AOY update halfway through Day 2
Angler of the Year update halfway through Day 2 at the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake.
Herren is stubbornly waiting them out
Matt Herren is trying to touch every inch of a grass mat in front of him. Since we’ve been watching him for almost 45 minutes he’s hardly ever wavered from...
Cherry trying to help a buddy
As the reigning Bassmaster Classic champion, Hank Cherry is automatically qualified to compete in the 2021 Classic. But that’s not good enough for him. As he expressed yesterday on the...
Mat Matters
Finding grass mats for frogging and punching is no challenge on Chickamauga Lake; but finding the right ones, now that’s the real trick. Variables are many, but key considerations include...
Why the frog?
Just about everyone is waiting for the fireworks to go off, as in the frog bite to turn on. Why use a frog in the fall, when shad are the...
Just business
After several moves Stetson Blaylock has settled in the back of creek where he culled several times yesterday. Interesting enough it’s also where Matt Herren put together a top 10...
Late morning with Pipkens
It’s 11am and Chad Pipkens has one fish in the boat that he caught earlier this morning. That one fish was a suspended fish caught on a crankbait. Since then,...
Waiting on the heat
It’s cold … 40 degrees … and the bite is slow, slower than yesterday. Last night’s dip into the low 30s might be the reason why. We are hearing frequent...
Can Cox lay down the frog rod?
Three of the five bass in John Cox’s 4th-place bag yesterday came on a frog and the other two came when he was flipping grass with a Berkley MaxScent Creature...
“Helps the cause”
Stetson Blaylock left the group and headed about a half mile away to another point. He immediately hooked up but it was with a big catfish. After a lengthy battle...
