... He fished a lot during his high school days from a flatbottom boat on Cadron Creek. "I always wanted to be a tournament fisherman," he said, and it was a natural goal since his dad, Jerry Williams, has been in bass tournament work since ...

... feeding fish following down underneath. Hook sharpening is overlooked by most anglers except the professionals like tournament fishermen and fishing guides. A small whetstone should be in your boat or tackle box. Just a few short strokes will eliminate ...

... planning and thought and are highly individual decisions. If you need a present for a bass tournament fisherman, or a wannabe bass tournament fisherman, don't go shopping in a fly fishing department. Smaller fishing gift items are simpler ...

... them. He terms himself a bass fisherman but not a tournament fisherman. "Oh, I enter a tournament every now and then, but I'm really not a tournament fishermen." He and Owens, though, hit lakes and rivers ...

... storm blew up the second day of the three-day competition. Ray Scott, the BASS boss, had put in a rule that tournament fishermen had to wear life jackets, and many anglers grumbled. They didn't like the idea. Two competitors, Bob Craddock ...

By Joe Mosby For a bass tournament fisherman who overslept, the day turned out well for Steve Scherrey. The 45-year-old Conway angler caught a lunker bass on his third ...

... seems to attack larger, trophy-sized bass. Tournament fishermen have also reported poor fishing during and after ... returning it to the water as quickly as possible. Tournament fishermen should also run their live-well aerators continuously ...

... at Beaver Lake, and the rival FLW Tour, launched in 1996. Many, perhaps most, of the top professional bass tournament fishermen compete on both circuits, although not all do. It is their livelihood, their living. The competition over these ...

... fish following down underneath. n Hook sharpening is overlooked by most anglers except the professionals like tournament fishermen and fishing guides. A small whetstone should be in your boat or tackle box. Just a few short strokes will eliminate ...

... tournaments for years now, although the rules apply only when the boat's big motor is running. Have you heard of a tournament fisherman drowning in recent years? Fatalities in boating accidents are down in Arkansas from the years just before 2003 ...