Stracner making adjustments

After boating three small keepers inside the pocket Stracner has been in all morning, he decided to fish a stretch of the main river bank and immediately boated his two...

Much the same for Lowen

Lowen has about the exact same thing he had yesterday from the same stretch of bank. He did make the comment that there was definitely more current yesterday, which had...

Pipkens with three

Chad Pipkens is now up to three in the livewell. He’s got about 8 pounds total. That’s nothing to write home about but it is significant once you consider that...

Gross’ costly fish

Yesterday, Buddy Gross lost an estimated 6-pounder. Just now, he lost a second keeper at the boat, this one weighing what he believed to weigh 5 pounds. Added together, the...

Stracner slowing down

Bassmaster Rookie of the Year points leader, Josh Stracner is fixing extremely slow early on Day 2 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake. The Alabama native just...

Gross and New

Buddy Gross just boated his third keeper, and then Bryan New arrived nearby. New is fishing a specific area, different from Gross, and along a pea gravel shoreline. We suspect...

Following Pipkens

I’m on Chad Pipkens this morning. He started the day in fourth place and has since fallen out of the top 10. But I don’t think there’s a cause for...

Kennedy lands 4 1/2-lb. smallie

Steve Kennedy was on a “Bassmaster LIVE Mix” segment just before 8 a.m., when he felt a big thump on his 1-ounce spinnerbait and his day changed for the better....

Gross’ fighting tactic, explained

Since Buddy Gross won last year at Lake Eufaula, I have been curious about his technique of fighting fish. With the fish hooked, he points the rod tip directly at...

Gross on the board

Buddy Gross is on the leaderboard with his first keeper. Previously, I reported he was using a lipless crankbait, and now he switched to a bright chartreuse spinnerbait with tandem...