After what he’d seen over the previous two days at Lake Ray Roberts, Hank Cherry thought today was going to be difficult - for everyone. It appears he was correct. His unofficial BassTrakk totals...
Among those who have reported on a few Bassmaster Classics, it’s a betting game. How many times will anglers say this on the Day 1 weigh-in stage: “You can’t win the Bassmaster Classic on Day 1,...
Hank Cherry endured more than two hours this morning with only two keepers in the boat. When he left the dam and started flipping bushes again, he made a key adjustment, according to photographer...
As a former TTBC winner at Lake Ray Roberts, Matt Herren was considered one of the pre-tournament favorites in this his 9th Bassmaster Classic. But Herren had a tough first day, finishing in 40th...
Ed Loughran III is a 50-year-old Classic rookie. The Elite Series angler from Richmond, Va., qualified for his first Bassmaster Classic by finishing 32nd in Angler of the Year points last season....
Steve Kennedy lived through a nightmare yesterday. But maybe it will be the key for him to make a dream come true today. The nightmare was the 8-pounder (at least) that Kennedy lost at the boat in...
Some like it hot, and Drew Cook is one of those someones. For his preferred method of flipping the flooded bushes at Lake Ray Roberts, he would like the temperature to be high and the wind to be...
Just over a year ago at the 2020 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Guntersville, Hank Cherry was leading by 4 pounds, 13 ounces going into final day. After two days at Lake Ray Roberts he leads by 4...
Hank Cherry said early during the first day of competition that 25 pounds was his daily goal and 17 pounds was his minimum. It took him all day to do it, but he 47-year-old North Carolina pro hit...
Frank Talley fell one keeper shy of a limit yesterday, but he made up for it with the big bass of the day, an 8-pound, 3-ounce largemouth. His total of 15-10 put him in 14th place. No one wanted to...
This lake has the reputation of being hot one day and cold the next. Throw in an unexpected thunderstorm that caused a two-hour delay to today’s takeoff and you’ve got the formula for the...
Justin Kerr ended Day 1 in a tie for 22nd place after weighing a 13-pound, 6-ounce limit. The BASS Nation champion from Lake Havasu, Ariz., has only one fish today, but it’s a 7-pounder. It has...
Maybe this stormy weather has put a spark in the Lake Ray Roberts bass. Chad Pipkens wouldn’t argue with that after landing a 9-pounder at 8:37, shortly after the delayed takeoff. That’s a new big...
Patrick Walters summed up today’s unexpected weather-delayed start as follows: “Just about everything imaginable that could change has changed.”Chris Zaldain, who lives 45 minutes from Lake Ray...
Essentially there was a half-day of fishing at Lake Ray Roberts on Day 1 of the Bassmaster Classic. The early morning shad spawn produced quite a show, but the double-digit wind that kicked up at...
Defending Bassmaster Classic champion Hank Cherry said earlier this morning that 25 pounds was his top-end goal today and his minimum was 17 pounds. Cherry was short of that minimum and one bass...
Seth Feider feels like he’s got a weight off this shoulders. For the first time in a couple of months, he’s not thinking about the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year title. With two...
This is Chad Pipkens fourth Bassmaster Classic, and he’s excited about it, especially after catching this 6 1/2-pounder at 8:29 this morning. It’s the second-biggest bass of the day, so far. Frank...
This is Steve Kennedy’s 10th Bassmaster Classic. The last time it was in Texas, at Lake Conroe in 2017, he finished second by less than two pounds to Jordan Lee. Before this one started, Kennedy...
Lake Ray Roberts has a big bass reputation. Even when the Classic qualifiers were purposely not setting the hook on many fish in the four days of practice over the last week, there were some 8-, 9-...
