saturday on Alabama’s Lay Lake.

Halfway through Day 1 of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, North Carolina pro Hank Cherry fell and injured his right arm.

Heavy rains inundated central Alabama until the final whistle blew at the inaugural Huk Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series powered by TourneyX presented by Abu Garcia on Logan Martin Lake. Knoxville, Tenn., resident Jim Davis topped the field of 222 anglers with a strong five-bass limit measuring 87 3/4 inches.  Read more...

In their first high school tournament outside the state of South Carolina, Alex Bradley and Rylan Greene of Chapman High School caught five bass that weighed 12 pounds, 11 ounces Sunday to take home the title at the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series at Smith Lake presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.

Sixth-grader Greer Gammon from Dickson County High School in Tennessee said his favorite way to fish on Old Hickory Lake, his home fishery near Nashville, is flipping boat docks and grass for largemouth bass.

Despite weighing in just three fish on Day 3 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Smith Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops, Ethan Jones and Andrew Althoff secured the wire-to-wire victory with a 9-pound, 5-ounce bag that pushed their three-day total to 47-4.

While most of the field struggled to find the same success they enjoyed on Day 1, Ethan Jones and Andrew Althoff from McKendree University increased their lead to more than 10 pounds on Day 2 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Smith Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two-day total of 37 pounds, 15 ounces.

While spotted bass dominated the weigh-in stage Thursday afternoon, Ethan Jones and Andrew Althoff of McKendree University weighed in four largemouth and one spotted bass to take the lead after Day 1 of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Smith Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops.  Read more...

Paul Mueller’s crucial decision delivered a key fish on Championship Monday that propelled the Connecticut angler to a three-day total of 47 pounds, 6 ounces and what he described as a most unlikely victory at the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at Florida’s St. Johns River.