Media Day crowd
Media Day at the Classic has begun.
Livesay marching to the beat of his own drum
Lee Livesay has always been a guy who did things his own way. This morning it was 39 degrees when the final practice day began. Livesay was wearing shorts. And it’s not...
The shallow/deep divide
At the halfway point of the official practice day of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, the question still remains — will the tournament be won...
Gross living his best life
We caught up with Buddy Gross this morning and happened to ask if he had his new blue trophy in the boat with him. Gross won the Harris Chain Elite Series tournament...
Smith’s long journey to the Classic
This morning during practice we found Taylor Smith fishing deep into a cove throwing a topwater. He caught one small bass while we were watching him. Smith qualified for the...
Aluminum factory
So far this morning we have seen four competition boats and three of them have been aluminum — John Cox, Jason Christie, and now Caleb Sumrall. Not sure if that...
Lots of looking
The most important piece of gear this week may prove to be polarized glasses. We found John Cox running the trolling motor on high without a rod in his hands,...
Cobb’s non-practice
The segmented nature of Classic practice differentiates it from any other tournament. Anglers have to base their event in what was happening last week but with an eye toward future...
Getting warmer
It’s already a great day. With memories of icy Classics here in the past, it’s nice to be in just a hoodie at takeoff … with expectations of being in...
Local youth anglers collect over 3,000 pounds of trash from Lake Hartwell
Just two weeks before the 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk takes place at beautiful Lake Hartwell, youth anglers from the Anderson, SC. area took part...
