Japanese angler Taku Ito’s infectious personality left a big crowd both laughing and crying Sunday on the final day of the Farmers Insurance Bassmaster Elite at the St. Lawrence River.Ito did so in...
Just like last week at Lake Champlain, when Bryan Schmitt won by 8 ounces and four anglers finished within 2 pounds of the lead, this one is going down to the wire. BassTrakk isn’t the final word,...
Chris Johnston has ventured further out into Lake Ontario than any other angler in the top 10 today. As you can see in this photo by Shane Durrance, Johnston’s boat is rising and falling in the...
It was just less than a year ago, July 23-26, in fact, that Japanese rookie Elite Series angler Taku Ito burst on the scene. After a long delay in the tournament schedule due to Covid-19, Ito...
Clark Wendlandt caught a 4-pound, 4-ounce smallmouth on his second cast at Lake Ontario this morning. As you can see in the photo above by Shane Durrance, the lake is a little choppy. Wendlandt...
Bernie Schultz led this tournament the first two days before falling to 5th place yesterday. He started today 3 pounds, 13 ounces behind leader Cory Johnston. The 66-year-old Florida native is back...
Last year on the St. Lawrence River, Chris Johnston became the first Canadian to win an Elite Series tournament. That honor probably should have gone to his older brother Cory two years ago. And...
After a 54th-place finish at Lake Champlain, the furthest thing from Josh Stracner’s mind was the Elite Series Rookie of the Year title. He was fifth in ROY points, 55 behind leader KJ Queen coming...
Brandon Palaniuk finished the first two days of this tournament in 12th place. But he’s moving on up today. Palaniuk has landed two 5-pounders since noon - a 5-8 and a 5-4 - giving him 23-4 on the...
It’s possible to focus on largemouth rather than smallmouth bass at the St. Lawrence River. Last year Brock Mosley finished third by doing exactly that. Brad Whatley has the big bass so far today...
Japanese angler Taku Ito become an "overnight sensation" in the course of finishing sixth at the St. Lawrence River last year. Ito had no experience catching smallmouth bass prior to that...
Justin Atkins was a confident angler after weighing 22-14 and moving up from 8th place on Day 1 to 5th place on Day 2. Atkins is demonstrating this morning that his confidence was well-placed....
Based on the Day 2 standings, Brandon Palaniuk is now third in Angler of the Year points based on his 12th place finish yesterday. He’ll probably finish there when the points become official upon...
Yes, this fish does have a small mouth, but it’s a carp, of course. Cliff Prince had a battle with this carp today. Kudos to Prince’s skills in posing with a fish - keep your hand and fingers out...
At first thought, I would have expected last year’s St. Lawrence River tournament out of Clayton to have produced higher overall numbers than this year’s out of Waddington. The main reason for that...
Second verse same as the first at the St. Lawrence River. After Day 2, Bernie Schultz still leads by less than two pounds, just like on Day 1. His two-day total is 47 pounds, 14 ounces. Chris...
If you’ve been watching “Bassmaster LIVE,” you’ve seen both Chris and Cory Johnston stick their faces in what looks like the narrow end of a traffic cone when the wide end of the cone is in the...
For the second year in a row Hank Cherry has earned an automatic berth in next year’s Bassmaster Classic by winning this year’s Bassmaster Classic. And for the second year in a row Cherry will be a...
Shane LeHew isn’t feeling the pressure of trying to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic, unlike several anglers are today. The 32-year-old, Catawba, N.C., resident is simply trying to cap a very...
Chris Johnston is running and gunning, hitting main points. He is fishing faster, way faster, than I am used to seeing these guys fish. His first smallie was close to 4 pounds. It will be...
