Blaylock getting patience tested

Stetson Blaylock is getting his patience tested by the bass in Chickamauga Lake. So are the other 84 anglers in this tournament. After only 29 anglers weighed five-bass limits on...

Pipkens with a Chickamauga giant

Chad Pipkens, with about an hour left in his fishing day and one fish in the boat, pulled up on a place he hadn’t fished all week, made one cast...

Clifford Pirch’s clutch event

If you look up “Consistent Career” in the dictionary, it would probably say “Clifford Pirch’s Elite Series resume.” That’s simply put because Pirch has made the Bassmaster Classic every year...

Early Afternoon Pipkens Update

“It’s gonna happen!” Pipkens has left the area of Chickamauga Lake where he’s spent his Day 2 on a milk run of areas. The Damiki Trokar Pro says he has...

On this date: 1992

October 17, 1992 marks the date that Larry Nixon became the first ever B.A.S.S. Millionaire. He did so at the 1992 Bassmaster Megabucks event at Lake Guntersville, 28 years ago....

Whatley needed this one

Brad Whatley had to be feeling pressure to perform coming into Chickamauga. He was in 41st place in the Angler of the Year standings – near the cut-line for Bassmaster...

Expect wild swings in the standings

As we’ve seen previously at Lake Guntersville and Santee Cooper Lakes, there will be some wild fluctuations in the standings from Day 1 to Day 2 at Chickamauga Lake today....

Swindle battling for the Classic

I’ve had the misfortune of losing an ear on my prop. So I’m limping back to the launch. That trip took me by Gerald Swindle. He’s currently got a limit...

Whitaker doing what he does best

Before the break, Davy Hite made a good point about Jake Whitaker, and more notably, about fishing your strengths, going with your confidence baits, when conditions are like they are...

Lunchtime with Pipkens

Turkey and cheese is the lunchtime choice of Pipkens who still has just one fish in the boat. The Michigan pro is seeing fish on his Humminbird 360’s but getting...