Blaylock lands second 5-pounder

Stetson Blaylock has a bass boat full of confidence right now, which includes two 5-pound bass in his livewell at 10:30. While some BassTrakk numbers have been wildly off this...

Welcher is pocket-hopping

Kyle Welcher has a limit in the boat but hopes to cull everything he has before the day is over. His fifth keeper was the 2-pounder shown here, which gives...

Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.

Fishing fans stream into the Greenville Convention Center for the industry’s biggest show – the Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo presented by Marathon. 

Heating up

Because so many competitors are fishing in close proximity, Craig Lamb is working up a great drone gallery in a short period of time. That now includes a fish catch,...

Expo draws huge attendance

Fans lined the exterior of the Greenville Convention Center in eager anticipation of the Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo presented by Marathon.

Two competitors in the same cove

Matt Arey and Taylor Smith are fishing in the same cove, less than 100 yards apart, focused on entirely different types of cover. They represent two different levels of competitor...

Chris Johnston mining the docks

This Classic promised to feature a master class in how to fish boat docks, and it has delivered. Chris Johnston caught this 3-pound, 12-ounce largemouth bass doing exactly that this...

Not much company for Christie

Jason Christie is fishing the shoreline of an island just a two minute ride from Green Pond Landing. He has fewer than a dozen spectator boats with him. That’s surprising...

What a difference a day makes

We just watched Steve Kennedy catch four bass in four drops, miles away from where he spent his day yesterday. He’s also not fishing the bank, but rather staying offshore...

Close quarters

It’s a big lake, but it’s fishing a little small today. We found Hank Cherry, Stetson Blaylock and Kyle Welcher all within a mile or so of one another —...