Glenn

Yep, we had a hard drive failure. Took awhile to get it fixed, as you might imagine.

Chris, That is really sad news. So sorry. The bass fishing world has lost a great one.

Ok, let's just say every single channel is awesome and be done with it. Moving on....

What an amazing post. The members here are so giving and put out so much awesomeness, it stops me in my tracks. There are no words for it… beyond, just, ‘wow’.

Yup, I too looked in the mirror and realized you ARE uglier than a year ago!

Happy New Year!

It takes a lot of focus to run BassResource, but it’s the loyal visitors that feeds us. When I look through the posts in the forums, it really strikes me how much this site means – and how much the people who visit the site feed my soul. There are no words for it… beyond, just, ‘wow’. So much has happened over the last 21 years. But the one thing that remained consistent, that’s been there no matter what, are the loyal fans of the site. They’ve always been why we do what we do. But when you look beyond fishing and see the interactions of the forum members across the country, they’re really the heartbeat to everything we do. I always say no matter how hard we work at creating a great experience for our fans, they have so much energy and so much heart, they come back at us even harder. But when you can sit and really see them learning, sharing, and connecting in-person, it’s shocking. They are so giving and put out so much awesomeness, it stops me in my tracks – and reminds me why I feel most alive giving so much back to them. This is why we do this. This right here. When you have fans like we have, you wanna do even better than you think possible … and with the awesome members we have right here, it really does inspire us to reach for new heights and possibilities. A huge thanks to each and every one of you who have supported and encouraged us along the way! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

As an industry insider, everything I've heard the last 10 years is that fishing participation - as a whole - is declining. If you take away the influence of the economic rise over the past several years, bass fishing is declining is as well. Now, everyone has their theories and reasons, so I don't claim to have "the answer". However I do feel an important factor is that less and less kids are getting introduced to fishing. As for YouTube...meh. There's very few quality YouTube fishing channels out there. But there's lot's of GoPro wannabees with delusions of stardom and $$ in their eyes. And there's a lot of misinformation getting passed around by copycat YouTubers. To be sure, there are indeed several fishing channels that impress me. As a personal critic of my own videos, I don't feel I have met the bar I have set. And I certainly don't feel I'm good in front of the camera. LOL! But at least I have original content, and I don't have the shaky-cam-with-poor-audio videos like so many I've seen.

When's the next TW sale?

The calculator on this site was made to take into account the shape of double-digit vs. single digit bass. It was years ago when I made it, so I don't recall the exact formula, but essentially there's an inflection point at about 10lbs where the "standard" formula loses accuracy. Larger bass have a wider girth relative to their length than smaller bass. So the popular formula most people use isn't universal. After a lot of research and talking to fisheries biologists, the calculator was coded in a way to compensate for this issue. While no estimator is 100% accurate, we felt this method was better than a formula that assumes a bass retains the same shape as it grows into double-digit territory. The formula we created is variable based upon the shape changing as the size increases.

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Merry Christmas Y'all.

Woke up to 3" of new snow on the ground.

I'll just leave this right here.....

Merry Christmas Y'all!!

Merry Christmas Y'all!!

Merry Christmas Y'all!!

Merry Christmas Y'all!!!

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.

Welcome home! We're glad you're here.