Brian

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• BassParade: Science

  Science: Is Red Dead?

  It’s one of those things where you either believe or you don’t. Some things are just like that in the bass fishing...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: The Need for Speed

  It seems like we’re seeing a resurgence in the popularity of high speed reels in the bassin’ world. Better gearing, better technology,...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: Bass On Gas

  Pro athletes do it. Do what you ask? Receive oxygen when they are overly stressed or exerted during competition. Now that we’re...

• BassParade: Deep Thoughts

  Science: Bassin’s Big Mysteries

  Stonehenge. The Great Pyramids of Egypt. The Bermuda Triangle. The lost city of Atlantis. All famous mysteries of the world – but...

• BassParade: Science

  Those Good Old Days of Yesteryear

  We’re going way back in the archives here, but I came across a great article from an August 19, 1963 Sports Illustrated...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: Bass Fishing – Got Drag?

  Bass fishing can be a real drag. I’m not talking “bummer-like” drag – bass fishing is way too cool for that.  Nor...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: A Fish Out of Water

  The angler brings his bag of bass up on the weigh-in stage and then places them on the scales. The emcee announces...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: Livewell Salt + Ice = Not Nice

  What if I told you that most everything we as bass anglers have been instructed to do to help keep our fish...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: Bass Color Morphs

  Recently this piece in the Statesman.com had the following picture of what they termed a “mutt” fish, what is surmised to be...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: Fishing Success – A Matter of Good Timing?

  I’ve been following BassFan coverage of the West Point Bassmaster Elite Series in Georgia this week, when this particular sentence caught my eye. “As...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: Alien Invader Update

  Remember hearing the news about the coming end of the bassin’ world back in 2004? You know, all the green fish were going to...

• BassParade: Science

  The Science of ‘ABC’ Bass

  Don’t you love acronyms? ‘ABC’ bass – some of the best pros in the world have targeted them, and won some pretty...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: The Role of Random Chance or “Luck” in Fishing

  >All the right technique specific gear – check. >In depth knowledge of seasonal patterns – check. >Lots and lots of time on...

• BassParade: Science

  Science: One Fishing Friend too Many

  One of the more common tools available and used by state fishery personnel to help evaluate our local waters is the creel...

• BassParade: Science

  The Science Behind Creel Limits?

  All bass anglers are familiar with creel limits. Turns out that every state in the union that has black bass also has...