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Three-time Angler of the Year Aaron Martens is having some tough surgery today. We put together this video, highlights of his Bassmaster tournaments, to hono...
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Aaron Martens passed away on November 4th, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. Bassmaster and the entire fishing industry will never forget Martens and his...
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Aaron Martens is a stickler on how he rigs his baits. In this video, he covers his three favorite ways to rig a bait on a drop-shot hook, including one that he rarely shares with other...
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Nov 5, 2021 · Aaron Martens, a three-time Bassmaster Angler of the Year and three-time winner of the prestigious U.S. Open, passed away today after a 19-month battle with brain cancer. He was 49 years old. Martens initially honed his fishing skills on famed trophy factory Castaic Lake in southern California, fishing tournaments with his mother, Carol.
- Michael Neal – 88-14
- John Hunter – 73-12
- Nick Hatfield – 55-14
- Drew Gill – 55-6
- Matt Becker – 53-12
- Chris Lane – 52-1
- Brent Ehrler – 42-6
- Spencer Shuffield – 40-8
- Bryan Thrift – 38-4
- Marty Robinson – 34-12
Michael Nealcemented himself as a smallmouth expert with his second big win on a smallmouth mecca, having also won the final event of the 2021 season on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair. This week, he primarily used a drop-shot rig in deep water and mixed in a finesse football jig to claim his second Bass Pro Tour victory. “I caught almost all of them on ...
Kentucky’s John Hunterscored his best-ever finish on the Bass Pro Tour and made a serious run for the win, holding the lead for a good chunk of the final day. He kept it simple all week with a drop-shot, plus a small handful coming on a Carolina rig. The drop-shot with a green pumpkin Googan Baits Rattlin’ Ned was easily his best bait. He fished it...
Rookie Nick Hatfieldhad a solid albeit up-and-down first season on the BPT but ended the campaign with his best finish. He stayed shallow and caught fish with a drop-shot, jighead minnow and a tube in the Alexandria Bay area. “I had a couple of different baits that were big for me this week,” he said. “I caught a bunch the first day on a 3/8-ounce ...
Rookie Drew Gill capped off an impressive first year on the Bass Pro Tour with another excellent event, which gave him a runner-up finish in the Fishing Clash Angler of the Year race to Jacob Wheeler. Gill stuck to his forward-facing sonar strengths and caught his St. Lawrence River bass on a jerkbait, with a drop-shot also contributing. “I threw t...
Matt Becker, the 2023 Fishing Clash Angler of the Year, is one of the premier smallmouth anglers on the Bass Pro Tour, with much of his success credited to light line and spinning tackle. This time, he threw a curveball to the smallmouth and stuck with baitcast gear and a heavier line. “I didn’t catch a single fish on a spinning rod until the last ...
Fishing farther downriver than many of his competitors, Chris Lanestuck to shallow water with a power-fishing approach. One of the keys to his success was making plenty of moves in a day and covering water with a vibrating jig. “I was targeting rock anywhere from a foot of water down to about 12 feet deep,” he said. “Some areas with rock mixed with...
California’s Brent Ehrlersecured another Top 10 finish and stuck with a drop-shot rig. He focused on the main river in 20 to 40 feet of water and moved frequently. “I was fishing shoals, reefs, humps, that type of stuff,” Ehrler said. “I had one place I started on every morning and then hit many spots. The more spots you hit, the more fish you coul...
Spencer Shuffield, the 2022 Tackle Warehouse TITLE winner on these waters, was a pre-tournament favorite and made it to the final day. He utilized a two-pronged approach that changed as the event went on, starting with a jerkbait early before swapping it for a finesse jig. “The first two days, I was catching them over shallow humps with a prototype...
Bryan Thrifthad a great start to the event, winning his group, then advancing to the Knockout Round and, eventually, the final day on the strength of his jig bite. He fished a large stretch of about 16 miles yet still believes he ran out of bass on the final day. “I found some of those places in practice, and they were the only spots where the fish...
Marty Robinsonwas another angler who stuck to the shallows. He caught both smallmouth and largemouth, often mixed in the same areas. He used a trio of baits and focused on the mid-section of the tournament boundaries. “I stayed shallow, and the most fish came on a drop-shot with a couple of different baits — a little 3-inch swimbait and a Zoom Z-Dr...
Nov 5, 2021 · In a Major League Fishing promo video, Martens described growing up being outdoors camping and fishing, spending summer days at a state park roaming with a rod and lures, and catching his first bass — sight-fishing for a two-pounder on a bed, using a crappie jig.
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Nov 4, 2021 · Immensely popular bass fishing pro Aaron Martens, a three-time B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year, and four-time Bassmaster Classic runner-up, has died after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 49.
