Brandon Lester landed a keeper right as we pulled up about midday, and then he started beating on the smallies.He caught five fish in less than 10 minutes, culling up three times to push his limit...
Mike Huff just landed his fifth bass minutes after we pulled up on him.The smallmouth wasn’t a lunker, but Huff said it nudged his total to about 12 pounds.“I’ve got two good ones and three little...
This year the game has changed for the Bassmaster Elite Series on the St. Lawrence River, with the Canada side of the river out of play.That’s huge, since most of the best fishing is on the Canada...
Brandon Cobb has experienced the lows and the highs of bass fishing within a dozen casts. After losing a 4-pounder at the boat, the angler shrugged it off and kept fishing the same brush pile....
Brandon Cobb finally set the hook on a bass that would really help out - and the fish spit the angler’s crankbait at the boat. “That’s OK,” he said. “We’ll catch another one.”
Brandon Cobb finally caught his fifth keeper about 9:30 - but released the fish after weighing it. “It was tiny,” the Elite Series pro said. Not to worry: He made a couple more casts and...
Caleb Kuphall went into this final day of the Dewalt Elite at Lake Eufaula just over 4 pounds out of the lead, and he’s busy building a final stringer if bass. He was landing his first fish -...
Shane LeHew told me he caught 10 bass in a row just before I pulled up in him. And BASSTrakk showed him just out of the Top 10.And then he opened the livewell to check his fish and realized...
Jake Whitaker, who started the third day of the DEWALT Bassmaster Elite at Lake Eufaula in second place, just landed first keeper that goes about 2 pounds.“Hopefully we’ll get rid of him later,” he...
Chad Pipkens was landing a cull fish when we pulled up to him, and after shooting some shots of him releasing a bass we joked about him hooking the fish while I was too far away.“I’ve caught 10...
After a slow start, Kyle Monti finally put a 2-pounder in the livewell - and just a couple of casts later wrestled another bass to the boat.That puts him in 12th place with 4-8, according to...
Brandon Palaniuk put his fifth fish in the livewell less than an hour after his first cast.It’s not a massive sack - his bass should go 10 or 11 pounds - but that would put him in third right now...
Brandon Palaniuk didn’t take long to get things going. In his first couple of casts he set the hook on a 2 1/2-pounder, and then followed it up with two more keepers.He’s currently got 6 or 7...
After spending his morning - and filling his limit - in an area protected from the wind, Todd Auten made a long run to a wind-blown main-river area.He spent about 15 minutes there, and then ran to...
We were heading to cover Stetson Blaylock when a check of BASSTrakk showed Todd Auten has moved into second with a limit weighing 15-4.So we called an audible and headed to follow Auten, and we’ve...
Micah Frazier rounded out his limit a few minutes ago. He still hasn’t gotten the big bite, but now he can put his head down knowing he has almost 8 pounds to build off of.A photo gallery of his...
Micah Frazier lost two bass at the side of his boat trying to flip them, but he seemed to learn from that - and has added two more bass to his limit.Instead of flipping them, he worked to the...
It didn’t take Bassmaster Elite Series pro Micah Frazier long to put his first bass in the livewell. He’s working an area about 5 minutes from the landing, and the 2-pounder bit on the second pass...
