Livesay first to a limit

Lee Livesay became the first angler in today’s 40-man field to catch a five-bass limit. Unofficially, he’s got over 13 pounds and has the lead. Livesay was hopping a frog...

Blaylock’s third keeper

Somewhere in the middle of all that vegetation is a 3-pound bass. It’s Stetson Blaylock’s third keeper of the day and gives him somewhere in the 7-pound range at the...

Hudnall left confident Saturday

Derek Hudnall weighed the second-biggest bag of the tournament yesterday, and left Chickamauga Lake as maybe the most confident angler in this tournament. His five-bass limit – one of only...

Felix showing patience

As I was sitting down to draft a midday report for Austin Felix, the Siteline Pro set the hook on his first fish of the day, and the mood changed...

Wind could play a big factor

A big change today is the wind. It’s been relatively calm all week, which hasn’t helped the bite a whole lot. But the moment I’m feeling a steady 10- to...

Felix: quite a story building

We’ve got quite a story building with Austin Felix. The Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie notched his first Top 10 on the Elite Series last week at Santee Cooper and fishing...

Blaylock getting started

It seemed like forever for this day to get started. But it’s not taking Stetson Blaylock long to get the catching started. Within just a few casts he hooked up...

Livesay with a 4-pounder

Lee Livesay hammers his first one of the morning only minutes after the fog delay. Throwing a topwater frog across grass mats, this 4-pounder marks Livesay’s largest bass of the...

Livesay’s frog tactic

“What people are missing is the frog bite bass are shallower than they think.” And with that, Lee Livesay took the first lead of the fog-delayed day. Livesay has a...

Livesay goes big first thing

Lee Livesay, who plans to throw a frog all of this fog-shortened day, got on the board in a big way right off the bat. “That’s the biggest one I’ve...