UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. — After three days of practice, Cayuga Lake has presented more questions than answers for the Elite Series anglers. The main question is this: Where are the bass going to be...
The Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race gets more interesting by the tournament. As of late, there has been a new leader after each event and no one has separated himself from the field. The...
The Elite Series anglers that have been to Cayuga Lake previously know about the quality of the largemouth bass fishery here. Elite Series rookie Derek Hudnall now knows about it too.Hudnall landed...
Chris Zaldain didn't begin this day in a good mood, after finding his boat had been pilfered of some rod-and-reel combos overnight. But he's been all smiles this morning, after catching a 3-pounder...
In addition to a healthy population of largemouth and smallmouth bass, Cayuga Lake has an abundance of chain pickerel, a toothy fish in the pike family. Several anglers mentioned setting the hook...
Matt Herren appears to be in a prime place entering the eighth of nine regular-season stops on the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series. The Alabama angler moved up from ninth to fifth in the Toyota Angler...
As noted since Day 1, this year’s Elite Series tournament, as predicted by the anglers, isn’t matching the record-breaking totals from last year’s event on the St. Lawrence River. You can’t expect...
This week's Elite Series tournament has fished strikingly similar to the 2017 event on the St. Lawrence River. That tournament two years ago provided a fairly accurate gauge for the Top 35 cut...
Matt Arey had his family and friends concerned yesterday. Or, more accurately, BASSTrakk had them concerned, after it showed Arey with no fish all day long. It may have been a cell service problem....
Brandon Lester hasn't won an Elite Series event, but he came heart-breakingly close at the St. Lawrence River last year. Lester led the tournament after two days. He finished third, only 18 ounces...
Jay Yelas has been having a strong day from the start this morning. It just got stronger. The longtime pro angler from Lincoln City, Ore., landed this 5-pounder on a drop shot rig at 1:27 p.m. (I...
From Greg DiPalma's success on a Carolina rig to Brian Snowden's Day 2 big bass of 5-13 on a spybait, there has been an unusually wide variety of key lures on the St. Lawrence River this week.Of...
Micah Frazier has been Mr. Consistency through the first two days of this tournament - catching 20 pounds, 11 ounces both days. He started today in 12th place and he's well on his way to making the...
Every bass in Brian Snowden's 22-pound, 6-ounce bag yesterday was caught on a Duo Realis Spinbait 80 spybait, including the 5-pound, 13-ounce big bass of Day 2. Snowden is catching fish on a 4-inch...
Seth Feider wasn't a happy man when he came to the weigh-in tanks yesterday. He wasn't able to follow up on his Thursday 13th-place bag of 21 pounds, 1 ounce. And he was pretty sure that he'd...
The Day 2 top 35 cut may have been the cruelest cut of all. In 36th place, with two ounces less than 35th place Seth Feider, was Cory Johnston. He made a heroic jump from 60th place on Day 1,...
Steve Kennedy has employed an airbrush and a 7-inch glide bait to help him locate smallmouth bass in the St. Lawrence River. Once they reveal themselves, he follows up with a couple of different...
The 75-angler field will be cut to the top 35 after today's weigh-in. The 35th place two-day weight last year was 40-11. However, the St. Lawrence River is fishing more like it did in 2017 when the...
Greg Snowden is keeping himself in contention for the title. And he just helped his cause in a big way with a 5-pound, 12-ounce smallmouth at 2:01 p.m.The Reeds Spring, Mo., veteran Elite Series...
