For the second consequtive morning my wakeup call at the hotel was thunder and lightning. However, a lull in the storm allowed the Elite pros to take off on time.
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I'm back in my motel room drying out after a morning on the Mississippi River watching the Elite Series pros. I don't envy them. The conditions are challenging, to say the least.
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Things are going to hell in a hurry out here. We're battling legitimate 3 to 4 foot swells. Some of the pros are abandoning this open stretch of the river.
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B.A.S.S. photographer Darren Jacobson struggles to take photos in 3-foot swells. Jacobson lives on Green Bay and says that Mississippi River's Staddard Bay is very much like Green Bay...
Lightning is still striking in the distance. Our boat driver, Brandon Meisner, tells me another storm is coming. Meisner is retired military. He has done four tours oveseas and has seen serious...
The radar shows that the worst of the storm will pass soon. I suspect the pros will get the go sign soon. Whoops! There's more lightning. Maybe not so soon after all.
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Before my alarm went off this morning at the hotel, I was awakened by the sound of thunder and rain pelting my window. The inclement weather could be a game changer.
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In my blog prior to the first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open of 2013, I said that I felt confident about getting the James River monkey off my back. During my previous James River...
I left southern Ohio for the James River the week before the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open is slated to happen there. From home, the James is an easy day’s drive.
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When the smoke cleared after the final Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open of 2013 at Logan Martin Lake, 24-year-old Brandon Lester of Fayetteville, Tenn., was the last man standing in the...
