Joel Shangle

Arkansas veteran Mark Rose knows a thing or two about catching fish on a jig. Flipping, pitching, swimming, hopping, what-have-you, the Mercury pro has accumulated a hearty portion of his $3.2 million in winnings, 57 Top 10s and eight tour-level wins fishing a jig of some variety. In the first part of a two-part “back […]

Tennessee pro Jake Lawrence showed off perhaps THE most dramatic buzzbait catch of all time in winning a Bass Pro Tour trophy in 2025, but that dramatic moment was just one of a slew of fish that Lawrence put in the boat that season courtesy of a buzzer. Matter of fact, the buzzing topwater approach […]

MARBURY, Md. – Kade Wesner has been knocking on the door of his first MLF win for the past two years. On the final day of the 2026 Toyota Series Northern Division kickoff, the Potomac River answered. Wesner brought 14 pounds, 10 ounces to the scale Saturday to claim his first MLF trophy, finishing with […]

MARBURY, Md. – Charles County, Maryland, and the Potomac River are a long ways from the shallow, off-the-grid hidey holes that Keith Poche grew up fishing in Natchitoches, Louisiana. But Poche once again proved that shallow backwaters are shallow backwaters, regardless of what state they’re located in – and there are very few anglers in […]

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – In the waning hour of the 2026 Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Presented by MillerTech regular season, as the gravity of his accomplishments started to hit him, Virginia pro Ryan Lachniet expressed his gratitude about a season that had lived up to some lofty preseason goals. “Something seemed to go right for me […]

MASSENA, N.Y. — New York pro Jesse Spellicy wasn’t surprised when the number came up on the scale Sunday at the Massena Dam Intake: 23 pounds, 6 ounces, the biggest bag of the week and the winning moment at the Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats Northern Division event on the St. Lawrence River. Delighted, relieved and […]

MASSENA, N.Y. – Texas co-angler Carson Stone saved his best day for last at the Toyota Series Northern Division event on the St. Lawrence River, weighing the heaviest co-angler bag of the tournament on Saturday (19-10) to jump from sixth to first and claim the winner’s trophy and Phoenix Boats 518 Pro with a 115-horsepower outboard. […]

No matter the sport, nobody wants to face the guy with momentum going into the playoffs. As Suzuki Marine Stage 7 Presented by B&W Hitches approaches, the man leading the Bass Pro Tour Angler of the Year race is THAT guy. Oklahoma pro Zack Birge has put together a career year already in 2026, earning […]

SANDUSKY, Ohio — There was plenty at stake Saturday when the remaining 24-man field launched boats onto Lake Erie for the Knockout Round of Suzuki Marine Stage 7 Presented by B&W Trailer Hitches. Front and center was the Fishing Clash Angler of the Year battle between Zack Birge and Jacob Wheeler. In the end, Birge […]

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — If you fish around Lake Champlain, you know that it's pretty hard to beat anybody with the last name “LaBelle” in a bass tournament. Saturday at the final weigh-in of the 2026 Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats Northern Division season, beating a LaBelle was downright impossible.