Palaniuk Caps Magical Season With Toyota Bassmaster Angler Of The Year Title

Palaniuk Caps Magical Season With Toyota Bassmaster Angler Of The Year Title

Brandon Palaniuk of Hayden, Idaho, won the 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title at Mille Lacs Lake held out of Onamia, Minn., Sunday.                                                                                                                      Photo...
Palaniuk’s Longtime Loyalty to Toyota Paid Off

Palaniuk’s Longtime Loyalty to Toyota Paid Off

The 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title that Brandon Palaniuk won Sunday at Lake Mille Lacs started with a dream when he was an 8-year-old boy growing up in Idaho. Then it caught speed in 2010 when he purchased his first Tundra, and began to cash-in on...
VanDam’s 18 pounds of disappointment

VanDam’s 18 pounds of disappointment

Be honest, if a genie in a bottle offered you an 18-pound limit of bass every time you went fishing, you’d jump on it like a 5-pound smallmouth on a soft shell crawdad. So would I. But for the greatest bass angler of all time, bringing an 18-pound limit of smallmouth...
Oh Deer, Swindle a Bit Distracted as AOY Championship Begins

Oh Deer, Swindle a Bit Distracted as AOY Championship Begins

One year ago, the pressure Gerald and LeAnn Swindle felt during Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship week on Mille Lacs was on par with a Crimson Tide pass rush. The couple persevered, they prayed, they leaned on each other, and they limped out of the...