Bill Dance calls his shot

Call it what you want – a coincidence maybe, or synchronicity. It happened like this: B.A.S.S. legend Bill Dance was being interviewed on the “Bassmaster LIVE” set when he was...

Nania moving up with spots

Joey Nania has a 12-pound limit of spotted bass early, including a pair of 3 1/4-pounders. “I’ve got to do it with spots today,” Nania said. “I hope I can...

Rain or shine

Steve Kennedy found Josh Stracner near his second stopping spot, fishing slightly offshore as Kennedy headed to the docks. When he eventually decided to leave the pocket behind, fish started...

Feider picking area apart

Seth Feider has been picking apart every area he’s in. This is only the second bite he’s had.  The fishing gods have little or no respect for the reigning AOY.Update...

Cobb making big comeback

Yesterday Brandon Cobb experienced one of his most disappointing days ever on Lake Hartwell, where he’s spent more time than any other angler in the 55-man Classic field. The 32-year-old...

A good sign

Since his first fish catch, Kennedy’s starting pocket has started to come alive. There are shad or herring busting occasionally, and fish not far behind. He seems to suspect that...

The old switcheroo

Moving to the other side of his starting cove, Kennedy saw a quality fish under the corner of a dock. That prompted him to make a bait switch to something...

Welcher’s mixed bag

Kyle Welcher is in a small, windblown cove where baitfish activity has attracted bass of two kinds. Here’s a fine striped bass just caught by Welcher, currently 5th in BassTrakk...

Spots for Seth are few

Being first out is great. Being last man out on second day, not so much. Seth’s first three stops were already occupied so he had to take what was left....

No cheering from the press box

Steve Bowman and I drew the long straw today — we have the privilege of covering Steve Kennedy. I’ve known Kennedy for years, admired him for years. We’ve fished together,...