Patience is a virtue

After hours of inaction and near misses, Steve Kennedy returned to his starting cove and the first dock he hit produced o 2-11 bass — not on the swimbait but...

From 3 to 5 in a heartbeat

A few casts after putting number four in the boat, Steve Kennedy bowed up on number five. Not as big, but still a critical fish — it gets him not...

Martin’s sun attraction

Andy Crawford is doing a Scott Martin gallery (see it later this afternoon), and he just made a move to sunny docks. The attraction, according to what Andy overheard Martin...

Smith lands key 4-pounder

Taylor Smith, the B.A.S.S. Nation champion, started the day in 32nd place. But he’s making a bid to make top 25 cut.  A 4-pounder at 12:30 has given Smith 14...

Decision time

With just over two hours to fish, Steve Kennedy is two fish short of his limit. He doesn’t know whether he’s inside or outside of the 25-cut, but he has...

Day 2 a grind for Feider

It has been a total grind all morning for Seth Feider not even catching shorts.  This three pounder took him to his knees thinking he was going to loose her. ...

Oops, Christie did it again

Jason Christie has been the Day 1 and Day 2 leader at two Bassmaster Classics, including at Lake Hartwell in 2018. Neither turned out well for him, as he finished...

Warming up

Kennedy told us earlier that 11 o’clock would be the magic hour when the big bites would commence again. He’d donned a jacket to combat the cold mist, but that’s...

Whittling away

After taking a detour to allow Steve Bowman to work up a gallery of Kennedy’s early morning exploits, we’re back on Kennedy. He’s got a spinning rod in his hand...

The home team

We may be in Clemson territory, but Kennedy has some Auburn Tiger fans in tow wherever he goes.