Seigo Saito is a photographer who covers many different B.A.S.S. events. You can see his work here on Bassmaster.com as well as in B.A.S.S. Times and Bassmaster Magazine. I selected this...
One tournament produces three winners. Brandon Palaniuk (above) wins the 2017 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title while Dustin Connell wins Rookie of the Year and Keith Combs was the weight...
I started the day covering tournament leader Jamie Hartman, who made a long run to his first spot this morning. After missing a short bite, he finally got his second fish onto his boat, which...
Timmy Horton struggled at the southern part of the lake. The north wind was strong blowing into his area, and he strapped down his tackle and made a move.We tried to follow him but we couldn't keep...
Horton told us this morning that he will spent little time up in north before heading south, so we decided to put boat in at takeoff. Right before takeoff, Horton told me that he will...
At 2:20 p.m. Hartman caught two decent size looking smallmouth back to back. He said it might not help but he started putting these fish on balance beam. He said this fish helped to cull one. He...
Just spotted Jacob Wheeler. According to BASSTrakk, he should have good weight in his livewell. "BASSTrakk is off; I only have two fish," Wheeler said with a big smile. His cameraman gave me a...
After catching a limit and culling a few times, Feider made a move back to near the takeoff area where he has been catching fish on previous days. He is now looking to upgrade his weight.
Mullins is fishing deep. He said he is having a decent morning with five fish for 13 pounds. As he was talking, he set a hook and now is culling. From a distance, they look to be same size.
My first stop was to cover rookie Wiggins. As I approached him, he caught the first keeper. Then he caught two more fish on the next two drops. He now has three for 12 pounds, he said.Update: Four...
Takahiro Omori was one of the first anglers we shot this morning. He is still fishing near from where we saw him this morning. He told us to come by his boat. As we pulled by him...
Brandon Palaniuk and Matt Herren are fishing right next to each other and catching fish one after another. They both hooked fish at same time. Palaniuk lost this fish, but Herren succeeded getting...
I was watching Brett Hite on west shore of the lake. He just caught a 5 1/2 pound or bigger smallmouth and told me "you are my good luck today." He said he's got well over 20 pounds in his livewell.
After catching a small limit, he moved back to his magic spot from yesterday. Now he is looking for a big upgrade. Just caught another fish and helped him culling again.
