Pickens settles in

Having a fish in the livewell to begin your day certainly takes some stress away and can relax you as an angler. Such is the case with Pipkens. He’s remarked...

Pipkens boats his first keeper

Chad Pipkens puts his first keeper in the boat, a suspended fish that goes about two pounds. Pipkens is cranking in an area with brush where other fish are roaming...

Contending with the variables

Fall transition. Check. Post cold front conditions. Check. And now, it’s the weekend on Chickamauga Lake. Add up all variables and you have enough challenges to contend with. Now there’s...

Heating up

The reference to a stripper in my last blog must have heated things up. As soon as it sent both Chad Pipkens and Stetson Blaylock hooked up with their first...

Blaylock along side Clouse and Pipkens.

This is same story Chapter 2 for me this morning. I’m sitting on Stetson Blaylock and on either side of him is Gary Clouse and Chad Pipkens. And like yesterday...

Pipkens making long run

Just inside the Top 10 to begin Day 2 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Chickamauga Lake, Chad Pipkens makes a long run from takeoff to an area he’s...

Chickamauga tougher than the last two

These are by all accounts three of the best bass fisheries in the country. Alabama’s Lake Guntersville, South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Lakes and Tennessee’s Chickamauga Lake are ranked in the top 10 of almost everyone’s list. When this Covid-19 revised schedule...

Chickamauga as tough as predicted

Brandon Cobb weighed 19 pounds, 6 ounces, to take the Day 1 lead at the Guaranteed Rate Elite at Chickamauga Lake. However, don’t let that weight deceive you. It wasn’t...

Cox relieved to have a limit

John Cox was one of the pre-tournament favorites here. He’s won three tournaments at Chickamauga Lake over the past three years, including a Bassmaster Open and an FLW tour event...

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