For the Robinson family, Toyota Tundras have become a family tradition, along with stacking those Bonus Bucks checks, check it out below!

Since 2008 Pursuit has been delivering extensive high-quality outdoor content to millions of viewers unserved by any other full-time outdoor network. The unique basic tier package delivery with the major satellite distributors, plus major recent additions in the cable sector, provides access to an audience that is ripe with outdoorsmen and women for its content partners. In addition to joining the network, The Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up show will also be featured on Pursuit’s digital platforms. Look for The Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up program on the Pursuit UP streaming channel available to over 100 million users, or available 24/7 on Pursuit UP’s VOD/App platforms.

According to Danny Blandford, AC Director of Business Development, “We added the AC Bass Wrap Up Show to Pursuit in 2024 and were pleased with the additional viewership and new fans of the show.  Airing three times a week in both the first and second quarter of 2025 will ensure we continue to reach millions of anglers annually. It will be great to see our program and advertising partners featured alongside so many popular outdoor television programs during the peak fishing television season on Pursuit. We look forward to showing our program to viewers who may not have seen us on the Discovery Network in years past.”

The 2024/25 season of the AnglersChannel Bass Wrap Up Show kicks off with highlights from the Bassmaster Classic and MLF Redcrest.  From there the crew heads to the second annual Minn Kota/Humminbird Owners Tournament, as well as other regional events.  Along the way they squeeze in additional fishing trips, tips, and much more. If you want to catch the action as it unfolds throughout the season, visit www.AnglersChannel.com, and be sure to follow along on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

About AnglersChannel.com
AnglersChannel.com multimedia platform combines the web, social media platforms, on-site event coverage and The Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show on Discovery and Pursuit to bring you the No. 1 resource in tournament bass fishing. Anglers Channel features the web’s most robust tournament database, used by thousands of anglers daily, including schedules, results and searchable details by body of water. Anglers Channel also delivers industry news as it happens, along with coverage of all tournament bass fishing, from BASS and Major League Fishing to the weekend warriors. Visit Anglers Channel via the web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.

About Pursuit
Pursuit Media, LLC, the industry leader in total home and user delivery, has its linear feed Pursuit Channel, active nationally to 22+ million homes via DIRECTV, AT&T U-verse HD, DISH Network, Sling TV HD, Comcast Xfinity, Fios by Verizon HD, Centurylink Prism HD, Cox Communication HD and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC). PursuitUP, is active to 100+ million users through Samsung’s TV Plus, Sinclair’s STIRR, Xumo, Glewed TV, Vidgo, Kloud TV, Select TV, TCL Smart TVs, Plex, and many more. Additionally, PursuitUP’s VOD library is readily available online to anyone at pursuituptv.com, or by downloading the PursuitUP app available on most devices.

For more information contact Danny Blandford at Danny@anglerschannel.com

Catch the Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show, Presented by Sportsman’s Warehouse Saturday mornings on Discovery!  The program airs at 6:30 am EST through the month of December!  It will be available on Pursuit starting in January, AND you can watch anytime at OutdoorAction.com.

Catch the Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show, Presented by Sportsman’s Warehouse Saturday mornings on Discovery!  The program airs at 6:30 am EST through the month of December!  It will be available on Pursuit starting in January, AND you can watch anytime at OutdoorAction.com.

In this first episode, we draw from the Heart & Soul Series, highlighting the deep heritage behind what seems like a “new” boat company.  If you want to learn even more about the people and the rich history of the Vexus family, check out the full series of Heart & Soul.

Catch the Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show, Presented by Sportsman’s Warehouse Saturday mornings on Discovery!  The program airs at 6:30 am EST through the month of December!  It will be available on Pursuit starting in January, AND you can watch anytime at OutdoorAction.com.

The video below does an awesome job of capturing some of the people and the process behind the company.  You can find FOUR Seasons of Heart & Soul at Vexusboats.com.  It’s an awesome Made in the USA story, and you can learn about the boats from bow to stern!

According to tournament rules, “In order to be eligible to participate in the Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners Tournament, one member of the registered team must be a current, eligible Toyota Bonus Bucks Program member and team boat must be towed to event with the Toyota Bonus Bucks participant’s eligible Toyota tow vehicle. (2020 or newer Toyota Tundra, Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Sequoia, or Toyota 4Runner). Amateur teams only—Bassmaster Elite, Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour and Major League Fishing Invitational Pros are not eligible to participate in the Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners Tournament.”

The 2024 event will be hosted at Green Pond Landing on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina.

Check out this video and more details below!

Registration for this NO ENTRY FEE event is open to the first 300 qualified teams to register. You can sign up here: https://ownersevent.toyotatrucksbonusbucks.com/registration/

They’ve supported bass fishing and bass anglers for over a decade, provided top quality products, AND are giving back to the sport we all love.  Included with the purchase of any Costa sunglasses…it is as simple as Register, Compete, Cash In, Conserve.  Learn More / Register

Over $100,000 and counting has been awarded to conservation efforts across the country on behalf of Costa anglers.  Anglers choose from a list of projects, including: American Rivers, Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, Friends of Reservoirs, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation.  It’s as simple as – Own Costa Sunglasses – Register at Compete & Conserve – Win – Donate.  Time to #seewhatsoutthere

Over $100,000 and counting has been awarded to conservation efforts across the country on behalf of Costa anglers.  Anglers choose from a list of projects, including: American Rivers, Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, Friends of Reservoirs, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation.  It’s as simple as – Own Costa Sunglasses – Register at Compete & Conserve – Win – Donate.  Time to #seewhatsoutthere

Why not just tie a Palomar knot with fluorocarbon line? It works well with braid, if you pass it twice through the hook eye, therefore making a double Palomar.  It doesn’t matter how well you tie the Palomar, the material, the crystalline structure of fluorocarbon itself, is hard. When it lays across itself it can – and eventually will – cut into itself.  It will break.

This will happen when the line is under the greatest strain; when the biggest bass of the day, if not your life, is acting a fool on the other end of the line.  Again, the knot is not the problem. Fluorocarbon material is extruded from dense crystals, and you cannot remedy this by ‘tying a better Palomar knot’.

Note: if you use monofilament line, go ahead with a well-tied Palomar. I still do. And I have outclassed the line strength, as tested on fancy equipment provided by the line manufacturer, with my Palomar knot.  Don’t believe people who tell you that you can’t tie a 100% Palomar knot. It is a good knot, under the right circumstances.

Additionally, when flipping or punching with big weights, I use a straight shank hook and I snell it rather than tying a conventional knot anyway, even with fluorocarbon same as I do with braid.  Outside of those exceptions, or the occasional need to tie a loop knot, I tie a little something best described as “the 3-tag knot” because when you’re done trimming it you will have three tag ends, but the actual name is the Double Pitzen knot. Shaw Grigsby showed it to me years ago, though at the time neither of us knew what it was called.

After many years of testing, this knot has held up incredibly well for me.

Over $72,000 and counting has been awarded to conservation efforts across the country on behalf of Costa anglers.  Anglers choose from a list of projects, including: American Rivers, Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, Friends of Reservoirs, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation.  It’s as simple as – Own Costa Sunglasses – Register at Compete & Conserve – Win – Donate.  Time to #seewhatsoutthere

As we get closer to retirement, our plans are starting to come into focus, and one of those is to buy a fifth wheel and travel the country in it. That means I’ll tow the “house,” and Hanna will have an SUV to pull the boat. She’s starting to practice so she won’t be nervous when we officially hit the road. If she can pull the Bass Cat through the DC area’s treacherous traffic,

she’ll likely be ready for anything.

Since we did our initial review, Seviin also came out with more information on the testing that went into the new reels, and you can check that out here.

As far as our take, AC Insider, Danny Blandford shares his thoughts after hitting the river.  Check it out below!

Here are the full specs:

• One-piece reinforced composite frame and side covers
• 4 + 1 stainless steel bearing system
• Rock-solid one-way clutch anti-reverse
• 32MM forged aluminum spool holds 110 yards of 12 lb mono
• Custom designed carbon fiber handle with EVA grips
• Multi-stack carbon fiber drag / stainless steel drag system
• Micro-adjustable magnetic cast control
• Precision hobbed hard brass pinion and drive gear
• Line memo indicator dial

Check out the website HERE

The Anglers Channel kicks off the season at the Inaugural Minn Kota / Humminbird Owner’s Tournament, from Pickwick Lake. Anglers Channel was there to cover the event and capture some Humminbird Highlights and document the festivities and fishing. $50,000 was up for grabs for the largest bass of the weekend, as well as countless other prizes, and first-class treatment for customers from across the country.

According to John Byrne, Anglers Channel CEO, “We’re excited to launch our 14th season of the program on the Discovery Network. Each year we work to improve the program and we’re looking forward to our best season yet. After the premieres on Discovery, we’ll also be airing on Pursuit in Q1 and Q2, and we’ve bolstered digital delivery, so we’ll be reaching more anglers than ever with our Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show.”

In addition to the Discovery premiere and runs on Pursuit, The Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show, Presented by Sportsman’s Warehouse, will also be available digitally via OutdoorActionTV.com as well as the network streaming services. Outdoor Action is a 24/7 streaming network that’s free to download on any connected device or to watch on a variety of channels. You’ll find your favorite hunting, fishing, outdoor programming, and more. This platform was built for the avid outdoorsmen and women who crave adventures, stories, tournaments, tips, and tricks from the field and on the water! Currently available via Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, iOS, and Android as well as www.OutdoorAction.com, this is the go-to place for desired outdoor content, on-demand at no cost to the viewer. You can also find Outdoor Action on the TCL Channel and Sports.TV streaming apps for 24×7 entertainment. If you want to catch the action as it unfolds, or see previous episodes, visit www.AnglersChannel.com, and be sure to follow along on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

About AnglersChannel.com
AnglersChannel.com multimedia platform combines the web, social media platforms, podcasts, on-site event coverage and The Anglers Channel Bass Wrap Up Show on Discovery to bring you the No. 1 resource in tournament bass fishing. Anglers Channel features the web’s most robust tournament database, used by thousands of anglers daily, including schedules, results and searchable details by body of water. Anglers Channel also delivers industry news as it happens, along with coverage of all tournament bass fishing, from BASS and Major League Fishing to the weekend warriors. Visit Anglers Channel via the web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.

For more information contact Danny Blandford at danny@anglerschannel.com

Anglers can find aisle after aisle of all the big names, with a wide variety within each category.  They aren’t just stocking bass gear of course, there are sections for crappie and pan fisherman, fly fishing as well as saltwater/inshore.

Here is an interview with the Fishing Manager, who gives us all the details:

The hunter and outdoorsman certainly has plenty to check out as well.  We saw everything you need to get set up for bow season, a day at the target range, or a weekend of camping.

Check out the store page here.  You’ll find everything you need to plan your visit.

Bass fishing’s all-time leading money winner, Kevin VanDam recently fished his final regular season tournament. After a career that included numerous championship titles and Anger of the Year Awards, VanDam reflects on a technique that helped him amass well over $7,000,000 in winnings – cranking.

“When cranking, in almost every situation, the most important thing is to make sure you’ve got the right bait for the depth zone that you’re fishing so you can hit the bottom or the cover.

“Ninety percent of the time, it’s the bottom. Whether it grass, gravel, rocks, a crankbait is most effective when it deflects. You want to make sure that you’re hitting something with it.

If you can’t, then it’s all about stopping and starting it. Erratic movements, out of any bait, are what trigger bass. With a crankbait, stopping and starting it and speed reeling it on the bottom as it’s deflecting is that trigger.”

VanDam is known for his ability to manage a tournament clock as much as his understanding of fish behavior. A crankbait suits his fast-paced style. “The reason I love it so much is it’s one of the most efficient lures for a specific depth zone.

“I use line size to help control the running depth. If you need the bait to run a little shallower, use heavier line. If you want it to run deeper, go with lighter line.

“The most important thing is understanding the depth it runs and making sure you’re in contact with something.”

Located with the Gulf of Mexico to the West, and countless freshwater lakes to the North and East, this location caters to both fresh and saltwater anglers alike.

If you want to the details on the store, you can find them right here.  You can also shop from the comfort of your own home at Sportsmans.com

Our very own, John Byrne, got the opportunity to catch up with Store Manager, John Shafer and talk about the area, as well as the store.  Check it out below:

Want the details on the store itself?  Get ’em right HERE  If you can’t make it to Wausau, Sportsmans.com can bring it right to you!

Check out the new Sportman’s Warehouse in Racine, Wisconsin!

BASS Opens pro James Caldemeyer teaches Vance what Costa’s Compete+Conserve program is all about

John and Vance catch up with MLF REDCREST winner Bryan Thrift