Midday scramble around Concord Park
With tough fishing conditions prevailing on Day 1 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite Series on the Tennessee River, anglers are trying to make something happen to salvage their days....
Slow and steady for Wendlandt
We’ve caught up with 2020 Bassmaster Angler of the Year Clark Wendlandt, who has caught three bass for 6 pounds, 8 ounces according to BassTrakk. Wendlandt is fishing a main...
News from Tellico
Cell service is marginal in Tellico Lake so any news gets covered. Andy Crawford just phoned in this dispatch: “The water temperature is in the low 40s in the main...
Pandemic paying off for Card
Brandon Card now lives in Salisbury, N.C., but he was living in Knoxville last year. He had just finished ninth in the Bassmaster Classic on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville on March...
Gussy draws large crowd
I am sure that Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson had no idea at blast off this morning that he would be leading first thing with 16 pounds, 13 ounces. He has drawn...
Gustafson fills ‘a tall order’ early
The story of this tournament, or at least a big chapter in it, has been written by Jeff Gustafson in the first three hours of this four-day event. As Brandon...
Never has so little meant so much
If you thought these guys were overstating how tough practice had been this week, the proof came in the reactions so far this morning over some rather small but keeper...
Schultz off to a solid start
Veteran pro Bernie Schultz got his season off to a solid start with a 40th-place finish at the St. Johns River in his home state of Florida two weeks ago....
Crews with a nice keeper
After speaking to several of the pros on my drive to Knoxville yesterday, I really wasn’t expecting a whole lot from this lake. The first guy we found this morning...
Catching up with Prince
It’s a chilly and breezy start to Day 1 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite Series at the Tennessee River. We have caught up with Cliff Prince in Sinking Creek...
