PELL CITY, Ala. - Chris Lane, the 2012 Bassmaster Classic Champion, faltered on Day Two of the Southern Open at Logan Martin Lake. His 10-pound, 3-ounce limit dropped him from first to fifth place...
During the 2013 Bassmaster Classic at Grand Lake, Okla., Georgian Kendall Newson was called to the Bass Pro Shops/Nitro exhibit at the Tulsa Convention Center.
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PELL CITY, Ala. — T-shirt weather welcomed a field of 157 pros and co-anglers to Logan Martin Lake on the first day of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open. The bass were also part of...
I just finished packing my trusty F-150 for tomorrow’s drive from my home in Appalachian southern Ohio to Sweet Home Alabama. Tomorrow is the Wednesday prior to the start of the Bass Pro...
An elderly couple has come down to their dock to sit in lawn chairs in the shade and watch Reese do his thing. Reese hooks a bass and it hangs up on an old dock 20 feet from were the couple is...
Reese slowly works his way around Perch Creek. He hasn't put down his Power Poles since he caught the bass on the bed. As I write this he screams. He just missed another big one.
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We just watched Reese working on a bed for 30 minutes. He switched baits several times, was up and down several times digging out different baits and rods. He fished standing up. He fished...
I've abandoned Faircloth and have found Reese in Perch Creek, known locally as Highland, which is the name of the marina here. Of course, now that I've left Faircloth he's probably...
Faircloth pitches a sinking worm to a series of three docks. He misses a bass and lands another short one. He still looks calm, but he must be growing concerned by now. If he is, it doesn't...
After fishing a pocket twice, Faircloth hops to a fresh pocket. Two honking Canada Geese fly in to join him. He must be infringing on their territory. Faircloth hooks and lands one on a white...
After fishing another shallow pocket, Faircloth runs to the bridge we passed under on the way into Half Moon Creek. He's twitching a jerkbait past the bridge pilings. I've seen many of the...
Faircloth has worked his way around the back of a pocket. We got a better look at his topwater bait through Jacobson's long telephoto lens. It is a small popper.
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Faircloth switches to a small popper. He moves down the bank working it with subtle twitches. He changes to some type of soft plastic bait and slowly bumps it over the bottom.
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We are idling out of Perch Creek at daybreak. "We" are ace photographer Darren Jacobson, boat driver John Snyder, West Point guide extraordinary, and Mark Hicks. That's me.
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We had gotten word that Todd Faircloth had a solid limit and that he was fishing up Yellow Jacket Creek. We took off in search of him through hammering rain. Three miles up the creek we...
My smartphone is working again now that I've come off the water. The last time I tried to blog, it wrote two sentences by itself. I couldn't understand a word of it. I guess smartphones...
We return again to the creek where we started. Reese has left the building, Zaldain is still here and Scott Ashmore is the new kid on the block. He has two in the box. The many pros that were in...
