Steve Bowman

Steve

Bowman

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Steve Bowman is a veteran outdoor writer, covering B.A.S.S. for almost three decades. He’s currently the editor/manager for tournament coverage on Bassmaster.com.

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Feider starting his day

By Steve Bowman

Seth Feider is starting his Day 1 a lot like he started Champlain last week.He hadn’t been to his first spot very long before he hooked up with a keeper smallmouth. This one took him to the driver...

The 4-pound shuffle

By Steve Bowman

Chris Zaldain has just finished his limit. This one goes in the well at 2-pounds and it appeared to be a legitimate 2 pounds. According to BassTrakk that gives him 12 pounds and change, which...

Weights are just estimates

By Steve Bowman

These guys have been off all week on BassTrakk. While the whole field is the best bunch of sandbaggers in the world, the real issue is how difficult it is to judge the weights of the fish.Looking...

Zaldain on the board

By Steve Bowman

After kicking back a keeper and catching a few shorts, Chris Zaldain is on the board this morning with a 3-pound class fish.We have to believe he hopes to cull that one by day's end but he has a...

Zaldain chasing birds early

By Steve Bowman

Chris Zaldain has started every morning this week chasing birds on a large flat.These birds are diving on the alewife spawn and under that spawn has been some big smallmouth. The first two days...

Key fish could sway the tide

By Steve Bowman

I see where Bryan Schmitt has caught a 2-pound keeper and put it in the well.Meanwhile, Chris Zaldain has caught a 2-pound plus keeper and after studying on it a minute, he dropped it back in the...

Paquette searching for a Top 10 spot

By Steve Bowman

We’ve stopped on Garrett Paquette who is flirting with making the final 10. Like so many of these guys, he’s just whaling on the fish. The size is hard to get. Everyone is looking for the 4...

Zaldain being selective

By Steve Bowman

Chris Zaldain is showing three keepers for about 10 pounds in BassTrakk.I think it’s more by maybe 1-pound or more.It could be showing a limit for about 15-pounds. But Zaldain isn’t taking chances...

Zaldain back to his old tricks

By Steve Bowman

Chris Zaldain is back to his old tricks from previous days.The first two days he’s been chasing birds on a huge flat. Then settling in on a ridge of rocks off the edge of the flat.Big difference is...

Livesay moves from magical spot

By Steve Bowman

Lee Livesay has moved from his magical spot.In a testament to how good Champlain is and how things can change, Livesay said he caught 22 largemouth and smallmouth on that point on topwater alone....

"Better than Fork."

By Steve Bowman

We’ve switched off Chris Zaldain after watching him load the boat with smallmouth bass this morning. Basstrakk has him at 18 pounds. I’m saying it’s heavier than that by at least a couple pounds...

Zaldain has caught his tail

By Steve Bowman

Chris Zaldain has caught his tail. We’ve been watching him for some time chase birds on this big flat with nothing but short fish to show for it. But in the last 10 minutes his running and gunning,...

Chasing Zaldain

By Steve Bowman

We are chasing Chris Zaldain this morning in the most literal sense of the word.Zaldain who has always marched to a different drummer in these derbies is on a huge flat literally chasing birds....

Feider making it count

By Steve Bowman

Seth Fieder is holding his own. He just landed another 3-pound class largemouth and he’s ever closer to the 15-pound mark.Currently that puts him in the top 25, which will keep him in the AOY lead....

Feider putting it together

By Steve Bowman

Seth Fieder is finally putting it together. He just landed a 4-pounder that has pushed him up to 13 pounds and change.On the surface that’s not a world beating sack. But in truth it actually is....

Tide is turning, a bit

By Steve Bowman

The tide is turning a bit for Seth Fieder. He’s just finished his limit with two 2-pound class largemouth.He’s not yet close to 10 pounds but he’s dialing in a bit. Just 10 minutes before those two...

Calling it a win

By Steve Bowman

Seth Fieder has caught his first keeper of the day. It comes aboard at around 2 1/2 pounds. He quickly followed up with one under 2.All total there’s not enough weight there to say grace over. But...

Working out the jitters

By Steve Bowman

Day 1 of this derby seems a bit slow. Probably because Lake Champlain’s reputation is so strong we expect it to be nothing but fireworks.I’m on Seth Fieder this morning who is scrambling to win the...

Work anywhere Wednesday

By Steve Bowman

From the files of a bass angler will work on tackle just about everywhere: This is Taku Ito Wednesday afternoon.A few minutes before Ito was sitting in his boat working on tackle for the start of...

Slim pickens but necessary

By Steve Bowman

So how strange would it be for Matt Arey to land a 5-pounder between now and the end of this derby?Consider this with 50-plus anglers on the water on Day 1 and 2, Kyle Welcher was the only one to...

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