First Cast Bass. Good or bad?

Most anglers will have a superstition or two while on the water competing. Some don’t want bananas in the boat, some don’t get gas in the morning before a tournament...

It’s all about the 5-pound bite

Cory Johnston summed it up as simply as possible, saying, “It’s a matter of getting a couple of 5-pound bites. Everyone is around quality fish. But you’ve got to have...

It’s tighter than a tick at the top

This would be the definition of a bass tournament shootout: When a mere one ounce separates the top three anglers after three days at Lake St. Clair. For the third...

Talley moved to Plan B

Anchor Bay in the northwest corner of Lake St. Clair was very, very good to Frank Talley. At least it was on Days 1 and 2. He had bags of...

St. Clair fishing better than ever

The talk before this tournament was how the Lake St. Clair smallmouth bass weren’t biting as well as they were in the Angler of the Year Championship last fall, Sept....

Cory Johnston’s lure choice

Cory Johnston has had a big day on Lake St. Clair. He’s atop the BASSTrakk leaderboard with 22-6, unofficially, after starting in 6th place. He’s been weeding through smallmouth bass...

Headed to the “hot spot”

Check out the number of boats in this one area! Every little black dot in this image is a bass boat, and that’s only about half of them…  As one...

From grassroots to big league

Just minutes ago Cody Hollen upgraded again, moving up one spot to 5th place. Part of the reason might be his background. Growing up in Oregon, Hollen’s father put a...

Mercer on the water

Wild day for Bill Weidler.

Hollen’s big cull

Cody Hollen has been bobbing around in Anchor Bay, dragging a drop shot rig in a lake chopped up with boat traffic.  BASSTrakk showed him with an estimated 18-8 when...