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This week, Joe Balog has been glued to the Major League Fishing Team Series Heritage Cup, taking place in and around Minocqua, Wis. The format, he says, is the perfect blend of teamwork, mystery ...

In the wake of the decision by B.A.S.S. to limited live sonar usage during the 2026 Elite Series season, Joe Balog is curious to watch how things play out – on and off the water. Read his thoughts in ...

Shaw Grigsby's tournament career spanned five decades and, oh, the memories he made along the way. Joe Balog caught up with the Floridian after his recent retirement announcement. To read the newest ...

Joe Balog hearkens back to the long-ago days when he was obsessed with the Bass Pro Shops catalog in this week's edition of Balog's Bass War. Back then, he was certain that the thick book filled with ...

Greg Hackney is having a down year on the Bassmaster Elite Series, but a recent NPFL victory and a steely determination to keep doing things his own way has the Louisiana veteran in a pretty good ...

Freshwater fishing in Florida these days is nowhere near as good as it once was, and in Joe Balog's view, the reason for that is the way it's been managed by governmental agencies. There are people ...

Is a fair amount of seasoning on the top tours one of the prerequisites for success in professional bass fishing these days? Not hardly, as anglers in their early 20s continue to excel based not only ...

In this week's edition of Balog's Bass War, Joe Balog looks back and some of the inconveniences bass anglers formerly had to endure regarding equipment and storage systems. Thankfully, we no longer ...

Some tournament competitors and bass fishing fans are convinced they could do a better job of running a tournament trail than the people who actually do it. There's a good chance that most aren't ...

Dustin Connell has won the REDCREST Championship for the third time. In Joe Balog's view, he might be the best big-money competitor in the game.

Yes, Easton Fothergill utilized forward-facing sonar en route to winning last week's Bassmaster Classic. Nonetheless, that takes nothing away from Fothergill's achievement – he simply used the tools ...