Second-year Elite Series pro Caleb Sumrall has already accomplished something that he hadn't done in his first year-and-a-half on tour - make the Day 4 cut. Last year, when the top 12 fished on Day...
There's been a lull in Lake Guntersville bass fishing every day of this tournament from about 10 a.m. until noon. It feels different today because of the windy, cloudy weather, which we haven't...
Kelley Jaye lost about three hours of his eight-hour fishing day Sunday due to his well-documented hook-in-the-hand incident. However, he never lost his sense of humor. He mentioned how the...
Jamie Hartman's early fireworks came with a qualifier: He started the day 7 pounds, 2 ounces behind leader Matt Arey. And Arey has methodically worked his way near the lead again. He'd caught 10...
Jamie Hartman was going to fish this patch of aquatic vegetation just north of Goose Pond no matter what the weather was this morning. But he hadn't planned on throwing a topwater walking bait,...
Jamie Hartman's best five weigh 21-0, but he caught 8 bass weighing 27-12 in the first hour today. Under cloudy skies and a breeze, Hartman is on a topwater bite of his dreams.
The fireworks - big-time fireworks - started for Jamie Hartman immediately today. Hartman landed 20 pounds, 10 ounces in the first 42 minutes after the 6 a.m. takeoff. The smallest part of that was...
All ten of today's final qualifiers relished the thought of fishing Lake Guntersville without a horde of other anglers around. The biggest five-bass limit of the tournament so far was the 24-pound,...
Matt Herren began this day with a flurry. But he went just over five hours before adding to the 17-pound, 3-ounce limit he had in the first 90 minutes today.Herren is smiling again now. He landed a...
Caleb Sumrall has come painfully close, but he's never qualified to fish the final day in this his second season on the Elite Series. He's giving it his best shot today. Sumrall caught this 4-4 at...
Kelley Jaye put his first fish in the livewell since his well-documented hook-in-the-hand incident earlier this morning. It was a 2-8, which allowed him to cull a 1-12. Jaye's still in the thick of...
It had been a painfully quiet morning for Robbie Latuso. He put a 2-pound keeper in the boat at 7:20 and passed the 10 o'clock hour without another keeper. But the Gonzales, La., pro has livened up...
Bill Lowen is another one of those anglers who is rather quietly making a run at the Toyota Angler of the Year title. Lowen had a "false start" in the opener at the St. Johns River with a 47th...
If you're following "Bassmaster LIVE," you know Kelley Jaye has gone to the takeoff dock at Goose Pond to get some medical help in removing a treble hook lodged deep in his hand."I need novocaine,...
Carl Jocumsen has struggled with consistency in his professional bass fishing career. He's finished in the money 31 times in 64 B.A.S.S. tournaments. But Jocumsen has been consistently good at Lake...
Seth Feider doesn't go quietly about anything. And you can bet there was some noise in his boat upon landing a 5-pound, 2-ounce bass at 7 a.m. today. But the "Amazing Feider Man" is quietly...
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Paul Mueller knew exactly how to recap his two days on Lake Guntersville. After leading the Academy Sports + Outdoors Elite Tournament on Friday with 22 pounds, 14 ounces, he...
Jamie Hartman had a big day yesterday, catching a 20-pound, 10-ounce bag that rallied him from 46th place on Day 1 to 17th Saturday. Hartman is off to a hot start this morning thanks to a big bite...
For all the talk about the increased boat traffic and fishing pressure on a late June weekend, Lake Guntersville fished almost the same Saturday as it did Friday for the 75 Bassmaster Elite Series...
