Kreiger’s early bite

Koby Kreiger pulled you to a shallow flat and started chunking a topwater. And he’s already put two bass in the boat for more than 7 pounds. His largest is...

A sea inside a lake

We are following Ed Loughran this morning into the Inland Sea. That would be a sea inside a lake. It’s sort of a testament to how big this lake is....

Feider will lean on ’em today

Seth Feider had his 21-pound, 7-ounce five-bass limit caught by about 10 a.m. yesterday, capped by the 6-pound, 6-ounce largemouth he caught flipping a jig in a marina. He spent...

Day 3 lineup at Champlain

It’s semi-final Saturday at Lake Champlain! The Top 8 anglers have paved the Elite Series field thus far and will be on Bassmaster LIVE all day and on ESPN2 starting...

No slip-ups allowed at Lake Champlain

Brock Mosley has noted how you can’t slip-up, even in the least, and expect to compete for a Bassmaster Elite Series title at Lake Champlain. But this place redefines what...

Hartman adds more hardware

As Jamie Hartman said, upon realizing his latest catch had another angler’s drop shot weight hanging from its mouth, “It’s been a crazy year.” He was referring to the fact...

Hartman adds another big smallmouth

It’s beginning to look like Jamie Hartman will be atop the Lake Champlain leaderboard for the second day in a row. A 4 3/4-pound smallmouth caught at 1:58 gives Hartman...

Blaylock in stalking mode

Stetson Blaylock is taking advantage of the rare slick, calm water conditions on Lake Champlain. How he is doing that is searching for individual fish. It’s an arduous task, but...

Rivet loses one on the trolling motor

While trying desperately to upgrade the two smaller fish in his live well, Tyler Rivet breaks off a 4 pounder on the trolling motor. While bringing the fish up from...

Dock attraction

Seth Feider, among other anglers, is largely focusing his largemouth catching efforts around marinas. Feider caught a 6-pounder early today flipping a jig to the corner of a slip. Isolated...