As flooding goes, the rise in water levels on the Alabama River was minimal for the second stop of the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) season.

Tuscaloosa angler Joe Lay has traveled to Lake Martin for years and accumulated plenty of intel on the sprawling Tallapoosa River reservoir.

SHEFFIELD, AL – Logan Parks lives over 200 miles from Pickwick Lake, but the Tennessee River impoundment has proved to be a special place for him during his fishing career. In fact, his trips to the Northwest Alabama fishery this year could barely be better.

As a high school competitor and later as a highly competitive college performer, Parker has experienced just about everything the Tennessee River reservoir has to offer. Rarely, however, has he seen Pickwick so crowded as it was Saturday (June 3) in the final Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) qualifier of 2023.

Two anglers with contrasting experiences on Lay Lake won their respective divisions in the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation qualifier Saturday (April 15, 2023).

David Wesson’s experience in Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) tournaments may be limited, but that fact didn’t hinder his fishing on Lake Eufaula Saturday (March 11).

Marty Giddens and his wife, Kim, like Lake Martin so much that they live there. After the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) qualifier Saturday (Feb. 18), they love Martin just a little bit more.

When the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation finalized its dates and venues late last year, Zeke and Curtis Gossett knew the 2022 schedule worked for them.

The Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) experienced a first Saturday (May 21) on Pickwick Lake in the final 2022 qualifying tournament.

The winners of the boater and co-angler divisions took decidedly different approaches to their respective victories Saturday (April 16) in the Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation (ABN) tournament qualifier on Lake Eufaula.